Learning+Without+Limits

From what I am discerning from discussion groups and listservs, there has been an uptick in the use of iPods and e-readers, but it seems that many schools are bypassing both and moving right into the iPads. Some of the possibilities/advantages for classroom use include: Cloud computing in a very interactive way, student collaboration in a quicker, more tangible mode, personalizing of education..students love them and are anxious to use a variety of apps, formalization/improvement of educational apps..demand will create far more useable and graphically complete programs, and the removal of classroom walls..the iPad takes away the laptop screen and opens the classroom in a public and collaborative way. The prices I have seen have the iPad at around 500.00..Ed, you might know of group or cheaper pricing than this. I support the idea of district early adopters experimenting with these and coming up with creative apps and uses. Here at the Middle School, Gwen Cohen and I are looking into using them with high-end learners and exploring ways we might use the devices to enhance literature discussions and update projects currently being done by our students. Andrew – Augmented Reality Curriculum and other new ways of using the SMARTBoards and Promethean Boards media type="custom" key="8215202"
 * Esther – Digital Resources, especially tools like ipods and ipads.**
 * Tom – Online courses and Blended Courses (Hybrid Courses)**
 * Dave - Digital Resources, Webinars and Skype**
 * Erin – E-Field Trips and Video Conferencing**
 * Laurie – E-textbooks and other online supplemental materials**
 * Ed – Repository of digital resources and file sharing, meta data**
 * Ryan-**