Where to Begin?

These iPads sure are great...there are so many features, so many APPS, so many nifty things you can do with them to enhance both your work and play. But that's actually my problem. There are almost too many options! Actually, take out the almost...there are too many options. I do use it for administrative tasks, and have found it to be very user friendly and helpful, but in trying to figure out how to incorporate these iPads into my teaching I have come to feel overwhelmed and even lost, at times. I don't know where to begin, mostly because I feel like I need a year or so to get a handle on everything this spectacular little machine can do. And we all know that in a year, these will be obselete anyway, so I'd better get a move on.

I guess the best way to begin is just to begin. But then I get caught up again at 'where'? Searching, reviewing and rating APPS that are useful to my subject is an easy one, but that doesn't feel like I am taking full advantage. Another initial idea is to use Educreations to have the students teach me what they know on the topic...but I'll have to master that myself first. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about using the iPads. I just feel a little 'behind the 8 ball' so to speak, and I want to be able to maximize their use in my class. So it seems like the only thing to do is just to dive in. By the end of the month, I vow to have used an iPad with my students, to enhance my teaching. There, I said it. There's got to be an APP for that...