This document contains a series of tweets from the Twitter account of the IEAR (I Education Apps Review) community. It discusses various topics related to using mobile devices like iPods and iPads in education. Some of the key points discussed include the importance of teacher input when implementing technology, the types of educational apps teachers want, managing devices in schools, and finding trusted reviews of educational apps. The IEAR community appears to be a group that reviews educational apps and discusses challenges and best practices around mobile learning.

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I Education Apps Review
http://www.iear.org

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Scott Meech / scott@smeech.net www.smeech.net /
Twitter: SMeech
Elisabeth LeBris / elisabeth.lebris@gmail.com
http://lebrisary.blogspot.com/ Twitter: ELebris

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Student excitement for using mobile learning devices
should be the last reason to implement technology in
schools!
Who said?

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Student excitement for using mobile learning devices
should be the last reason to implement technology in
schools!
- Scott Meech

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Kenilworth District #38

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We want some “iPod Touch” devices!

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Does anyone have a “study” that we can refer
to on the effectiveness of “educational” apps in
the app store?

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http://www.canby.k12.or.us/
Canby School District
http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipod-touch-in-canby-school-district.html

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http://www.canby.k12.or.us/
Canby School District
http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipod-touch-in-canby-school-district.html

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Components of the IEAR Community

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IEAR Ning

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40 App
Reviewers

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Over 700
Members

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Tips and Tricks Posts

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Interviews
Don’t forget to listen to my interview of
“Brent Coley”.
http://www.iear.org/iear/2009/3/31/interview-of-brent-coley-show-13-and-interview-1.html

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IEAR “Presenters”

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Student App Reviewers

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What has the IEAR
community taught us?

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1. Control over Content
Teachers Want

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Math Board
Kelly Dumont gives it an A
http://www.iear.org/iear/2010/9/4/mathboard.html
http://twitter.com/kdumont

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2. Constructivist Apps
Teachers Want

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Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLP4nbAVA4&feature=player_embedded

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Music
http://kevinhoneycutt.org/

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iDough

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http://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/home
Apple Distinguished Educators (l to r) Cindy Huson, Karen Bosch, Sherri Clemens, Jerome Burg, Jim Harmon, Paul Devoto

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http://www.apptivities.org/

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3. Programming Apps
Teachers Want

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Robo Logic 2 HD
Not True Programming but Logic is involved!

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Sam and Louie
Two 7th Grade Students - 2008
http://www.iear.org/iear/2009/6/29/two-7th-grade-student-app-developers-show-48-and-interview-7.html

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http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-elliot-cathie.html
The Math Master

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http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-elliot-cathie.html

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February 12, 2011

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4. Multiple Device Overlap
Teachers Want

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Camera A/B Camera for iPad

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http://piratalondon.com/boatrace/

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With EdApp Certified educational apps, any
teacher running the LanSchool Lite console (free
to K-20 educational organizations) can perform
the following features:
• Discover and monitor student devices
• View the current EdApp and last visited URL
• Monitor student progress through an app or see a
final score
• See student’s requests for help
• Monitor battery status of the device
With the paid version of LanSchool v7.4, teachers
can perform the following additional features:
• Assess student understanding with a built in
classroom response system
• Send students messages

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5. Safe and Secure Apps
Teachers Want

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6. Access the Cloud Better!
Teachers Want

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Office² HD

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Girouard stated:
…today we demonstrated new mobile editing
capabilities for Google Docs on the Android platform
and the iPad. In the next few weeks, co-workers
around the world will soon be able to co-edit files
simultaneously from an even wider array of devices.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/09/google-docs-editing-coming-ipad/
Appadvice.com

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7. Please let me print!
Teachers Want

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Is HP Saving the Day?

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“Air Print” Coming Soon?
End of 2010 is the Rumor!

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8. Project the Screen from an iPod Touch,
iPhone or iPad
Teachers Want

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Video Projection

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Library of Congress Says You Can
Jailbreak Your Smartphone
http://www.iplawalert.com/2010/08/articles/copyright/library-of-congress-says-you-can-jailbreak-your-smartphone/

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9. Clean Management of the Devices!
Teachers Want

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Contributed by Patrick Ledesma: http://edtechbytes.com

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1 Computer = 1 Account = No Limit
5 Computers can share 1 Account
School’s Original Understanding

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Can you
find the
“Hole”
in this
solution?

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1 Computer = 1 Account = No Limit
5 Computers can share 1 Account
School’s Original Understanding

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http://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/store

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Jim Siegl
http://twitter.com/jsiegl

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http://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/store
17. Can I move credit from an existing iTunes Store
account to a Volume Purchase Program Facilitator
account?
No, credit cannot be moved between iTunes Store and
Volume Purchase Program accounts.

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http://volume.itunes.apple.com/us/store
What are schools doing with their pre-
existing apps that they have purchased and
distributed without volume licensing?

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With EdApp Certified educational apps, any
teacher running the LanSchool Lite console (free
to K-20 educational organizations) can perform
the following features:
• Discover and monitor student devices
• View the current EdApp and last visited URL
• Monitor student progress through an app or see a
final score
• See student’s requests for help
• Monitor battery status of the device
With the paid version of LanSchool v7.4, teachers
can perform the following additional features:
• Assess student understanding with a built in
classroom response system
• Send students messages

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1.Setup:
http://learninginhand.com/blog/classroom-ipod-touches-
ipads-dos-and-donts.html
• Issues to think about:
http://learninginhand.com/blog/ipad-iphone-ipod-touch-
issues-for-schools.html
• Volume Purchase Program:
http://learninginhand.com/blog/app-store-volume-
purchase-program-explained.html
Tony Vincent

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10. Help finding the best “educational apps”
Teachers Want

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http://learninginhand.com/

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App Advice

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#IEAR
#EDAPP

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Do teachers need
traditional laptops or
computers or can we
provide them with iPads?

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Let’s do some App
Reviews!

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We are going to talk
“E-Books” and these
devices!