Showing posts with label built-in apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label built-in apps. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Videos

Download movies, TV shows, podcasts and music videos. Special features such as chapters, subtitles, alternate audio, and closed captioning are supported.

Photo Booth

Photo Booth uses the front camera takes photos with a fun effects.  Twist up your face, double your head, or make yourself look like an alien, a comic book character, or an X-ray. Everything in Photo Booth automatically appears in your Camera Roll.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/photobooth.html

Activity
1. Make a face.
2. Tap an effect.
3. Snap your photo.

Notes

This app is great for taking notes in class, creating a to-do list, or jotting down ideas.  Notes are organized by date and time.  In portrait view, Notes appears as one big note. In landscape view, Notes appears as a list on the left side.  The first line of any note is what you see on the left side of the window.  Your current note will be circled in red for easy identification. Notes can be emailed and/or printed.

Activity
1. Create a note beginning with 'iPad Intro.'
2. Create a note beginning with 'iPad Things to Remember.'
3. Create a note beginning with 'My Students could use Notes for...'
4. At the end of our training session, email these notes to yourself and me.

Camera

The built-in camera lets you take both photos and videos. Viewing, emailing, uploading to your computer or Internet are all things you can do with camera app.

Activity:
1. Tap Options to activate and deactivate grid.
2. Camera mode:
    a.  Using camera on back of iPad, take four photos.
    b.  Using camera on front of iPad, take four photos.
3. Tap Camera Roll and select a photo. Set as Wallpaper and Email to yourself.
4. Video mode. Create a 10 second video segment demonstrating how to use the front and rear cameras on the iPad.

iBooks

Watch iBooks video. The iBookstore has many books available for no cost.  Preview a book by downloading the sample. E-textbooks are indescribably awesome.  Major publishers - Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt - are creating e-textbooks now. See the Gallery of Titles available now. Amazing! Watch how e-textbooks come alive.  Worth reading - Apple Joins e-Textbook Party

 Activity
1. Tap Store. Download four books.
2. Arrange your shelf.
3. Open a book:
    a. change the size of text to suit you.
    b. bookmark four pages.
    c. use the search feature to find something specific.
    d. highlight six instances.
    e. create four notes.
    f.  use the definition feature.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Newsstand

Use for digital newspapers, digital magazines, digital journals, etc.  Make it a personal reading room for your students.

1. Tap Store.
2. Find three free publications and download.
3. Tap, Hold, and Drag to rearrange publications.

Note: Newsstand-compatible publications (actually apps) automatically move into the Newsstand folder. Not all publications are compatible with Newsstand.