It is December and we still use our Mini iPads daily!  Google Docs continues to delight.  Had a neat history Scavenger hunt so the students were able to cover several curricular topics while they highlighted key words to research.  Love how the research pops right up on a sidebar!  Students also had to figure out what research actually matched the topic.  Since this was a race for valuable prizes, I was able to track which teams finished first!

Google Docs has become a favourite tool for my students.  So far, all responses and projects can be done in Google Docs!  If  I suggest Publisher or another Word program my students are quick to inform me they know how to do it all in Docs from fancy borders to inserting graphics.  Great for sharing.  Great for descriptive feedback.  Even caught students giving each other descriptive feedback that was helpful - pushed each other's thinking!

Using "Explain Everything" to show our thinking in math - fractions!  Students are able to do the math, annotate the math and talk about the math.  Have done this old school with" VoiceThread"s and mini laptops.  "Explain Everything" on i-Pads way more user friendly!  See an example of a grade 6 student's thinking on "Subtracting Fractions with Different Denominators".