Tech Tip Tuesday...a day late: iPad Tips and Tricks for Teachers

I am guilty of taking for granted all the tips and tricks I pick up for my iPad.  Sometimes I accidentally figure out how to do something.  Other times I'll stumble upon a tip on Twitter or Facebook.  Then there are the times I actually seek out help!  I know....you all think I just know these things.  I don't...I'm just really good at faking it and/or keeping one step ahead of your questions! LOL

The iPad is an amazing TOOL: a tool in which we have yet to truly tap its potential for productivity, for teaching, and for interactive classrooms.  I would be lost trying to run my day in the library and around the school without my iPad.

So, today's Tech Tip Tuesday post is all about helping you discover a few tricks you will be glad to know.

First, I want to point you to TechSupportAlert.com's article: Tech Support Alert - The Best iPad Tips and Tricks (Updated for iOS 7).

Novice to Nearly-an-Expert, you might just find something useful here.  Be sure to click on the index button and find your favorite tip of the day.

Such as "How to Read a Webpage with Safari Reader"

While you read a web page in a browser, you can either double tap or stretch a page to enlarge the size for ease of reading.  Safari browser takes a step further by taking the ads or other clutter out of a web page. It automatically detects a web page with substantial text, such as online articles, and presents you with a Reader button at the left end of the address field.  Tap the Reader button when it appears and you can read or even email the articles in a clean layout without ads or other distractions, re-tap the button and you're back to the original page.

For more tips and tricks, check out my PearlTree collection.  (And yes, you can expect a future post on what the heck a PearlTree is as it is my FAVORITE website tool!!)



 


Stay tuned for more interesting (hopefully!) blog entries as I begin my 20 Day Blogging Challenge!!

20 Day Blog Challenge - Librarian Version!!

If you are like me, you have LOTS to share with the world.  You crave collaboration with others in your professional realm.  You look forward to sharing and hearing back from others on their own experiences.  With all of that, blogging should be easy, right??

Here is my hang up...I get it in my head that each post should be BIG, meaningful, Earth-shattering, and amazing.  I start planning in my head what I'll write, what resources I'll share, and how it will be a post worth the hours to compose.  Then reality hits, and I don't make the time to write.

So, thanks to Kelly Hines at "In the Trenches" and her 20-day Blog Challenge she shared on Techformers Unite facebook page, I am ready to do this thing!!

I did create my own 20-day Challenge - Librarian Version in hopes that it will help me keep moving forward. I will be flexible, focused, and interesting....ok, can't promise that last one, but I will do my best!  The list and you guys will help hold me accountable!  Because, if I know someone is actually reading this, I'll have to write so as not to let down my readers! LOL

Wish me luck....better yet, join me!  Who's in?  Please share your blog below.  Let's inspire each other to take our professional development to a whole-new-level!