The document discusses how an iPad can help school leaders become more mobile, aware, productive, organized, and thorough in order to impact student learning. It provides tips for using an iPad for note taking, to-do management, reference, email, and calendar functions. While an iPad on its own will not solve problems, the document outlines how to maximize its effectiveness through apps, syncing, file management, and focusing on workflow rather than just the tools.

1. Using Apple’s iPad
to Maximize Your
Effectiveness as a
Leader
Justin Baeder
www.eduleadership.org

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsuph001/2613804125/

3. iPad Can Help You Become
• More mobile
• More aware
• More productive
• More organized
• More thorough
…in order to impact student learning.

4. Five iPad Productivity Functions
• Notetaking
• To-do management
• Reference
• Email
• Calendar
But…

5. If you NEED an iPad
an iPad won’t solve your
problems.

6. Notetaking

7. Write
everything
down.

8. iThoughtsHD

9. Evernote

10. Classroom Observations
• Plaintext observation form template
• External keyboard
or keyboard case
• Email feedback

11. To-Do Management

12. OmniFocus

18. Workflow
• Limit number of “actionable” apps
• Send action items through these apps
• Batch whenever possible
• Decide what NOT to do on iPad

19. Reference

20. Reference
• Safari/Web
• Saved PDFs & books in iBooks
• Personal database, e.g. Evernote
• Contacts

23. Email Workflow
• Monitor/filter/delete
• Respond in person OR
• Quick replies OR
• Mark as unread

25. Calendar

26. Calendar
• Subscribe to online calendar (Google,
iCal)
• Sync via Exchange
• Sync via MobileMe
• Alerts
• Appointments in person

27. Living with iPad

28. Sync Scenarios
• App-specific sync service
– Evernote
– OmniFocus
• Cloud-based file sync
– DropBox
– JungleDisk
• iTunes (cable) sync
– Music
– Photos

29. Working with Files
• Files live in apps
• Send via email
• Store/sync with DropBox
• Use iTunes sync only when necessary

30. DropBox
• 2 GB space for free
• Syncs with desktop
DropBox iPad Interface
Dropbox

31. Choosing Apps
• Reputation
– Reviews
– History
– Recommendations
• Sync
– DropBox
– Custom sync servers
• Data flow

32. What NOT To Handle on iPad
• Complex MS Office documents
• Number-crunching
• Printing (yet)

33. Fun (and Useful) Stuff
• Reading
– RSS: Reeder
– Saved articles: Instapaper
– PDFs: iBooks
• Watching & listening
– Music, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu Plus
– Audible & podcasts
• Web

34. Bottom Line
Focus on the work,
not the tools.
But enjoy the tools.

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