Thing #9 One device to rule them
all!
Since the explosion of the iPad,
there has been a rush for developers to produce tablets – devices that are ultra-portable,
easy to use, and basically contain the entire world and anything in it that
might be useful to a person at the drop of a hat. This thing is easy – just read
about different tablets and how they work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/tablets/tablet.htm.
Thing #10 Explore one of our mixed
media book apps on our iPad
Lately,
Cheryl and I have been dazzled – I mean, stopped in our tracks and watched a
whole book app for about 20 minutes dazzled – by these book apps! Specifically
anything from Moonbot Studios, who developed The Fantastic Flying Books of
Mr. Morris Lessmore, as well as The Numberlys. These are books that
were developed as apps, although Morris Lessmore is also an Academy
Award-winning short film and was made into a print book. The future
of reading is in “mixed media,” or books that can contain links to websites,
3-D components, and ways to interact with the stories. The Moonbot
Studios apps have activities on each page – with “The Numberlys” the reader has
to help the characters hammer out and create the different letters of the
alphabet. And an additional app called “Imag-No-Tron” is meant to be used along
with the book – when you press “Play” and hold the iPad over a page in the
print book, it turns the book 3-D.
For this thing, take a look at one of the apps in the “Books” folder on the iPad – any one you want – and let me know what you think.
For this thing, take a look at one of the apps in the “Books” folder on the iPad – any one you want – and let me know what you think.
Thing #11 Download an app to one of
our iPads
Go
to the App Store in the “Utilities” folder and download a free app to one of
our iPads. You can choose any app you want as long as it’s free. Try searching
for something you like to do, or take a look at one of the apps in the
“featured” category and see if anything strikes your fancy. You can also do an
Internet search for iPad apps you might like, then search those specific apps
on the iPad and download them. Keep in mind that there are millions of apps out
there, and not all of them are good. Let me know which one you downloaded, and
what you thought of it.
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