Techno.

How am I using my iPad so far?
1)Socratic circle "outer circle" notes. Have one student record his or her notes on the big screen. Other students can keep up with what questions were just asked and there is a record for students who are absent.
2)Teaching theme. Define theme for students. Have students brainstorm abstract nouns that relate to the novel (fear,love,isolation, etc.). Pass the iPad around and have students add one noun to the group list. From there, have students turn the words into themes (isolation results in savagery). Again, pass the iPad around to share the themes. From there, have students write a theme paragraph...
3) Magnet/found poetry. Touchwords,poetrymagnets, verses poetry, and poesy are all FREE apps. The first three lend themselves to found poetry...very much like the magnet poetry you find on fridges. The last could be used as a team game/review/assessment?? Place students in groups of three. Each team must put the words in the correct order, identify any literary devices, and provide an explanation of meaning/significance.
4)Stickpick. Mix up the students you call on to ensure equal participation. Includes Bloom's taxonomy question stems.
5) Doceri. NOT FREE. Install on both your iPad and desktop. This will allow you to control your DESKTOP from your iPad...WIRELESSLY! You can also annotate documents on the projector. Want a free version? Teamviewer. Its functions are more limited, though.
6)Prezi viewer. View your prezi's on your iPad. What is a Prezi, you ask? A free, web-based presentation thing-a-mabob. It is somewhat like PowerPoint, but it utilizes zooming instead of switching slides. Check it out.

That's all so far.

Ideas I have for further use...active reading/annotation, thesis creation & review, peer review, research on the fly, ??? Suggestions???

If you have ideas or cool websites, post them!