Pages, Numbers and Keynote - Did you know...

Did you know you can access these Apple tools at home WITHOUT an iPad?!?!

This post will show you how it works on the iPad at school and how to continue that work at home.

Note: This is subject to change as things are updated on the iPads.

iPad - At School

Your first step is logging into iCloud. If you do not log into iCloud this will not work.

Click on the Settings app.

Click Sign In in the upper left.

Add your district email.

Click Continue.

Enter your school google account password.

It will take a few seconds to log in.

Sync your data.

Once you see your name you are fully logged into iCloud.

Open the file you are working on.

For this example, I am working with a Numbers document.

I added some insightful information.

The device will save it.

If this is a shared iPad (middle/high), then you need to make sure to sign out of iCloud before you leave class.

To log out, click settings.

Once you click on your name, upper left, you will see the red Sign Out at the bottom.

Click to sign out.

Whatever Device - At Home

Start by going to icloud.com

Then type in your full school email.

Click Continue.

This screen might throw you a bit, but you are in the right place.

Enter your school email password.

You will be presented with this screen.

Click on the app you were working on in class.

For this example, I will click on Numbers.

Find the file, click on it to launch it.

As you can see, what was on my iPad is now fully accessible on my browser at home.

Here is proof it works both ways. I added some text on my laptop and it showed up almost in real-time on my iPad.

Like your ELMO but with an iPad (elementary classroom teachers)

I used AirServer to create the infinity mirror effect. We were in a meeting today and Dominic told us about this fantastic idea. As we discussed all things technology he explained one method of using the iPad as a portable ELMO. It was too cool not to share. Step 1 Make sure you have AirServer running on your laptop. 1. Click the Windows key on your keyboard or click the icon in the lower left of your screen. 2. Just start typing AirServer. 3. Click AirServer. Don't see it? Contact technology or your building tech person. Step 2 Connect your teacher iPad to your laptop. 1. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Start by swiping in the bezel, the black plastic part surrounding the screen. 2. Click AirPlay Mirroring. 3. Click your name. Step 3 Open the camera app and instant portable ELMO! Anything you see in the camera's len will be broadcast to the big screen. I just used this method to take a picture of my notebook as a demonstration of how co

Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

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