As part of the technology training for faculty members in the Department of Educational Communication and Technology, Prof. Alan Foley from Syracuse University led a session on Introduction to the iPad. The session introduced and familiarized participants with the iPad controls, screens, status bar, settings, App management, moving and deleting Apps, creating folders, viewing and closing open Apps, the App store, downloading Apps, the Safari web browser, and some basic functions. Participants then worked at and rotated around seven demonstration stations dealing with (1) an iPad as a document camera, (2) using Keynote (presentation app), (3) using Pages (word processing app), (4) the operating system, (5) access features, (6) using Safari, and (7) using the camera.
CaptionAlan Foley introducing participants to the iPad
CaptionAlan Foley demonstrating how an iPad can function as a document camera
CaptionUsing an iPad as a document camera
CaptionNicholas Twoli and Alan Foley discussing how to use a ring stand to make a document camera
CaptionDeciding where the piece of wood should be placed to support an iPad
CaptionA document camera made from a ring stand, clamp, piece of wood, and an iPad connected to a LCD projector
CaptionA participant using the Board Cam app and writing on the iPad with a stylus to label items below the document camera
About Joanna Masingila
Joanna Masingila is Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Syracuse University. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Kenyatta University in 1998, and since that time Syracuse University and Kenyatta University have an institutional linkage.
