iPad Primer Judy Tucker, NWOET Toledo Diocese Tech Conference 2013 Thursday, June 13, 2013
Research, iPads, and Learning To be an effective tool in the classroom, each student must have his/her iPad In one study, majority of HS students preferred a laptop to using the iPad Don't assume “digital natives” will easily transition to using iPads. It takes time. iPads cannot be used in the same manner as laptops.
Battery – Keeping It Alive Longer Turn on %-age (Settings>General>Usage) Turn off connections: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or even turn on Airplane Mode – all in Settings Turn off ‘Push ’ in Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Settings (turn on Fetch manually) Keep iPad out of the heat! (cars especially saps battery) Turn off Location Services (Settings>Privacy) Turn off Lock Screen notifications Turn off Battery draining apps
Controls & Buttons Home button Sleep/wake button Volume Mute/Screen Lock Speaker/headphone port Lightning charging port
Installing Apps Will need Apple ID and password first time and every lapse of 15 minutes Install recommended apps (iBooks, iTunes U, Podcasts, etc.) After installing iBooks, ‘buy’ iPad User Guide for iOS 6 to learn all the basics
More iPad Glossary Terms Lock screen Home screen Shake or earthquake mode Multitasking gestures Multitasking bar
Shine a Spotlight
Everything in its place.
It’s all in a gesture.
Let your thumbs do the work.
Keyboard Tips Add Emoji keyboard Three levels Hidden letters and symbols Sliding Caps Lock
What does it mean?
It speaks — if you turn Speak Selection ON.
Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Score one for the kids. Settings>Accessibility>Guided Access
Read(er) all about it.
Take it to go.
Content (creation) is king.
Credits for previous slides: 12 Advanced iPad Tips All Educations Should Learn THE Journal – April 12, 2013 Author – Luis Perez
Using the iPad in the 1-Pad Classroom Projector – whole class Individual student Class video Center activity Audio books Camera FaceTime Show phto
Small and Classroom Sets of iPads Journaling Digital storytelling Camera – still & video Use free or low cost eTextbooks Practice skills PBL – project based learning Research Demonstrating/documenting learning
Judy’s Favorite Apps Facebook – ‘like’ INFOhio, iTaalk, iMums, Edutopia Dropbox – (cloud storage) put files on folder on computer, retrieve anywhere ClassDojo Google Gmail Evernote Penultimate Skitch Adobe Reader