Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices A guide for using iPad, iPod touch, and iTunes
for K–12 teaching and learning ! 1
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Contents Page 3 Foreword Page 4 Overview Page 7 Managing iOS Devices and iTunes for Student Use Page 11 Using Apps on iPad and iPod touch Page 17 Finding and Using Additional Education Content Page 21 Creating Your Own Content Page 25 Adding Content to an iOS Device Page 28 Accessibility and iOS Devices Page 31 Enhancing Teaching and Learning with iOS Devices Page 37 Resources 2
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Foreword Educators all over the world are examining the tools and learning environments required to develop skills students need to succeed in school, work, and life. Many are already achieving great results using mobile devices such as iPad and iPod touch in their classrooms.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Overview About iOS Devices for Education As many educators have discovered, iPad and iPod touch are easy-to-use iOS devices with a variety of classroom uses. (They’re called iOS devices because they use the Apple iOS operating system.) Students use iOS devices to interact with educational apps, watch educational videos, listen to audio recordings or podcasts, view primary source images, read textbooks and other course materials, do research online, and create content.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Why iPad and iPod touch for Education? Innovative educators are using iOS devices as powerful educational tools to meet students’ academic needs. Here are just some of the reasons: • iPad and iPod touch, like Apple’s other iOS devices and computers, are familiar, easy to use, and exciting for students. And the Multi-Touch screen means students can read a book, explore an app, page through websites, and much more with just the touch of a finger.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices you view the contents of an iTunes library, such as movies and TV shows, on a classroom television. iTunes is compatible with both Mac and PC and comes preinstalled on every Mac computer. It’s available as a free download at www.apple.com/itunes/download. Adding content to your iTunes library is as easy as downloading it from the iTunes Store, adding PDF and other files from your computer, or importing it from a CD.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Managing iOS Devices and iTunes for Student Use This section provides suggestions for managing iPad, iPod touch, and iTunes in your classroom. Because iPad and iPod touch are designed to be paired with one computer or user account, the way you use these devices will determine how you decide to set up user accounts and manage settings and content. In some schools, students are assigned their own devices, such as with a one-to-one learning initiative.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices To manage large numbers of devices, Apple and many third-party software companies offer mobile device management (MDM) solutions. MDM solutions, such as Profile Manager, which is part of Apple’s OS X Server, can manage distribution of VPP apps and books, device configurations and restrictions, accounts and more—for hundreds and thousands of devices.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices If students don’t have access to a personal device and you want to check out devices from your classroom, a sign-in/sign-out sheet helps keep track of them. Along with asset tags, consider numbering each iPad or iPod touch so you know who is using each device. When you first set up an iOS device, you’re prompted to name it. You can use these same names when you set up your student checkout system.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Mobile Learning Solutions Apple offers convenient ways to manage multiple devices in the classroom. The Apple iPad Learning Lab is a mobile system that comes with a set of iPad devices and a fully assembled, sturdy, and secure Bretford PowerSync Cart. The cart can store, charge, and sync connected iPad devices simultaneously and has extra storage space for a MacBook computer.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Using Apps on iPad and iPod touch The built-in apps on iPad and iPod touch offer a set of valuable resources that support teaching and learning in the classroom. In addition to using the built-in apps, you can further enhance teaching and learning by downloading apps from the App Store. You can choose from an amazing collection of apps, many of which are free and designed specifically for education. The iLife and iWork apps are also included with every iOS device.