Advanced Preparation before the Workshop
o Make sure latest version of iTunes is installed (version 10.2.1).
o Make sure latest iPad software is installed an updated (version 4.2).
o Email an observation form to yourself.
o Set up an gmail account. Go to www.gmail.com to create an email account.
Download the following Apps:
o DropBox (Free) Download software to syncing computer and download the app
o Dragon Dictation (Free)
o Forms $1.99 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/forms/id396855682?mt=8
o Google Mobile (Free - looks like a blue “g”)
Sample http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7813468/Evaluation%20Form%202010-11.docx
o Top Tips for iPad (free download)
o Optional: Good Reader ($4.99)
Day One iPad Agenda
Morning Session
Four central goals of this session:
- Exploration & better understanding of how to move files to & from your iPad
- How to make your iPad more closely interact with your computer
- Using the iPad as a communication & planning hub
- Find apps that offer more value to the iPad as a productivity tool
Overview and Basics:
o Operating the iPad
o KWL
o Gestures
o General Settings
o How was your iPad synced?
o How will you sync your iPad in the future?
o Setting up your iPad
o About iPad with Wifi and/or 3G
o Manual in Safari
Built in Features
o Native apps including iBooks
o Webpages on your desktop
FEATURES
iPad Academy
Apple: iPad Features
o MultiTasking iOS 4.2 bring multitasking to the iPad for the first time. In landscape mode, swiping left-to-right on the tray brings up the quick-access control panel.
o Make Folders
o Spotlight Search
o Find my iPad A must have app.
o Home Screen Make it your own
o Volume
o Safari Find in Page Typing in the search box in Safari now offers users the ability to search for text within the currently-open page, displaying a toolbar to allow for navigation.
Productivity
Connect to laptop
o iTunes—What can it do?
o Finding support for problems
o Free App: Tips for iPad (download)
Organizer
o Native apps including Notes
o And then some: iPad Tools for School Leaders
Communicator
o Native apps including Mail, Contacts, Calendar,
o And then some: Dragon Dictation, Dragon search
o Printing
o AirPrinting
Print N Share
Afternoon Session
There’s An App for That
Afternoon Activity:
Create a walk through form in Google and then use the App FORMS to access the form from the iPad. Compilation of data will be done back in the spreadsheet in Google Docs. Although you can create Google forms on the iPad, it is a little easier on the computer.
o A Principal’s Use of Google Forms
o Using ready made form
o Google Mobile (looks like a blue “g”)
o Forms $1.99 Instructions Taking a Google doc into Forms
o Optional: Good Reader
o Dragon Dictation
o Setting up an iTunes Account without a credit card
o Daily News The first news app designed for the iPad. It will cost 99 cents a week, or $39.99 a year. Each issue will include more than 100 pages of original news content.
o Skyfire Flash friendly browser for iPad – are we going to have the download the App?
o Expedition $.99 Projector friendly browser
o Other Projector Friendly Apps: Pricing included at link (From free to $2.99)
o Words with Friends HD Number one Game -are we going to have them download the App?
o Google Mobile
Google Apps for the iPad
Google Apps
Creating a Google Form for an observation
Setting up a form in Google Docs. Hands-on activity. Principals will create an observation form.
Cloud Computing
o Good Reader – Quick Overview
o DropBox.
o Google Docs
o Forms
Creating an Interactive Whiteboard Out of an iPad
Splashtop Remote for iPad
Doceri Remote
Popplet or Popplet Lite
VGA Projection for All iPads
TVOut Genie!
Fast Media Sharing from an iPad
PhotoSync
Feature Rich Web Browser for iPad
iCab Mobile
Emerging Apps to Keep an Eye Out For
ShowMe
SlidePad
SHARING and REFLECTION
Reflection
Bonding With Your iPad
Resources to consider:
Quick Tips
iPad Apps for Administrators
Resources
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