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iPad PDF Annotation Apps; Do You Get What You Pay For?

As I start to get my 1:1 iPad classroom running smoothly, I have only installed and tested apps which are free in the App Store. Since there are thousands of free apps popping up all the time, it seems logical that many may not be very well developed. Heck, if it's...

iPhone Configuration Utility to the Rescue!

In my last post, I discussed how the iPads are now on the secured school WiFi network with the SSID & password saved in each device allowing us to skip the regular Guest Network login. Excellent. After the school computer tech typed in the password for the...

WiFi Password Stored, But For How Long?

After the mishap today with a crashing PDF-Notes 2.0.0 app on all 30 iPads, I immediately thought that I should do some app maintenance over the next few days. You know, clean up the springboard, delete unwanted apps, add a few new ones, create folders, and so forth....

PDF-Notes 2.0.0 for iPad: The Best Annotation App… Or is it?

Now that my WiFi issues have been solved using a secure SSID with a password permanently stored in all iPads from our class set, it was on to experimenting with pdf-notes. After stumbling upon this free app in the iTunes App Store, I watched an advertisement on...

Guest WiFi Network Causing Issues…

After spending hours of my own time over the past two weeks since receiving my Bretford Power Sync cart and 30 iPad 2's, I was starting to get frustrated and disappointed with what I have been able to do with the iPads in my classroom. Since I was chosen to go to a...

Google Docs & iPad 2 … What a beautiful combo!

Just last night, I was on the blog, Teaching Like It's 2999 and I came across a great post about using Google Docs for assessment. By creating form on Google Docs, you can easily create surveys and assessments to use in the classroom. Not only that, but the data...

Setting up the devices for the first time…

One item I was unaware of before the iPad shipment came in was how the setup process would work using the Bretford Power Sync Cart. Although you should never assume, I figured that the initial setup would be a more efficient process with the Sync Cart, but I was...

iPad 2s, Bretford Sync Cart, & MacBook have arrived!

About a week ago, our Apple order finally arrived! Back in June, the original goal was to have all equipment delivered before the end of August in order to have enough time to dedicate to the setup process. Although I am a pretty Tech-Savy individual and own other...