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More and more teachers and classrooms are getting iPads, and it is exciting to explore the ways that teachers can use apps on these addictive devices to engage students, organize tasks, and get creative. Here are some great iPad apps for teachers.

*indicates that the app is also available on iPhones and iPod Touches.

Dropbox*
Are you tired of lugging your laptop back and forth from school or needing to work on something at school and realizing you forgot your flash drive at home? This great service has been around for a few years, but, surprisingly, some teachers still haven’t discovered it. I helped a teacher friend of mine set up an account just a couple months ago.Read more...

Back in the days before the term "Web 2.0" was coined, I started making note of when an emerging technology came into use by the early adopters and how many years it would take to reach the mainstream croud at NECC. This year's data point is Twitter. Sadly, the lag isn't getting any shorter: It's still about three years.Read more...