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Groupboard turns your iPad into a collaborative whiteboard, allowing you to draw and chat in real time with other people anywhere on the internet, even with users using a web browser. Use it for online tutoring, collaborative design, or just for fun. I see this as being very useful for "dislocated" students that are not able to be in the classroom. I have a number of students who have physical conditions that prevent them from coming to school often, so I would use this App to communicate with them in real time. Our district is not set up for Skype, so I imagine this being a viable alternative.

This App turns an iPad into an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device that makes communication fun! I have autistic students in my lab, and I see this as a very helpful tool that can aide the special needs student to communicate their needs to me during instruction.

I see this App as being very useful for our ESL students. In my classes, the students are engaged in an activities on the computer, so it would not be conducive for me to close what they are working on to use the Google Translator. If I had an iPad with this App on it, I could easily converse with the student in own language.

TeacherPal is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes, and students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students. I create a number of spreadsheets for each of my classes, helping me organize notes on behavior, student/parent contact, etc. I find this App would be a much more convenient method of record keeping because I can carry it the room and make notes as events occur. Many times my computer is tied up with the lesson, so this would help me get two things done at time!

MindMash turns the iPad into a canvas of ideas for students, bloggers, writers, designers, and other creative individuals. In my business classes, we use brainstorming as a group activity to help the students experience the art of compromise and sharing ideas to strengthen their communication skills.

Pricey, but seems worth the investment! Comes in handy if you need to make a quick diagram or graphic design, working as your canvas. I can SO see this useful when the students are, because once they've drawn their map, they can convert it and email it or copy it to their computer to print it. How cool is that? Better be, for that price. I can actually see Administrators using this in staff development meetings-beats using Post-its!

Blackboard Presenter is a drawing app, but what sets it apart from other apps of the like is it's ability to connect to a projector. The app itself is very simple to use and had a useful option of the "clean" button which allows the user to clear the entire screen without having to take the time to erase everything by finger. I would use this in my Keyboarding classes for our proofreading unit-the kids could use the iPad to write the corrections on the sentence while it projects on the screen! This would come in handy when my 5th graders are too short for the whiteboard or for those that are too shy to go up in front of the class! (This is the App I will be using in my lesson for Assignment #3)

This App helps you organize, track projects, plan events, and manage things! Bento is the most popular personal database! I have personally recommended this to my principal after she approached me with the dilemma of needing to organize her tasks. I researched Project Management software, but this App would be so much more user-friendly for a very tech-challenged person. Plus, she just invested in an iPad, so she's thrilled.

This App allows you to extend your desktop screen! I would use this while demonstrating on the whiteboard so that I can stand anywhere in the room and deliver my lesson. Teaching in a computer lab environment can be extremely challenging, especially when you need to stand in the front of the room. You have no idea where the kids are on their computer, so using this App allows you to stand in the BACK of the room while you operate the whiteboard. Much like Team Viewer, so I plan to try both.

Rated as the #1 Web Browser protector, this would be essential if we were to use iPads in the classroom. When integrating iPads into the classroom, we need to have protection and control, which would not be available through our servers, so this would be a must-plus, it includes free parental controls! RUFF!

This App lets you create, edit, and view documents wherever you go. It resembles GoogleDocs, but takes it numerous steps further by including a DTP capability,including 16 Apple-designed Templates and styles to create flyers, cards, and posters! Pages uses Smart Zoom to automatically zoom in on text while you type, zooming back out when you're done.

**//__PERSONAL FAVES__//** Our daughter is starting piano lessons this summer, and she has been going on YouTube to try to get a head start. She'll love this App!

This website offers the author's top five choices for gardening Apps. As a novice gardener (well, I've been trying it for 12 years and STILL don't get it), these Apps may be just what I need!

This is an absolute must in our household-to be able to watch Grey's or Castle wherever I am is a dream.

I have a wonderful friend that is the Queen of Trivia and she can quote any ILL show-this App is great for roadtrips and fishing on the dock!!!

Did someone say Roadtrip? What do you MEAN we're already there???? I have so many peeps that know classics, this is a must.