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Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices
Safari
With Safari and a Wi-Fi connection, you and your students can browse websites and
search for information on the Internet, including Google searches. For example, you
can use the Safari app to readily access the wealth of resources available from the
Discovery Education website (www.discoveryeducation.com). With Safari on an iOS
device, students can do research both in and out of the classroom and can have up
to eight web pages open at a time. They can also download and view PDF les.
You can add bookmarks on a computer and sync them to iPad or iPod touch, which is
particularly helpful if you want to provide students with a group of websites to use for
research. Or you can add bookmarks directly on the iPad and iPod touch. You can even
add a frequently used website to the device’s Home screen for easy access.
Websites can be viewed in either portrait or landscape orientation—just rotate the
device to change the orientation. Double-tap or pinch to zoom in and out on a web
page.
Notes
Notes, which has a yellow notepad icon, lets you easily add, read, and revise notes
on iPad or iPod touch. If the device is set up for email, you can also email notes that
you’ve created. Notes can be synced with the Mail application on a Mac. Notes have
many uses, such as meeting summaries of students’ collaborative projects, taking notes
during a presentation, capturing learnings from a eld trip, and more. And because
you can copy and paste text with the device, you can copy text from a web page or
an email and add it to a note, or copy text in a note and add it to a Pages document.
To add a note, tap Notes, then tap the Add button (+). When you’re nished typing a
note with the keyboard on iPad, tap the Keyboard icon. When you’re done typing a
note on iPod touch, tap Done. With both devices, tap the envelope at the bottom of
the screen to email your note. To view a list of all your notes, tap Notes in the upper
left of the screen.
Mail
To send and receive email with the iOS Mail app, you need to add email account
details to the device’s Settings, or add them in iTunes when the device is connected to
your computer. You can send and receive photos and movies and view attached PDFs
and other les.
Calendar
To keep track of important dates or school schedules, you and your students can
use the Calendar app. You can enter and edit calendar events directly on the device.
Students can use Calendar as an organizational tool as well, for example, by setting
a time to work on a project with an alert to remind them to get started. You can also
create calendars using Calendar (included with every new Mac) or Outlook, such as
a class calendar with due dates for projects, holidays, eld trips, and other school
activities, and then sync the calendar to iPad or iPod touch to share with the class.
FaceTime
Use FaceTime and a Wi-Fi connection to participate in video calls with others who are
using iPad 2 or later, iPod touch (4th generation), or iPhone 4 or later. The 5-megapixel
iSight camera included with the third-generation iPad (introduced in March 2012)
makes video calls even more compelling.
To get started, tap the FaceTime app and tap the name of the person to call from your
Favorites list. An invitation appears on that person’s device asking if he or she wants to
join you. When the person accepts, the video call begins.