Move beyond rote memorization techniques and shallow student learning. Nancye Black, contributing author of Tablets in K-12 Education, will guide you in exploring the ability for a tablet-enriched implementation of the Teaching for Understanding framework. The pairing of tablets with the TfU framework has the potential to facilitate deep student understanding and knowledge construction across curriculum areas. Tablets and apps provide a dynamic, student-friendly platform for successfully executing the framework's four elements: a generative topic, understanding goals, performances of understanding and ongoing assessment. Dynamic integration of infographics, video games, simulations and multimedia tools are just some of the innovative cross-platform student applications you will explore as you look at a broad range of inquiry, collaboration and product-creation activities. In the process, you will create your own unit to use when you return to school!