 I'm Tony Vincent, and I am honored and thrilled to be a speaker at Slide to Learn 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. I'll be traveling more than 8,000 miles, 13,000 kilometers, to spend time with educators interested in using mobile tools to empower themselves and their students. I've spent a lot of time using, exploring, and thinking about digital learning tools. I think iPad is one of the best toolboxes around. It can be filled with a variety of apps to fuel creativity, communication, and critical thinking. In fact, for my keynote presentation, I want to examine some of the best educational apps and analyze why the apps are so great. I also want to share some tips for finding those apps that once you find them, you can't imagine living without. Mobile tools are great, and I think the best use for them is in project-based learning. In project-based learning, students dive into a question that is so deep that it takes lots of investigation to answer it. The question is one that is important, so sharing the answer with others is a key aspect. iPad, iPod, and iPhone can play a big role in developing the question, investigating, and sharing. I'm presenting a session designed to get participants using some apps for showing and explaining for an authentic purpose. We're going to look at screen casting apps, like Explain Everything, which is what I'm using right now, to show and tell to others one of our favorite apps. I'll share tips for getting great visuals and sound, along with how to make the content compelling. After the 90-minute workshop, we'll have 45 minutes to share our creations and learn about some wonderful apps from each other's screencasts. There are apps, websites, and instructional techniques that can fuel productive collaboration among students. In collaboration in hand, we take a peek at how Apple's devices can help students work together for a common goal. Mobilize for productivity is mostly about the teacher's use of mobile and digital tools to organize themselves and get more done. I've been fine-tuning my digital life for years, and I want to let you in on some of the best ways I've found to keep my inbox clutter-free, manage my files, and schedule meetings with simplicity. There are lots more great sessions happening at Slide to Learn 2012. No matter which sessions you choose to attend, be sure your iPad, iPod, or iPhone is charged. You won't want to miss out on participating, downloading apps, and tweeting. For more information and a great social network of mobile-minded educators, go to slidetolern.ning.com. I hope to meet you in July!