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Using an iPad in Your Literacy Zone
• Introductions
• Buying iPads
• Navigating the iPad
• Suggested Apps
▫ Using the iPad with Partners
▫ Using the iPad with Learners
• How to Find the Apps
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What the iPad Comes with
• http://www.apple.com/ip
ad/built-in-apps/
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Adding Apps to iPads
• If you use Mac Computers
▫ Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to
mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and
iPod touch in a school, business, or institution.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-
configurator/id434433123?mt=12
• If you use PC computers
▫ limited to 10 total devices for one Apple ID (iTunes
account)
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Organizing Apps
• Hold finger down
on any app until
they all begin to
wiggle
• Then hold finger
down on app you
want to move, and
drag it
• Create folders by
dragging one app
on top of another
app
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How to…
• How to close open Apps on your iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch
• How to change the font in Notes for the iPad,
iPhone and iPod Touch
• How to accurately relocate the cursor in Notes
for your iPhone or iPod Touch
• How to create Folders on your iPad, iPhone or
iPod Touch
• How to take screenshots of your iPhone or iPod
Touch screen
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Kindle and Nook
• Free or low cost books (as well as
regular cost books)
• Highlight passages and share
material with others
• Have all your books available to
you all the time
• Picture books as well as novels
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• Access, view and manage files
Box directly on your iPhone and iPad
• Mark files and folders as favorites
for easy access to content even if
offline
• Secure content with file-level
encryption, a four-digit passcode
• Upload photos and videos to your
Box account
• Project files from Box to a TV, LCD
monitor or projector via AV Out
(iPads and iPhone 4S only)
• Wirelessly print to AirPrint-enabled
printers
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Sight Words Pro
• Over 1,600+ sight words which
comprises up to 85% of the text in a
child's early reading materials
• Choose a pre-defined flash card word
list, or build and save custom flash card
lists
• Add custom words and record your own
pronunciations.
• Share custom word lists via Bump™ or
email.
• Mark flash cards with stars or flags.
• Shake your device to shuffle the words.
• Beautiful voice-pronunciations for all
words.
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Flashcards Deluxe
• Quizlet.com and FlashcardExchange.com
integration - Browse and download any of their 4
million+ flashcard sets.
• Text to speech (TTS) audio in 18 languages
• 1 to 5 sided cards
• Include pictures and sounds. Zoom into pictures.
• 3 response levels: Wrong, I kind of know, I know
really well
• Large number of cards (10,000+) can be imported
easily
• Backup your flashcards to your computer
• Supports Dropbox, Google Docs and USB
transfers
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Motion Math HD
• Follows a star that has fallen from
space, and must bound back up, up,
up to its home in the stars.
• Moving fractions to their correct place
on the number line is the only way to
return.
• A recent controlled experiment
showed that by playing Motion Math
HD, learners improve their ability to
estimate fractions and their attitudes
toward math. (More info:
http://bit.ly/motionmathstudy)
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MathBoard
• Teaches addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division problems.
• Appropriate for all levels from
kindergarten (with simple addition and
subtraction problems) to elementary
school where learning multiplication
and division can be a challenge.
• Control the range of numbers you
want to work with, the amount of
questions you want to answer and
even assign a time limit per quiz.