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iPad Tip: How to Quit or End An App That’s Stuck or Stalled

15 May 2012

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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 [...]

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iPad Tip: How to Tell Which Apps are Taking Up the Most Memory on Your iPad

4 May 2012

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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 [...]

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How to Add New Albums in the Photos App on the iPad & Add Photos to the Album

24 April 2012

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A student in my online Master Class recently asked how to add an album in the Photos app on the iPad and move photos to a new album. (Enrollment for the next iPad Academy Master Class opens May 1) To add a new album on the iPad  - Photos > Albums > Edit > New Album. [...]

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iPad Tip: Using Your iPad as a Digital Photo Frame Even When Locked

14 April 2012

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I recently had this question from a student in my online Master Class: What is “picture frame” under Passcode Lock? Your iPad is also a digital photo frame. Picture Frame mode (Settings > Picture Frame) lets you choose images, select transitions and set other options for slideshows. You can use your iPad as a digital [...]

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iPad Video Tutorial: How to Move Apps from One Screen to Another on the iPad

9 April 2012

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I’ve written before about arranging apps on your iPad and arranging apps and creating folders within iTunes. I recently got this question from reader Farah through the blog: I’m having a problem dragging apps on my ipad from one page to the next..the 2 last pages on my ipad only have a couple apps each [...]

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How to Print from Your iPad: Summary of Printer and Printing Options

31 March 2012

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When you can, use your iPad to save money, paper and time by sending and processing documents electronically. For those times when a printout is required or desired, here are three options for dealing with printing from your iPad. Option One An AirPrint capable printer. AirPrint is an Apple technology built into the iOS to [...]

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Backing Up Your iPad: Use iTunes on Your Computer or iCloud? Perhaps Both?

24 March 2012

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iCloud can replace syncing with iTunes and you won’t need to regularly remember to connect your iPad to your computer. However, I still like to have a local backup on my computer. If I need to restore an iPad, the process will be much quicker than using iCloud over a Wi-Fi connection, especially with a [...]

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iPad Tip: How to Change Your iTunes Store Payment Method (View Account Info)

12 March 2012

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Need to change your iTunes Store payment method? Perhaps you need to update your credit card information or turn a paid account into a free account (one without a credit card). Or you may simply want to check your account information. Here are two ways to accomplish this task. On the iPad Go to the [...]

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iPad Basics: Sending an Email With An Attachment

5 March 2012

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I recently attended a conference where I ran into an old colleague. We spent some time catching up and of course, the conversation turned to iPads. He began telling me he how he was having trouble with attachments, since there was no easy way to do that when sending email from the iPad. He was [...]

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HoverCam T3 – Versatile Video Camera for Recording & Projecting the iPad Display

27 February 2012

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I started doing iPad demonstrations and workshops in the summer of 2010. In previous posts, I wrote about using the IPEVO P2V USB camera. As you may know, the original iPad did not have video mirroring, the capability to project whatever is on the iPad screen. You could show iPad content only through apps and [...]

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