Tips to Improve Typing on an iPad

In you need to do serious typing with your iPad, check out these tips over at the OS-X Daily blog.  The March 31 post offers six ideas including using the split keyboard, learning how to dictate, or use bluetooth connections. Recently I purchased the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit for $29.  These two little connectors allow [...]

Article for Schools: Thinking About iPad One-to-One Programs

The Journal has just published an article, Launching an iPad 1-to-1 Program: A Primer  (and republished at the 21st Century Fluency Project). The article, by Mitchell A. Salerno and Michael Vonhof, is a primer for schools that are considering adopting iPads in a one-to-one setting. Both authors have set up and run successful iPad programs. Educational technology [...]

New Video – 55 Ways to Use and iPad in the Classroom

The Free Tech for Teacher blog has a post about Tom’s Barrett’s presentation on 55 ideas for using an iPad in the classroom. Barrett, is an educator blogger, with an interest in iPads. Many of the suggestions are for teachers of younger kids, but there are some, such as the tips on projecting an iPad, [...]

Projecting Your iPad

The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog has discovered and posted a YouTube video that explains how to project an iPad. The video also has pictures of the required cables and explains some of the issues that require troubleshooting. A big thanks to this blog for identifying a resource with useful tips that can help our [...]

10 Great Ways to Get More From Your iPad

This terrific article in PCWorld has all kinds of information that can help a person do some powerful things with an iPad. stream movies from your PC to the iPad use it as a secondary monitor connect USB speakers and keyboards connect more than a camera …and more.

Update on iPad Evaluation Process

iPad Evaluation Process Phase I Drawing to a Close We are reaching the end of the individual faculty member iPad evaluation process. If you have not checked out an iPad for a two-week period, you are still welcome to do so, but we are rapidly moving into the phase II classroom/curricular evaluation process. Do You [...]

Viewing a PowerPoint on the iPads with your Class

Suppose you have a terrific PowerPoint that you’ve usually shown to your class using the ceiling-mounted projector. The kids follow along and answer questions on a worksheet you’ve created to go with the lesson. This PowerPoint is very good, but it is also quite long and some of the information is rather complicated. This year [...]

Appstravaganza…

Organizing your apps. By now you may have downloaded so many apps that you’re having trouble finding them. I know I am. Here’s how to move them around and put them into “folders.” Moving apps around– First tap and hold on any app. All of your apps will start wiggling. If you want to move [...]

Some things I really like about the I-pad – and one I don’t

I’ve had the I-pad for three days now… what a fun device!  It took me a little bit to get I-tunes upgraded and to remember my I-tunes password (I had to reset it since it’s been a few years since I used I-tunes), but after that the I-pad was up and running and I was [...]