SEDC Regional iPad Summit
Iron County School District Board Room
January 14, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
10:00 – 10:05 AM – Welcome: Cory Stokes, SEDC
10:05 – 10:30 AM – Before You Buy:
- 10-Pack Discounts through Apple Store for Education – Dan Sinema, Apple
- Any other discounts on the hardware?
- Management of Bulk App Purchasing – Dan Sinema, Apple
- How many of each app need to be purchased for discounts to kick in?
- Management of iPad Sets – Dan Sinema and group
- How are others managing use, charging, syncing, app installation, locking down the App store, etc.
- Is it required to use a credit card to set up the iPad and purchase apps?
- Gift Card Loop Hole
10:30 – 11:00 AM – Discussion on Uses:
- Perceived uses for Administrators? Kathy Webb, USOE
- Access to data, documents, use during administrative walk-troughs, observations, note taking – what else?
- Perceived uses for Teachers?
- Create/edit classroom materials, research, presentations (web content, slide shows, specific apps), interact
ive white board, content specific apps – what else?
- Create/edit classroom materials, research, presentations (web content, slide shows, specific apps), interact
- Perceived uses for Students?
- Educational app use, view/interact with teacher-created materials, research, web access, online testing (formative with new UTIPS, summative?) – what else?
- Replace all text books? CourseSmart is an alternative, but seems to need work.
- Some free ePub text books are available from ck12.org
- How is the iPad for content creation for students? Documents, presentations, web content?
- What can you do without purchased/installed Apps?
- What are the Myths vs. the Facts?
- Adobe Flash is not supported
- Fact, but there are limited work-arounds – Skyfire web browser
- Java is not supported
- Fact, but JavaScript is in Safari (can be turned off in the Safari settings)
- Google Docs are not supported
- Fact & Fiction. Viewing Documents is supported, editing spreadsheets works, but it’s clunky. Office2 HD is a good solution.
- You can project anything that you see on the screen if you have the VGA connector
- FALSE! Only certain applications, at certain times will show.
- Safari? Only when videos are shown (non-Flash)
- Keynote? Only when presenting, and you can’t see your slides
- Videos app? Will work with videos saved on your iPad
- FALSE! Only certain applications, at certain times will show.
- Adobe Flash is not supported
11:00 – 11:30 AM – Google-izing your iPad
- What Google Apps Domain settings are needed for all of this to work? Just enable Google Sync
- District mail on your iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone?
- It’s better to set it up as a Microsoft Exchange account than a regular Gmail account.
- What you do on your computer is synced to your iPad, what you do on the iPad is synced to your computer web interface.
- You can (and should be) syncing ALL services (Calendar & Contacts) not just Gmail
- Syncing can be difficult
- Making Google the home of your contacts and calendars is the key.
- Have multiple calendars? You can select which ones to sync to your iPad (follow the Google Apps instructions below)
- This setup also integrates with Android devices.
- Create a calendar event or contact once, and it’s quickly on all of your devices!
- If you are still having issues, here’s the page of all of my Google-izing instructions.
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Working with Files: File & Document Storage, Management and Sharing
- Unlike a computer, there is no true file system or ‘Desktop’
- Email is the easiest, most direct way to share files to and from the iPad
- One tap on the attachment will download, another will open it for viewing
- –> button on top right will let you open or save the document in any supported app on your iPad
- Dropbox – Amazing, free solution to have access to selected files anywhere, on any device or platform. More and more apps are including Dropbox integration.
- Google Docs? – not fully supported via Safari browser – Office2 HD
- Need a camera? ‘Bump’ photos from your smart phone to your iPad.
- VPN Access to Desktops
- Needed or Not? Does it make sense to open up VPN access to all in a district?
- Wyse PocketCloud – lite version works really well and setup is relatively simple. Must install companion software on the computer(s) to control, uses Google account to validate access. Pro version available.
- Mocha VNC – lite version works easily and connects to both Windows and Macs, but it is HARD to use a touch device to control a mouse and menu based system, and especially hard when 2 monitors are used.
12:00 – 12:30 PM – Lunch Provided by SEDC & CUTS Grant
12:30 – 12:45 PM – Printing Directly From the iPad?- AirPrint Set-Up and Troubleshooting
- List of current AirPrint supported printers
- If you have a Mac and a connected printer that is not AirPrint compliant
- Printopia Printer Sharing
- Works great, and super simple to set up, but is $10
- AirPrint Activator
- Free, but requires more technical knowledge to work.
- Both of these require the iPad and Mac to be on the same network, and the computer to be powered on.
- Printopia Printer Sharing
- On the PC? Might be a bit more work…
- Anyone know of a network-based solution?
12:45 – 1:15 PM – In The Classroom: One-To-Many Information Delivery Best Practices
- What will project, what will not?
- eMedia Videos – by using the QuickTime Download button
- 2Screens – Interactive White Board Replacement and Teacher’s Swiss Army Knife
- Project documents, presentations, photos and web content, with annotation or use as IWB, capture displayed content and annotations, built-in pointer, etc.
- GoodReader – is an app for the iPad that allows the viewing of many different file formats on the iPad itself. It will also allow them to be projected over the VGA-out connector.
- Mobile Mouse – Turns your iPad into a remote control mouse or SMARTtablet for your computer and IWB. Gets you out from behind your desk, and allows student interaction with content on the screen.
- Flashcards Deluxe – Great app for individual students or the whole class. Create your own or find a stack to download from over 10,000 user created stacks.
1:15 – 2:00 PM – Educational Apps
- Get Inspired – 36 (and counting) Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom
- Great apps for Elementary
- Great apps for Secondary Subjects
- From Provo School District (PDF Documents linked below)
- Regional Trainers list of Apps – check back often!
- Others?
- iPad Curriculum – Database of educational apps for all platforms
- Speirs.org – Blog detailing school-wide iPad experiment
2:00 – 2:30 PM – Great Apps for Productivity
- eCOVE for Administrators, SPED, ESL & General Use?
- SEDC/Iron/Washington Observation Tool Project
- Evernote – Create and review notes anywhere, anytime, on any device
- InstaPaper – Save news and web reading for later consumption offline with a click
- Flipboard – a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, Google Reader and Flickr.
- Pages, Numbers, and Keynote – The standard for productivity apps on the iPad for page layout, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- 1Password – securely manage all of your various logins, and store other secure information for quick access.
- Dragon Dictation – allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.
- Adobe Ideas – your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go.
- Penultimate – Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea — in the office, on the go, or home on the sofa.
- AudioNote – combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes.
- smartNote – a nice combination of Penultimate and AudioNote with extra gadgets and tools.
- Stickyboard – A giant whiteboard with a never-ending stack of sticky notes.
- Idea Sketch – lets you easily draw a diagram – mind map, concept map, or flow chart – and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa.
- Even a bunch of apps for techies and geeks!
iOS Educational Apps Spreadsheet
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