iPad Academy

Registration closes today for the May section of the iPad Academy Master Class Click Here for details and registration info  

I’ve replied many times to the question of purchasing a Mac vs Windows PC. I point out that value, not price, is the most important factor. The qualities of the Mac (and the shortcomings of Windows) frequently make the Mac the “value buy” in personal computers. Joe Morelock is a fellow ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) [...]

Yesterday I had the opportunity to lead an iPad session for a local class of 9th graders. These students attend a school where I’m helping to support a 1:1 iPad project, where all teachers and students will receive an iPad for teaching and learning. During the session, one of the students showed me that the [...]

Wow! Over the past few months, more than 500 iPad owners have improved their skills by registering for my iPad Academy Master Class. Students are enjoying the lessons and the learning. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Just completed the first module — great lessons. I’m learning some basics and also great [...]

Whenever you reopen Safari on your iPad, you have to wait for it to reload the websites you were on the last time you used it. If you had a number of tabs, this can take some time. Save yourself the time and trouble of closing these tabs. Make Safari open to a new page [...]

Thinking of giving Mom an iPad for Mother’s Day or already have  one gift wrapped?  Make it easy for her to get started and get comfortable with her new iPad. Include video lessons from the iPad Academy Master Class. The online iPad Academy Master Class series starts with a video tour of the iPad’s buttons [...]

Had a question yesterday from a student in my online iPad Academy Master Class. He was curious about the amount of memory shown on my iPad in one of the video lessons and how to tell how much memory various apps were using. I was showing the memory allocation of a 32 GB iPad (Settings [...]

Enrollment for the March offering of the online iPad class again exceeded expectations! Individuals and school groups from K-12 and higher education enrolled in large numbers. I want to thank the students of the March class again for participating, and once again express my gratitude for your feedback on the content of the video lessons [...]

This past week I spent three enjoyable days leading iPad professional development for a local school system. A few weeks ago these 100+ teachers enrolled in my online iPad Academy Master Class to learn the basics of using their iPads through 21 convenient video lessons. We then got together on site at the schools to [...]

Big price drops on these iPad apps. Note that each app will take up considerable space on your iPad. Together they add up to over a gigabyte (GB) of space. The Peterson guide is 579 MB and the Audubon app is 606 MB. Audubon Bird Guide was $19.99  now .99 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audubon-birds-field-guide/id333227386?mt=8   Peterson Guide to [...]