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**Project Description:** Following the TPACK model we will demonstrate how the use of iPads can engage students in literacy instruction in many ways to lead students to achieve at higher levels in reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and writing applications.

**Content uses of this technology:** The iPad can be a camera, a science lab, a library, an art canvas, a research station, a language lab, a music studio, a video editor, a literacy tool, a history archive; the list goes on and on. If you are looking for content for your iPad just remember Apple's trademark phrase, "There's an app for that."

**Pedagogical (or Pad-agogical) Considerations for this technology:** Using an iPad in the classroom isn't done just to use a digital device, it's used to provide a tool to enhance learning. iPads are simple to use and are familiar to students as many of them have either owned or used an iPhone, iPod, or iPod touch. The iPad opens up a world of self-directed learning that not only makes learning fun, but it also gives students the power to control their own learning by empowering them to engage in the learning experiences.

**Where to purchase or acquire:** Many schools, including Euclid, have written grants to acquire iPads. The bulleted links below are a directory of technology grants available to K-12 teachers:
 * Technology Grant News
 * [|iPad Grants to Improve Learning]
 * Teachers Network: Technology Grants
 * Grants @ TeachersCount.org

**Grant writing** isn’t easy but there is a lot of information available to guide you. The following links will help you create the best grant application possible:
 * [|The top 5 tips for getting an iPad grant]
 * How to Write Grant Proposals from about.com
 * How to Write Educational Grants from ehow.com

**Additional Resources**
 * Teach with your iPad This is by far our favorite resource!
 * Apple's iPad Guided Tour Videos Click on App Store
 * Apple Store For all your iPad's needs
 * iPads in the Classroom Educator Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
 * iPad in Touch Stay up to date with what is going on with your iPad
 * APPitic Over 1300 Reviews done by Apple Distinguished Educators
 * Apps for Teachers Site dedicated to help teachers bring teaching into the 21st century
 * Teachers with Apps Includes reviews of Apps with video and images
 * Apps in EducationThese Apps are reviewed by content area
 * I Educational Apps Review iPad Apps reviewed by a variety of users
 * Mind Leap Reviews built on a five star scale
 * Best Kid Apps Reviews on various Apps
 * Fun Educational Apps In - depth reviews of iPad and iPhone Apps
 * Smart Apps for Kids Provides "bottom line" reviews from a dad determined to find the best Apps
 * Best Apps for Kids Full Reviews on a wide range of kid friendly Apps

Information for resources obtained from: [|http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3617]