It's always great to get into the classrooms and share the awesome things that the iPad can do for students. Sometimes though the network, or the proxies bring everything to a grinding halt. Without the infrastructure working at a semi decent level you will always have annoying issues. Often staff are left frustrated, or able to opt out because "nothing works". Neither of these are conducive to a great learning environment. The iPad can often leave you baffled and crazy with it's myriad of settings to connect to your network. This week we've been working with Epping West to help them on their journey. Before we could get to the magic we had to work out why their iPads weren't connecting. E
One of the hidden gems in iOS 11 is the ability for students to record their screens. Not just screen snapshots, but an actual recording. This is great for teachers who want their students to create 'how to' tutorials. Strangely, the option to turn on 'screen recording' feels like it's been hidden in the system preferences . It's easy to setup though, with these Apple instructions. Once you've added it to your control panel you can simply press the record button, wait 3 seconds and away you go. The screen will be recorded until you switch it off by tapping the top of the screen. Why not get your students to create instructional content for staff on how core apps work? The screen recording do
Welcome to the new fleet of iTeacher droids and drones! Who wouldn't love coding a BB-8 to go on a recon mission, or sending a sphero around a course to catch another sphero? With apps like Tickle, Tynker and Swift Playgrounds there's a lot of variety out there to get your class started. One of our new favourites is the Cosmo droid. A cute little critter, running on its own set of tracks. Listening to it call your name as it looks up at you is beyond cute. Behind the cutesy facade though, is a very complex little robot. The coding aspect of the downloadable app contains a lot of block coding options. Cosmo uses its own wifi connection to link itself to your devices, handily displayed on his
