The ‘Evergreen’ iPad: Why all your apps should fit on one screen. With iPads, students can create just about anything, anywhere, at any time. “Leading Change” column, June 2013 edition of eSchool News—In last month’s column, I argued that by integrating tools like the iPad—a device that allows students to explore and create—and constructing a pedagogy that encourages ingenuity, we can nurture a process of learning that crafts innovative, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial minds. Yet, despite the incredible influx of iPads into American schools, this opportunity to transform the learning process is largely being wasted. Back in September, I published a widely circulated article entitled “5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make with iPads (And How To Correct Them).”
The piece outlined the common iPad integration errors and missteps I see when working with various schools in our EdTechTeacher programs. In the article, I relay the story of a Latin teacher who declares the iPad “useless” because he couldn’t find a good Latin app. 5 Solutions for Your Tablet Management Woes. Mobile Computing | June 2013 Digital Edition 5 Real Solutions for Managing Tablets and iPads in Schools IT leaders describe their top 5 pain points in managing iPads and other tablets--and how they are addressing the challenges. At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, the San Diego Unified School District (CA) had 10,000 iPads in use and was set to add 18,000 more the next semester.
Teachers and students were enthusiastic about using the devices, yet the district faced a serious problem: Teachers were reporting to the instructional technology team that using Apple Configurator and mobile sync stations to add new content to 30 iPads at a time wasn't working well. "They would lose a few in the process and end up having to do default resets," recalls Darryl LaGace, the former chief information and technology officer for SDUSD. Like San Diego, school districts around the country are realizing that managing tablets brings a host of new--and time-consuming--headaches.
T.H.E. iPads in the Classroom. 50 really useful iPad tips and tricks. With great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor and a Retina display, the new iPad is the world's best tablet device. It's also fully capable of running the latest version of Apple's iOS operating system and great apps like iMovie and GarageBand. Here we present 50 really useful iPad tips. We cover everything from customising your Home screen through to getting more from built-in apps like Mail and Safari. 10 best tablet PCs in the world today The vast majority of these tips will also work on the original iPad and iPad 2, so owners of any generation of iPad shouldn't feel neglected.
For 50 more iPad tips, check out a new iPad app called 100 Tricks & Tips for iPad 2, brought to you by our colleagues on MacFormat. 1. iOS now supports folders. Your iPad will create a folder with both the apps in. 2. Double-clicking the Home button shows you all the apps that are running on your iPad in a bar along the bottom of the screen. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The iPad supports a VPN connection. MuyBlog – The Empty Backpack. It’s almost time for school to start again, and when the students walk in I know I’m going to see them lugging backpacks loaded with textbooks, notebooks, trappers, worksheets, pens, pencils, and numerous other things in their bags weighing 10, 20, 30 pounds or more. I, however, envision a much different school. A place with empty backpacks, where everything a student needs is on one device, their iPad.
Replace the textbooks with an iBook, their notebooks and worksheets with a simple app like Notability, and their pens and pencils with their finger or a stylus. When the first iPad came out a few years ago I was part-time technology coordinator and part-time teacher at the school and we decided to get one to check out. It came in and never left my hands. So began my adventure with the iPad in the classroom. There are many things you can do on both, but quite often I prefer to do them on the iPad, such as read.
For me, it all starts with Dropbox. 5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) – From Tom on Edudemic. I Education Apps Review - I Education Apps Review. iPhone apps and iPad apps | Appolicious ™ App Directory. iCreate vs. iConsumption. Itouchthefuture [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Apps for Every School Leader to Consider. iPod Touch & iPad Resources.