Recently I received my Ipad2 that I ordered a few weeks back. I am not sure if I really needed it, but I did want one! I already have a Kindle and Kobo ereader and the Kindle3 is a great ereader and I would go no further than it. So I didn't need the ipad as an ereader.
However in the last year I have started to get The Reading Teacher magazine online and downloading articles as PDFs. I like the idea more, not so many magazines piled up on the bookcase! I have bought the PDF Pro Reader Editon app and this is perfect for reading these articles, the screen is not too bright and I can highlight etc. Possibly a little expensive as an app, but now that I have become skilled at using it I don't regret it. To show how green I am with an ipad I spent about 12 hours wondering how I could enlarge the print. The penny then dropped and I remembered how to make it larger. The downside of this, is now I am touching and swiping and expecting my Kindle ereader to act in the same way! Of course it doesn't!!
A free app that I have downloaded is Flipboard. That makes blog reading and other favourite places like flipping through a magazine. Fun. I have had a go at logging onto Twitter with the ipad. I found myself a little at sea there, finding myself doing things I just don't want. My favourite quote has accidentally changed and I have been in danger of retweeting tweets I didn't want to do.
To see what an upmarket magazine looks like on the ipad2 I tried the most recent Austalian Women's Weekly. Interesting but don't think I will repeat. It took awhile to download, and while the photos were sharp, there wasn't that much reading really in it for me.
I have noticed the finger marks quickly build up and the dust, even though I do have a cover. However all in all I know that I am going to build up my use of this interesting piece of technology.
As a teacher I will be wanting to know what apps are really good for education. I hope to be able to use it in class with a link to my projector. If you read this post and have used the ipad2 in education, please let me know what has worked well (or not!) for you.
A free app that I have downloaded is Flipboard. That makes blog reading and other favourite places like flipping through a magazine. Fun. I have had a go at logging onto Twitter with the ipad. I found myself a little at sea there, finding myself doing things I just don't want. My favourite quote has accidentally changed and I have been in danger of retweeting tweets I didn't want to do.
To see what an upmarket magazine looks like on the ipad2 I tried the most recent Austalian Women's Weekly. Interesting but don't think I will repeat. It took awhile to download, and while the photos were sharp, there wasn't that much reading really in it for me.
I have noticed the finger marks quickly build up and the dust, even though I do have a cover. However all in all I know that I am going to build up my use of this interesting piece of technology.
As a teacher I will be wanting to know what apps are really good for education. I hope to be able to use it in class with a link to my projector. If you read this post and have used the ipad2 in education, please let me know what has worked well (or not!) for you.
