Tech Tip: Setting an Alarm on the iPad

 

Teachers are very busy people and keeping up with everyday tasks like sending students to different parts of the school during the day or even taking daily attendance can seem impossible to remember! However, your iPad can help you with this. The video below will show you how to set an alarm on your iPad using the Clock app.

 

 

 

Tech Tip: Adding International Keyboards

This short video demonstrates the steps necessary to add additional language keyboards to your iPad.  This is probably most useful for our immersion classrooms but others may find it helpful.

Tech Tip: Keyboarding Shortcuts

Here is a video that can be a real time saver for you!  This video highlights several keyboarding tips and tricks that will find useful!  Don't forget to share these shortcuts with your students!!

Tech TIp: Multitasking Gestures

This video demonstrates how you can utilize Multitasking Gestures (using multiple fingers on the touch screen for specific tasks) to efficiently navigate your iPad.









 

Tech Tip: Accessing Free Images on Your iPad

Many project apps include an opportunity to insert an image.  It's important to make sure that our students use copyright-compliant pictures.  There are a number of websites that offer free use of images for educational purposes (see the list below).  You can add bookmarks to the home screen of your iPad and drag the bookmarks into a folder labeled Picture Resources. Then your students will have easy access to safe images that will support their learning. Here is a short video that will explain what to do:

Scan this QR Code with your iPad to access the resources listed below:

Discovery Education Clip Art
Florida ETC Clipart
NASA Images
National Park Geology Images
NOAA Photo Library
Pics4Learning
The Library of Congress Photographs
 

Tech Tip: Learning to use the Search Function on your iPad

Learn how to quickly find apps, pics, files, and emails on your iPad.  Easily accessing content on your mobile device is essential to your own use of the iPad and for your students.  Please watch the video below to learn more and consider sharing with your students.

Tech Tip: Speak Selection - an iOS tool

Below you will find a video tutorial that describes how to use the Speak Selection tool in iOS6.  This tool has many classroom applications for both struggling and advanced readers and writers.  Please take a few moments to watch this video.

Please add your comments about how you will or have used this feature in your classroom!

Managing Your iPad's Memory

Hello Lex1 Teachers! Here is a 5 min. video that describes strategies for managing space on your iPad.