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iPad Tip: How to Play Audio and Video Podcasts on Your iPad
I recently answered the following question.”When you download a podcast to your iPad, where does it go? How do I play it?” You play audio podcasts from the Music app and video podcasts (vodcasts) from the Videos app. Here’s how: Audio Podcast Look in the Music app in the lower right for the “More” button. [...]
Continue reading...iPad Tutorial – How to Load and Open ePub & PDF eBooks On Your iPad
Monday, January 2, 2012
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I’ve received several questions lately about how to open my eBook guide to the iPad or which version of the eBook (PDF or ePub) to order. So I decided to take some time today to discuss the PDF and ePub formats and how to get these files onto your iPad. I’ll address moving these files [...]
Continue reading...iPad Camera App Tip: Quickly Check Your Pictures or Videos During a Shoot
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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The holiday season is a time for sharing good times with family and friends. Photos and videos help us to relive and remember those good times. You can use the camera on your iPad 2 to capture those moments and memories. The digital still camera on the iPad 2 suffers from poor resolution, but with [...]
Continue reading...Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
A short time ago I replied to questions about removing or deleting photos from your iPad. See this post and the comments on this one. Here’s another way to manage the photos on your iPad using a little known application on your Mac. The program is called Image Capture and you can find it in [...]
Continue reading...Splashtop Apps on Sale Now: Splashtop Remote Desktop & Splashtop Touchpad
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
UPDATE! Just heard from Steve at Splashtop. Their Splashtop Whiteboard app is also on sale at 50% off, now $9.99. This may be the best solution for those looking to use the iPad as part of an inexpensive interactive whiteboard system (IWB). I’ve written before about using remote desktop apps with your iPad as alternatives [...]
Continue reading...iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
Monday, August 22, 2011
I’ve been asked this question more than once recently, so perhaps there are others who are wondering how to delete pictures from the iPad. Here’s how to remove photos directly on the iPad. Open the Photos App. Tap the Photos tab at the top of the screen. Tap box with arrow icon (action menu) in [...]
Continue reading...iPad Tips: Free Whiteboard Apps; App Organization; Shooting iPad 2 Video; More
Monday, July 11, 2011
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Here are five tips and tutorials on making better use of your iPad. I’ve written about using your iPad as an interactive whiteboard here. Though not nearly as full-featured, John Titlow at ReadWriteWeb suggests 5 Free Collaborative Whiteboard Apps For the iPad Vicki Davis at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog offers advice on organizing your [...]
Continue reading...iPad Video Tutorial: How to Find Free Guides and Manuals for the iPad
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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If you’re just getting started with the iPad, you may be looking for a guide or manual to help you with the basics. Or perhaps you’d like to learn a little more about how to use the iPad. Here’s some help on how to find free how-to guides. In this brief iPad video tutorial, I [...]
Continue reading...iPad Mail Tip: How to See A Better Preview of Your iPad Mail Messages
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Time for another quick tip from my eBook iPad Academy: Tips, Tricks & Clever Techniques. This one will help you manage your iPad mail messages. Choose Longer Lines You can set Mail to preview more than the default two lines of each message. Being able to preview more lines for each message can help you [...]
Continue reading...iPad + Computer + Projector + Doceri = Interactive Whiteboard System for $50
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sam Gliksman’s iPads in Education Ning is one of the best sites on the web for thoughtful commentary and discussion on using the iPad for teaching and learning. On March 15, Sam wrote about a software package called Doceri and how it might be used as an inexpensive substitute for an interactive whiteboard system. Though [...]
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