Splashtop Desktop

Ever since I attended the Wisconsin Math Conference, I saw some one of the best ways to utilize technology in a classroom. I saw several presentors at the conference using their portable devices (iPhone, iPad,etc.) to change slides on Power Point, play/pause movies, and a variety of other actions while walking around the conference room. Well after some searching around, trying out various apps, and spending a few dollars, I have found the Splashtop Desktop Remote. This app for the iPad, as well as, the installed program (Mac or PC approved) allows for a wireless connection between the two.This amazing app is like having an interactive whiteboard at the tips of your fingers. Teachers can write, draw, add, delete every thing from their iPad as if they were sitting right at the computer. It allows for for audio and video that would normally be heard and seen on a computer. One of my sisters (a current 8th grader) told me that her Science teacher used an app like this in class the other day. She said "it was awesome. Everyone in the class loved it. You need to do this so you're class isn't boring." I am going to take her advice. I still have a few kinks and glitches that I need to work out before actually presenting this to a class. My goal one day is to run my classroom exclusively through this amazing app.