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 * __//Exploring iPads Activity: //__ **

__//**Today you will: **//__
 * Open, Explore and Register your iPad
 * Review basic aspects of the iPad including applications
 * Use any of the built in applications to create a reflective piece that demonstrates the iPad skills you've learned so far

__//**Explore your iPad:**//__

**Look at the iPad's Buttons:** On / Off Side Switch - Screen Lock / Mute - this can be changed in the Settings app Volume Home Charging cord Front and back cameras

**Register Your iPad:** *Make sure you have downloaded the most updated version of iTunes to the computer that will be used for syncing and backing up your iPad. Using the charging cord, plug your iPad into a computer that you want as the "home" computer which can be used to back up all of the contents of your iPad. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Follow the step-by-step directions provided by Apple to register your iPad and to create an iTunes account. You must use a credit card or an iTunes gift card when setting up your iTunes account.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Watch the** Guided Tours **and try out some of the features.**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Search the iTunes store for the iBook app & download it. Now download the iPad Guide Book. You will use this book to help you with setting up your iPad. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Settings: (touch the Settings Application)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Wi-Fi / 3G Network - Set up your 3G Network if your device comes with this feature
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Notifications - These can be modified based on your personal preferences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Location Services - Services for Maps, iMovie, and other applications you download that need to communicate with each other should be left on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Brightness / Wallpaper - modify to your preferences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">General - Bluetooth, Auto Lock, Passcode, iPad Cover Lock, Restrictions, Side Switch, Accessibility, can all be set to your personal preferences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Set up iCloud features if you plan to use iCloud as a means of backing up and syncing multiple devices through iTunes
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Open up Marian Online 2 on your computer and log in to your EDT 704/604 course shell. Locate the Assignments tab. Add the assignment due dates to your iPad Calendar.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Go into Settings, click on Mail, Contacts, and Calendars. Set up your email & contacts using your preferred network provider. You can add multiple email accounts, but make sure you choose which will be the iPad's default account it sends emails from.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Try the map feature - choose your next vacation spot and zoom in. Lift the right corner tab to check the traffic flow if you are planning on driving. Change the map view to Satellite view, Hybrid, and Terrain . Tap the orange person icon and explore the street view.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Using the On / Off and your Home Screen buttons, push them for 1 second at the same time. This lets you take a screen shot. You can view it in your Photos application.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Try out the Camera and Photo Booth apps - view videos & pictures in the built in Photos application.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Write a note or make a list of applications to check out using the Note application. Try the keyboard in both the portrait and the landscape view.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Create a list of reminders using the Reminder application
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hold an icon until it wiggles, then re-arrange application icons on your home screen & create folders
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Double click the Home button - slide app bar all the way to the left & right, close out apps, notice the features to the left of the iPod icon (Mute or Screen Lock, Brightness & Volume, Music and Playback)
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Try out the Multitasking features - 4 finger swipe (left, right, up), and 5 finger close (these should be turned on in the Settings: General area)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Search a website using Safari, add it as a bookmark, add another to your home screen, delete the added application icon by making it wiggle and clicking on the black X.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Search the iTunes Bookstore for newspapers or magazines to add to the News Stand app
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Search the iTunes store for the iTunesU application & download it. You will be doing an assignment with this application later in the class.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reflective Piece **//__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Using the Photo, Notes, Email, Camera or any built-in application create a reflective piece that demonstrates what you have learned about the iPad so far.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">You will have to email the finished reflective piece to yourself and access it from a computer, or save it to your iTunes account prior to completing the next step.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Upload the finished reflective piece to your Wiki with the title "Exploring an iPad: Reflection".
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Your instructor will evaluate the skills you have developed so far and will plan activities according to the needs of the group, so please be honest in what you have learned, what applications you are struggling with and what questions or concerns you still have.