The iPad for Beginners 101

Greg O’ConnorEducation Services Manager, Spectronics

iPad for Beginners 101

•The iPad•Accessibility•Managing the iPad

iPad Resources

www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple

The iPad

The iPad 2

•16/32/64 GB & WiFi/WiFi + 3G

•9-10 hours battery life•33% thinner•Front & back camera•iPad screen mirroring

•450,000+ Apps available•100,000+ iPad Apps•30% are free•15 Billion Downloads at the beginning of 2011•200 million+ iOS users in 90 countries

iTunes

The iPad 2

•Home Button•Multi-touch screen•Multi-tasking•App organisationApps on the screenFoldersSearch

Settings iOS 5

•General•Accessibility

Accessories

SOS

Assessment

Rubrics

• http://learninginhand.com/

• http://treetops.org.au/groups/ipadagogy/

Student

Environment

Tasks

Tools

www.joyzabala.com

Transformational • Differentiation / UDL• Portability• Convergence

Gray & Silver-Pacuilla (2011) Breakthrough Teaching and Learning

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