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Mobile Learning

Mobile learning devices offer students a wide range of "on the go" opportunities to extend, enrich, and enhance classroom instruction. There are numerous educational apps available for iPod Touch and iPad for all subjects and grade levels.

General

iPad/iPod Touch
iPod
Educational Apps
Podcasting
Recommended Podcasts

General

Free Kid's Music Fun music for any mobile device
Harry Kindergarten You Tube channel with educational videos good for iPad or iPod Touch
How to check out E-Books from South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center Download eBooks and Audiobooks to your computer, or transfer to your iPod®, MP3 player, eReader or other portable device 24/7
Learning In Hand Resources for iPod, iPod Touch, iPad, Podcasting, and Netbooks
Mobile Learning 4 Special Needs Mobile learning resources for special needs students
Mobile Learning: Using Tools At Hand Article advocating mobile learning along with resources
Making The Most of Your iPad Wiki of resources for classroom use
Tarheel Reader A collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens many languages (K-12)

Educational Apps

5 iPad Reading Apps Compare/Contrast 5 iPad Reading Apps, iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Stanza, Zinio
50 Educational Apps for iPod Touch List of educational apps categorized by subject
10 iPad Apps for Autism Helpful Apps for Autism
Apps4Kids The best iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad apps for kids  (K-12)
Best Kid Apps Best kids Apps for the iPad
Digital Storytelling With The iPad Apps, tutorials, and resources to use the iPad for digital storytelling
Educational Apps For iPod Touch Apps categorized by subject area
iEAR Directory of educational apps with reviews
ICDLW International Children's Digital Library App
Moms with Apps Every Friday the website features a free App for the day
iPod Apps by Grade Level and Subject Google spreadsheet of educational apps with cost, grade level, subject, and iTunes link.
Teach With A Touch Google presentation of educational apps
WorldCat Mobile Locate books and periodicals in libraries all over the world
We are Teachers Educational iPad and iPhone Apps  

iPad / iPod Touch

10 Useful iPad Tips And Tricks From Mashable
Amplify'd This app will turn up the volume, paricularly helpful for students with hearing disabilities
Atomic Learning's iPad Tutorials Watch videos on iPad basicsl (2 free)
Cybraryman iPad, tips, information
Dos and Don'ts For iPad and iPod Touch; things to keep in mind to ensure they work smoothly in the classroom from Tony Vincent
Dragon Dictation Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.
How to Geek To help you get the most out of your iPad, here is a comprehensive list of every tip, trick, and tutorial for you
iPad Academy Get schooled & skilled on the iPad - Training, tips, and tutorials
iPad Accessibility iPad comes standard with accessibility features that help people with disabilities experience all that it has to offer
iPad Configure Accessibility Configuring accessibility features
iPads for Learning Apps, classroom ideas, and technical tips
iPad Guided Tour Videos from Apple
iPad How-To's How-to's on multiple topics
iPad User Guide From Apple (PDF)
iPod Touch User Guide From Apple (PDF; model with camera)
iPod Touch in Class Tricks to using the iPod Touch in Class
iPad Transfer files Transfer iPad files using iTunes
iTips & Tricks Tips and tricks for i devices
Math Ninja Game app covers addition, subtration, multiplication, and division at many grade levels
Proloquo2Go Text-to-speech app helps students who have diffulculty speaking
Scene Speak App created for students with autism, aphasia, apraxia, etc., to help them better communicate
Troubleshooting iPad Tips for troubleshooting iPad  

iPod

Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics: Backup, Restore, and Transfer
IPods in Education "A Classroom in your Pocket"  Slide Share, ways to use iPods in the Classroom
iPod Sync Music Sync Music to iPod Classic or Nano
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting your iPod
Playing iPod Music Tutorial for playing music on the iPod
iTunes Tutorial Basic tutorials for working with iTunes
iPod Manuals Classic, Nano, Touch
iTunes
Create an iTunes Account w/o a Credit Card Instructions on setting up an iTunes account without a credit card  

Podcasting

Books Should be Free Download Podcast or MP3 to iTunes and use on Mobile Device
100 Ways to use the iPod 100 ways to use your iPod to learn and study better
How to Create a Podcast How to create a podcast   

Recommended Podcasts

Dragonfly PBS Kids Podcasts
Podbean Podcast index; create a podcast (free)
Sesame Street Series of daily Sesame Street video episodes
The Story Home Collection of original and classic children's audio stories (2-6)
Story Nory Stories for the iPod
Kid-cast Podcasts for kids by kids
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