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Photos With Photos, you can view, edit, and organize photos and images transferred from your computer, saved on the device, or taken with the device’s camera. Organize photos into albums and view them in portrait or landscape orientation or as a slideshow. Tap Photos to see the available images. Tap the Share icon when a photo is open to see options for sharing. Double-tap an image to zoom in.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Calendar To keep track of important dates or school schedules, you and your students can use the Calendar app. You can enter and edit calendar events directly on the device. Students can use Calendar as an organizational tool as well, for example, by setting a time to work on a project with an alert to remind them to get started.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Newsstand Newsstand puts all your newspaper, magazine, and journal subscriptions from the
App Store in one place, ready for you to read. To get started, tap the Newsstand icon and then tap Store to go to the section of the App Store that features newspapers, magazines, and journals. Tap to add the items you want. Photo Booth (iPad) With Photo Booth, you and your students can take photos of each other and then add fun effects to them.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices • Frog Dissection from Emantras Inc. (iPad)—Dissect a frog with this scientifically
accurate and easy-to-use app. • Starfall ABCs from Starfall Education, LLC (iPad and iPod touch)—See, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, and games. For younger
students, including English language learners.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Educational institutions can purchase multiple copies of apps or books at the same time by using the App Store Volume Purchase Program. For more information about this
program, go to http://www.apple.com/education/it/vpp. Also, see “Volume Purchase of Apps” earlier in this guide. You can easily organize apps into folders on iPad and iPod touch. For example, you could have a folder of math apps and another folder of language arts apps.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Finding and Using Additional Education Content iOS devices, the iTunes U app, and iTunes provide great ways for you and your
students to access valuable education resources.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Students can easily access all these resources from one place with the iTunes U app. They can browse and download content from the entire iTunes U collection or access a wide variety of courses. Using and Producing Courses with iTunes U Course Manager Educators can create their own courses and publish them on iTunes U using iTunes U Course Manager, a free web-based tool accessible from a web browser.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Reading Books on iPad and iPod touch iPad and iPod touch provide an engaging way for students to read books, whether they’re books from the iBooks Store—such as classic literature or iBooks Textbooks— books created on the Mac with iBooks Author, or interactive books from the App Store. Use the iBooks app, a free download from the App Store, to read books on iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. After you’ve downloaded the app, open the iBooks app and a bookshelf appears.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices To listen to an audiobook on iPad or iPod touch, tap Music, tap Audiobooks, and then tap to play the book you want. You can set audiobooks to play faster or slower. To set an audiobook’s play speed when you’re playing the book, tap 0.5x Speed, 1x Speed, 2x Speed. When you stop listening to an audiobook and return to the book later, the device starts the book where you last stopped listening.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Creating Your Own Content In addition to content available in iTunes U, the App Store, and the iBooks Store, you and your students can create your own content. You can produce content for iPad and iPod touch with apps on the iOS devices or on a Mac.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Taking and Editing Photos You and your students can use the Camera and Photos apps on iPad or iPod touch to take, edit, organize, and share photos. The iPhoto app offers additional editing, sharing, and organization tools for your photos on an iOS device. It’s included with every new iOS device and is available for download from the App Store.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices documents in Pages on your iOS device, PowerPoint and Keynote presentations in the Keynote app, and Excel and Numbers spreadsheets in the Numbers app. Or you can use iWork on a Mac to edit files created on your iOS device. Using iPod touch and iPad for Voice Recording Recording memos, lectures, interviews, small group discussions, and more is easy on iPod touch (with the built-in Voice Memos app) and iPad (with the addition of a thirdparty recording app).
