Paul Mears
pmears@firbank.vic.edu.au
http://www.scoop.it/t/ipadaddict
http://delicious.com/paul_mears/ipad
app alert - Artrage, Display Recorder, notability, writepad for iPad (handwriting recognition app), Creative Book Builder, Book Creator for iPad, Discovr apps
Victorian Govt iPads for Learning website
technical support minimal - self managed device
infrastructure is crucial - mobile devices rely on solid robust infrastructure
eSafety curriculum
printing? possible but no need... digitise!!
Handy hints
passcode lock - set at 5 minutes
lock image - when screen locks show photo of owner
accessibility settings - lock in app purchases!
international keyboard
screen protectors
iPads not meant to be/not designed to be shared or moved around from class to class, they are a domestic device, if you create something it only sits on that 1 device - risk is easy deletion e.g. kids make video, next group deletes it and it's gone!
home filtering - http://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/parental-controls
administrative meetings done collaboratively on line so staff meetings are free for professional learning
Yammer - microblogging, like Twitter but inhouse (not on iPad, on laptop/PC), great for collaborating and sharing
Scootle - digistore for iPad
Kathy Schrock - http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html, http://www.schrockguide.net/
TCEA app evaluation rubric
eLocker - file sharing
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