Classroom 2.0 Live! is a weekend webinar show and tablets in active use in classrooms is a regular theme from guest teachers. You may want to look at the archives at http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html. You can also get the shows as a podcast through iTunes. You will be able to listen to presentations by real teachers about what they are doing with technology in their classrooms full of lots of examples, tips, recommendations, and more. On occasion, app developers will be presenting. There have been several apps that I thought were terrific for everything from specific subjects through to student motivation. THe live show is every Saturday at 11pm Central (convert to your own time zone).

There are several Adobe products that will let you make content that works well with tablets. My own personal favorite is Adobe Captivate. It outputs to swf as well as HTML5. Flash can publish out to apps, but it has a steep learning curve compared to Captivate. You will be able to create Powerpoint-like presentations within the first hour with it and if you delve in a little more you will be building highly interactive lessons that go way beyond a sit back and listen presentation. Publish out as HTML5 and point to the multi-screen file and you are serving up great lessons and activities for your students.
My son is an IT specialist in our school district. Often they will know of apps, but have their hands so full keeping it all running that they often feel they cannot pass along to teachers some of the software recommendations of the things they come across. My son and I often talk about how they need a bridge team between the techs and the teachers. That team would meet with teachers and focus on what topics are soon coming up in the classroom and they would get lesson plans, tools, and tutorials for students all lined up. We had a presenter back about three months ago where their district did that and she was one of three on that team. It seemed to me to be an excellent way to put the technology to use in the curriculum without loading the teacher down with the full load of trying to find and implement apps for their course needs.

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I agree with you, I suppose what I would like to find is a group of people developing "tablet-driven" curriculum so that the tablet truly disrupts the way teachers teach. It's easy to simply use the tablet to supplement handouts, textbooks, and notebooks; however, I think this is where we have to begin because that is where most teachers are at. In time we will find some teachers modeling new and innovative ways to use the tablet. These ways are not obvious and ... as you stated will take more time and preparation than traditional methods.

There are some really obvious answers in that list. The possibility of engaging students in testing and finding and showcasing practical applications of the lesson is where tablets can really shine.

As difficult as it is to prepare, maintain and keep a syllabus engaging - creating unique material for a tablet-driven curriculum is even more difficult.

#13 Does this do anything that a printed handout couldn't do? Many teachers use websites and email for this type of communication with students (and their parents).

The real prize (for now) is the interest that students have with tablet technology. Almost anything on them is "interesting" and "new". Interactivity is king. Engaging students is really where tablets' strength lies.