Archive for January 20, 2012

iTunes U for iPad Retools the Learning Experience

Via Scoop.it – EDchatThe all-new iTunes U app lets teachers create and manage courses including essential components such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes and syllabuses and offer them to millions of iOS users around the world. Read the entire story via macrumors.com at http://goo.gl/Yr8n8Via www.macrumors.com

Apps in Education: Managing Individual Education Programs (IEP) on the iPad

Via Scoop.it – EDchatAre you involved in collecting data and evaluating a students for special education services?  Are you the one having to develop and provide the support within an IEP? If so, consider these apps shared by Gregory Swenson on his Apps in Education blog.  Gregory has provided this list composed of 13 options. [...]

Cost of NCLB Testing 2002-2008

via ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely (@ktenkely) of ilearntechnology.com and ipadcurriculum.com has provided another outstanding visual. This visual, or infographic as many may call it, illustrates the expense of NCLB testing for the US from 2002-2008. What really makes this infographic standout is her research and details on what could have been accomplished for education differently with [...]