IPads+in+Education

=IPads= Introduction of iPads in schools Pedagogy in the classroom within different departments

Different available Different dept buying a variety Itune cards

Hints
Buy vouchers tune deals out there Cheaper than credit card account

The video out capability makes the iPad2 much more useful

Apple keen to work with schools

Currently implementing in year 12 and K PDF and epub - Calibre is free software @http://calibre-ebook.com/ to convert documents to epub These can then be uploaded in to iBooks The Pages application for Mac also exports directly into ePub format

Apps
Keynote - for presentations Good reader - useful to get documents onto ipad from web without connecting the ipad to a computer. Can arrange documents, PDFs etc in folders. Can use markups - annotate, bookmark, add shapes, highlight etc Docs to Go - looks lik MS documents IDT great TAS app written for MYP IB program but useful even for Year 12 D&T Popplet lite: mind mapping Compass HD: Star Walk in Science Attendance app Wikihood Displays features and history of of local neighbourhood, with visuals and distances to sites - links through to Wikipedia Elements - Periodic table - beautiful, expensive Atomic lite - web browser that uses tabs Sundry Notes - record, note, add equations, symbols and more Words with friends - addictive Scrabble type game Dropbox - great for syncing with computr Evernote - webclippings and notes sync on ipad, computer and phone

Administration
Battery Life - Usually about 10 hours Turn off wifi when not needed, lower screen brightness to prolong usage Cases Joyce Valenza's pathfinder for free text books @http://only2clicks.com/pages/joycevalenza/350887 A good article here about syncing multiple ipads to one computer @http://spicylearning.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/how-to-set-up-class-ipads-and-ipods/ Delicious http://www.delicious.com/cgaus/ipad Diigo @http://groups.diigo.com/group/ipad4ed