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iPads for SSHS Math Dept.
Creating your Personal Learning Environment….
Objectives
…Participants will model the effective use of an iPad in a HS Math Classroom.…Participants will use the iPad with the Smartboard…Participants will use the iPad and its resources to enhance their own productivity.
Overview
• What do You Already Know?
• Basic Review• Settings
• App Management
• Web browsing
• Personal Learning Networks
• Productivity
• Resources
What Do You Know?
–What do you already know about the iPad?–What do you want to be able to do with the iPad in your classes?– How can you use the iPad to increase
your productivity?– How can you use the iPad to create your
personal learning network?
iPad Controls
Home
Front Camera
Status Bar
Multi-touch Screen
Apps
Screen View Indicator
iPad Controls
Back Camera
Microphone Headphone Jack
Speaker
Dock Connector
Screens
• Swiping– Right, left, up, down– Where am I?
• Search– Swipe left to right
from home– Home button
• On-screen keyboard– Activate– Hide
Status Bar
• Wireless connection indicator
• Time
• Bluetooth
• Battery status– Charging– Not Charging
Back
Settings
• Personalize your iPad• Brightness & Wallpaper• Location Services• Notifications
• Navigation arrows• General Settings
– Date and Time– Auto-Lock– Restrictions– Mute/lock rotation– Etc.
Settings
•WiFi– Connect (check
status bar) •Change other iPad settings
– Safari– Location Services– Etc.
•Change features in apps
Back
App Management
• Appsbergers: an addiction to apps
• Moving
• Deleting
• Folders
• Closing open apps
Moving and Deleting Apps
• Touch and hold any icon until all “jiggle”
• Can slide any icon to rearrange or put on another screen
• Can delete installed apps by touching x
• Cannot delete “native” apps
Creating Folders
• Press and hold any icon until all “jiggle”
• Drag one icon on top of another
• Folder window will open with suggested name– Can rename
• To remove, press and hold, drag out of folder
View and Close Open Apps
• Double click Home button
• Open apps appear at bottom for quick access
• Press and hold any icon until all “jiggle”
• Press minus sign in corner to close
• Does not remove app from device
App Store
• Searching for apps• Selecting
compatible apps for your device– + next to price
indicates universal app
• Customer ratings and reviews
Downloading Apps• Download either on iPad or on
computer through iTunes to sync with iPad
• Click Free or Buy App
• Click Download
• Enter password
• Download starts automatically• Will sync with iTunes next time
you connect with computer
• Download Dropbox, Evernote, and Diigo, and Flipboard.
Back
Safari Web Browser
• Search and address bars
• Access the keyboard– .com key– Hide the keyboard
• Accessing bookmarks– User Guide
Safari Web Browser
• Tabs• Adding and
organizing bookmarks• Folders
• Zooming in and out• Viewing and
closing multiple pages
• 50 top tips and tricks
50 Tips and Tricks
Productivity in the Cloud• Dropbox
– www.dropbox.com – Share files among devices
• Evernote– www.evernote.com– Remember Everything!!
• Diigo– www.diigo.com – Bookmark, notes, pictures
• Flipboard– eReader app from Appstore– Professional Reading made easy!
• neuAnnotate– Annotator app from Appstore– Annotate Math Worksheets
• Skype– www.skype.com– Communicate via video
Connect to your Smartboard
• Splashtop Streamer/Whiteboard App• Learn to control your Smartboard• How can you use this in your
classroom
Personal Learning Networks
• Will Richardson Video
• Read Blogs• Tweet:
100 Ways to Teach with Twitter• Add your Professional Reading to
Flipad• Share your ideas with a colleague!
Resources• Top Four Passionate Math Teacher Blogs • Things to do with an ipad • eBook Apps and website
– Ibooks – freebooks – Overdrive – Project Gutenberg
• 62 things to do with Dropbox. • “Ted Talks” iPad App (Ideas worth Spreading – Technology, Entertainment, Design
• Appitic• Apps in Education Blog• Education Apps Review (A Community Effort to Grade Educational Apps)• Apple iPad Education Resources