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iPad Primer
Judy Tucker, NWOETtucker@nwoet.org
Toledo Diocese Tech Conference 2013Thursday, 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 Email’ 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 – http://thejournal.com• 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
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