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices In addition to widgets, you can add other images, videos, and digital files as well as tables, charts, and shapes. You can even create a glossary of terms that includes images and related terms. Share your finished book in the iBooks format. Or you can print it, email it, or export it as a PDF or text-only file. You can also submit your finished book to the iBooks Store. To learn more about iBooks Author, visit www.apple.com/ibooks-author.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Adding Content to an iOS Device You can add content to iPad or iPod touch directly on the device or add content using iTunes on a computer. When you use Apple’s iCloud service, content that you’ve added to or changed on one iOS device or computer appears automatically on your other devices or computers. You can also connect an iPad or iPod touch to a computer to sync the contents of the iTunes library, calendars, contacts, and more to the device.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Using iTunes on a Computer to Add Content The first time you connect iPad or iPod touch to a computer, Setup Assistant appears and guides you to name the device and select sync settings. You can set iTunes to
sync music, books, podcasts, iTunes U content, other audio files, movies and TV shows, apps downloaded from the App Store, photos, contacts, notes, calendars, email account settings, and web page bookmarks.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices 4. Select syncing options in the Summary pane: • Select the “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” option if you want iTunes to open and sync the device automatically whenever you connect
it to the computer. Deselect this option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes or if you want to manually manage content. • Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want to sync only selected items in the computer’s iTunes library.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Accessibility and iOS Devices In addition to being designed for ease of use and a great user experience, Apple’s iOS devices come with built-in accessibility features and learning aids. iPad and iPod touch offer many features and apps that can help accommodate a range of students with special needs. For more information about the iOS accessibility tools, go to www.apple.com/accessibility/ios.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Hearing iPad and iPod touch include accessibility features for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. You can view closed caption content in iTunes and on iPad and iPod touch. You can also view content with subtitles in iTunes and on iPad. In the Videos app, students can tap the Alternate Track button to choose from subtitles and captions offered by a video. Standard subtitles and captions are usually listed.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Apps for All Learning Styles The built-in Guided Access feature helps students with autism or other attention and sensory challenges stay focused on the task (or app) at hand. With Guided Access, you can limit an iOS device to stay on one app by disabling the Home button and can restrict touch input on certain areas of the screen. To set up Guided Access and turn it on and off, on iPad or iPod touch, go to Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Enhancing Learning with iOS Devices There’s no shortage of ways you can use iPad and iPod touch to support teaching and learning. This chapter provides just a few ideas for their use in the classroom. Increasing Language Skills iPad and iPod touch can assist students of all grade levels as they gain vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and related language skills.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Building Reading Fluency iPad and iPod touch offer so many ways for students to read, hear, and record text to develop their reading fluency skills. Compelling iBooks Textbooks and other Multi-Touch books for iPad engage students in the reading experience.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices using video or voice recording to practice the language and improve their fluency. For more information about apps for learning world languages, see the Foreign Languages Education collection on the App Store. Increasing Reading Comprehension Reading books with iBooks—whether they’re iBooks Textbooks or literature books from the iBooks Store—provides students with many ways to increase their reading skills and deepen their understanding of what they read.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices They can reinforce their math skills with hundreds of engaging, interactive apps
available from the App Store. Math apps provide you with an easy way to customize learning for particular students—you can include specific apps on a student’s
iOS device to support that student’s learning needs.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices With the GarageBand app, students can play a wide variety of musical instruments. They can also create music using apps such as Touch Band, Pianist Pro, Violin Player, and Shiny Drum, all of which can be used with iPod touch as well as iPad. You can record vocal performances with GarageBand or on iPod touch with Voice Memos, or capture video
of performances with the built-in camera on iPad or iPad touch and then edit it with
the iMovie app.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Many types of professional development content are available for iPad and iPod touch. An abundance of free education resources are available, including a wide variety of lectures, discussions, and other materials from iTunes U as well as podcasts from the iTunes Store and other sites. Commercial materials, such as books, are also available from the iTunes Store and iBooks Store.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices Resources Apple Websites Apple has extensive resources to learn more about iPad, iPod touch, and iTunes. At these sites, you’ll find tutorials, lesson plans, and much more. Learning with iPad • Information about iPad features, iTunes U, apps, and more www.apple.com/education/ipad General Resources for Teachers and Administrators • Resources for iPad—includes guidelines, tutorials, iBooks Author Support Communities, funding information, and more www.apple.
Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices • iTunes U Collections itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=395458516&ignmscache=1 • iTunes U Guidelines: Creating a Course images.apple.com/support/itunes-u/docs/iTunesU_Course_Guidelines_011912.pdf • iTunes U Support Communities discussions.apple.com/community/itunes_u/ • iTunes U Course Manager tutorial www.apple.
