New: Airplay Mirroring to Apple TV - No Network Needed!

Good news for those of you who want to project your iPad untethered in the classroom without specialized software or a functioning ARC Instruct network.

With iOS 8, you can wirelessly connect an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to Apple TV without first connecting to the organization’s network. You can present or share your work even if you’re offline or the organization has a complex network.

You can test this in the ITC Training Room with one of the iPads in our cart.

Requirements

1.       iPhone 5 or later, iPad (3rd generation or later), iPad mini, or iPod touch (5th generation) using iOS 8 or later.
Note: Those of you who are using an iPad from the Initiative have older iPads which won’t work :-(

2.       Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later. The mobile device must stay within approximately 30 feet of the Apple TV.

Note: the ITC has a few newer models that you can borrow if you wish to experiment

Getting connected

1.      Ensure the Apple TV is on, and the projector is using the correct input.

2.      Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to access Control Center.

3.      Make sure the Bluetooth and wireless antennas are enabled.

4.    Tap AirPlay.

5.      Select Apple TV, wait for the checkmark to appear, then turn on Mirroring.

-Marsha 

iPad fun tricks

I found a site that has some fun little tricks that are useful on the IPad.  http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/mind-blowing-tricks-every-iphone-and-ipad-user-should-kno?sub=2681442_1832815

Educational iPad Apps for Teachers

Found a great resource for teachers http://www.educatorstechnology.com/p/blog-page_9.html

iAnnotate on sale again...$2 this time

For those who didn't get last time, iAnnotate is currently on sale for $2...  it's normally $10. Get it NOW!!!

Catch App

Catch is a free app that is an enhanced to-do list if you will. You can write down ideas and add pictures, voice, websites and more. You can write checklists or simply take notes on ideas using a variety of methods. This could be useful both for individual use in keeping track of what needs to be done in class and in life, but these notes or checklists can be sent to anyone or group that you want to set up. You could set up each class as a specific group and keep them informed through multi-media format announcements that are quick and easy to create from your iPad.

iAnnotate 50% off through the 10th.

iAnnotate on is on sale for half price through May 10... normally a $10 app, it's on sale for $5. This is the app that many of us use to annotate PDFs

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Possibly A Great Resource

I was looking around for some tutorials, and came across a suggestions for TeacherCast.  It's a website, but also an iphone and ipad app that is a hub for educational resources.  It has podcasts, app reviews, an education blog, video tutorials, a chatroom, etc.

 I think that while the website is interesting, it seems that it would work even better in the app form, as you can separate the material in a more user friendly way.  There do seem to be a lot of k-12 resources, but there are a good number of college level reviews and tutorials, as well.

I hunted around the material they had on the website version (Teachercast.net) and found that they had a section called LiveBinders, where teachers posted their lesson plans with apps, assignments, and resources all in one long pdf.  They had them broken down into different categories like music, special education, social studies, business, as well as other categories like High School, Administration, etc.  There were a lot of each type of resource--lesson plans, app reviews, podcasts, tutorials, etc.

Here's their tagline:
Through our dynamic professional development resources, TeacherCast will help you find the right tools to use in your classrooms and bring you the best methods of using them through engaging content online and on site each and every day.

It's a ton of information; almost too much information, but the potential for finding a new tool, resource, or way to use what you already have is worth the hunt.  Especially since it's free.

TeacherNet App link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teachercast-pro/id460774278?mt=8