Getting Started With iPads
January 26, 2018
Let me start by saying this: I’ve never had as much exposure to Apple products as I did last summer. Last year was the year of the apple, at least for me. I suddenly found myself equipped with the latest iPhone model...and I didn’t know what I had put myself into. Now, for my Educational Technology class we are being given the immense privilege of having an iPad — pretty cool if you ask me. One of the first assignments is of course reading the iPad user guide that Apple provides. However, it’s no ordinary user guide, it’s the user guide that is specific for teachers and how they can make good use of these wonderful products.
Throughout this useful guide, I’ve been able to learn many new and helpful tips that I didn’t know before, mind you, there are many as I’ve only been exposed to Apple technology for about half a year. One of the first things that jumped out at me as I was perusing the Apple Teacher Guide is the Reader View Mode available on Safari. This seems like a great way to be able to get my future students to read an article on the web while enabling them not to lose focus with adds or other gifs that may be present on the article’s website. Being an English Literature field means that I will more than likely use the web to present the students with research and/or news articles so I know that they will be able to benefit from the Safari Reader like I have so far.
The second feature that has become a personal favorite of mine is the Screen Recording feature. I think it is first of all absolutely awesome, but also if I encounter students in my classroom who have never been exposed to App products like myself, then I will be able to make them tutorial videos on how to use certain apps on the iPad! Or if I happen to need to miss a day of school, I can make a video for my subs on what to do with the lesson and how to do it if it requires the usage of the iPad. In sum, I think there would be many people who would benefit from my tutorial videos.
The last thing that also caught my attention was the Slide Over and Split View feature. This has literally been a huge time saver for me since I’ve found out about it. I love that we are able to be able to multitask with not just two screens, but three! The Slide Over screen is one that you can have pulled up almost as a floating screen and the Split View will do as it says, split your screen in half. I use this feature on my laptop all the time, but knowing that I can also do it on the iPad is a relief because it will enable me to be able to work with two things at once. I know that my future students would also benefit from this feature because they can read an article or an iBook on one side and on the other, have a notes sheet full of awesome notes they should be taking.
I am proud to say that I have learned many new tricks that I will keep up my sleeve to share with my future students. And I know that by constantly keeping up with the Apple Teacher Learning Center, I'll be able to always provide my students with the best that technology has to offer.
Let me start by saying this: I’ve never had as much exposure to Apple products as I did last summer. Last year was the year of the apple, at least for me. I suddenly found myself equipped with the latest iPhone model...and I didn’t know what I had put myself into. Now, for my Educational Technology class we are being given the immense privilege of having an iPad — pretty cool if you ask me. One of the first assignments is of course reading the iPad user guide that Apple provides. However, it’s no ordinary user guide, it’s the user guide that is specific for teachers and how they can make good use of these wonderful products.
Throughout this useful guide, I’ve been able to learn many new and helpful tips that I didn’t know before, mind you, there are many as I’ve only been exposed to Apple technology for about half a year. One of the first things that jumped out at me as I was perusing the Apple Teacher Guide is the Reader View Mode available on Safari. This seems like a great way to be able to get my future students to read an article on the web while enabling them not to lose focus with adds or other gifs that may be present on the article’s website. Being an English Literature field means that I will more than likely use the web to present the students with research and/or news articles so I know that they will be able to benefit from the Safari Reader like I have so far.
The second feature that has become a personal favorite of mine is the Screen Recording feature. I think it is first of all absolutely awesome, but also if I encounter students in my classroom who have never been exposed to App products like myself, then I will be able to make them tutorial videos on how to use certain apps on the iPad! Or if I happen to need to miss a day of school, I can make a video for my subs on what to do with the lesson and how to do it if it requires the usage of the iPad. In sum, I think there would be many people who would benefit from my tutorial videos.
The last thing that also caught my attention was the Slide Over and Split View feature. This has literally been a huge time saver for me since I’ve found out about it. I love that we are able to be able to multitask with not just two screens, but three! The Slide Over screen is one that you can have pulled up almost as a floating screen and the Split View will do as it says, split your screen in half. I use this feature on my laptop all the time, but knowing that I can also do it on the iPad is a relief because it will enable me to be able to work with two things at once. I know that my future students would also benefit from this feature because they can read an article or an iBook on one side and on the other, have a notes sheet full of awesome notes they should be taking.
I am proud to say that I have learned many new tricks that I will keep up my sleeve to share with my future students. And I know that by constantly keeping up with the Apple Teacher Learning Center, I'll be able to always provide my students with the best that technology has to offer.