Exploring iPads Staff Development

Exploring iPad&iOS DevicesAs a Teaching Tool&As a Learning Tool

Want these notes?• This presentation is posted on my blog - emeringt.blogspot.com• The list of ipad resources is in my MultiURL – http://www.multiurl.com/l/aJP

Topics to cover• Getting to know the iPad• Apps for Teaching• Apps for Learning• Explore!

Getting to Know your iPad

Getting to Know the Interface• Swipe Apps pages• Dots for Pages• Search• Wiki – Quick Search of Wikipedia• Edit Search Order ▫ Settings > General > Spotlight

Getting to Know the Interface•Tapping•Scrolling•Flicking•Status…To the Top•Pinching & Zooming•Rotating

Getting to Know the Interface• Open Apps Stay Open ▫ Double-Tap Home ▫ Close Running Apps• Customize Your Bottom Row• iPod Controls ▫ Double-Tap Home & Swipe Left

Getting to Know the Interface• Selecting Text ▫ Tap to Insert ▫ Tap & Hold ▫ Double-Tap ▫ Triple-Tap ▫ Tap & Drag

Tips & Tricks…• Using the Keyboard ▫ Tap vs Double-Tap ▫ Slide ▫ Hold  Word Processing (accents)  Web Browsing (.com, .org)• Changing Keyboard Settings ▫ Settings > General > Keyboard

Tips & Tricks…• Using your Web Browsers ▫ Bookmarking ▫ Adding to your Home Screen• Screen Shots• Change Your Wallpaper ▫ From Settings ▫ From Photos• Other Settings ▫ Apps Settings ▫ Notifications ▫ Notes Fonts ▫ Pass Code ▫ Restrictions

Tips & Tricks…Troubleshooting• Quit an App…Did you quit it?• Force Quit an App ▫ Software ▫ Hardware – Don’t shut down• Shut Down & Restart• Force ReBoot• Restore from a Backup – Yep, Backup• RESET – THIS ONE COMES WITH A WARNING

Accessories I Love…• Bluetooth keyboards ▫ Zagg ▫ Apple• Screen Cover (protection & Smart)• Stands & Docks• Digital Camera Connection• Video Adapter(s) ▫ VGA ▫ HDMI• Stylus• Carry Case(s)• Speakers

Something for everyone

Adding Apps to your ipad• App Store ▫ Barracuda Warning• Searching Tips• From your Browser ▫ Adding to Home Screen

Teaching Tools•Timer +•ScreenChomp or ShowMe•Edmodo•Rowmote - $4.99

Browser Apps•Safari•Diigo Browser•Side by Side•iSwifter - $4.99 ▫Accessing Interactive Websites

Productivity Apps•Pages - $9.99•Keynote - $9.99•Dropbox•Evernote - Peek (Need Evernote)•7Notes HD

From itunes• Podcasts - in Music App ▫ Discovery Networks ▫ PBS ▫ NASA ▫ Scientific American ▫ NOVA Science ▫ How on Earth• iTunes U – to Videos – iBooks– in Videos App ▫ MIT (Principles of Chemical Science) ▫ UCTV (Science on Saturdays) ▫ Arizona State (Science Studio – Life Sciences) ▫ Khan Academy (Physics) ▫ Earth & Life

News & Magazines•FlipboardvsNite•Life Magazine – Images•NPR•Discovery•PBS•USA Today, CNN, ABC News...

Reference Apps• Howcast• Maps• The Weather Channel• WordWeb• iThesaurus• Calculator• Smithsonian Apps

Video Apps•YouTube•SnagFilms•TED

Reading Apps•Kindle•Nook•iBooks

Apps for Creating stories• SonicPicsLite• Comic Touch• CartoonStdio• StoryKit• VidEditorFree• PuppetPals HD• Videolicious• Splice• Blurb Mobile

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Exploring iPads Staff Development

by Desiree Caskey on Nov 09, 2011

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