Today's post is on setting up iMessage.
Go back to your settings app and select Messages (left column about half way down). You will need to enter an Apple ID - this can be your own personal account and sign in. You will be shown which emails (and possibly phone numbers) will be linked to iMessage. If you have some personal emails or phone numbers that you don't want linked to your work iPad...feel free to uncheck those. If you want to add your work email, click on the "send and receive" choice and add another email (I am using my school email). You will be prompted for your Apple ID password. Once this is verified, you will be sent an email to the account you are adding...click on the verify link and you will be prompted once more to enter your Apple ID and password.
Note: There is a small chance that you will you open Message in settings that you will forced to readd your new email. Once this has been done, you should be all set.
Enjoy iMessages.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
So I've got my iPad...now what do I do.
For those of you that have an iPad at home, most of this post will probably be a quick review but I am hoping that over the next few weeks that we might be able to come up with some interesting ideas on how to best engage our students.
The first thing I started to do was to organize the apps on the home screen. Easy enough once you pick up the trick of holding down your finger on one of the apps (any one will do) until it started to shake. Normally, you will also get a small "x" in the upper left corner which will allow you to delete the app from the iPad...but ours are locked down so you will have to see someone at district IT.
Since I can't delete any apps, I just added them into a folder and put them on the last available home screen (keep flicking to the right).
The next thing I did was to organize the apps I did think that I would use into folder for easy access. I generally put these on the second home screen but the wonderful thing about the iPad is that it is so customizable so do what you think is most efficient.
Don't forget to set a passcode. This will prevent anyone from accessing any personal information (like your email) on the iPad. It is pretty easy to do, just open Settings and select the General settings. The option to set a passcode is located about halfway down.
You should probably get use to adding your iPad to a WI-FI. Toward the top of the settings page, you will see an option to view all available WI-FI connections. After you select a WI-FI network, you will be prompted for a password. Once you authenticate, the active connection will be marked with a checkmark (see below).
That's all for now...feel free to send questions.
For those of you that have an iPad at home, most of this post will probably be a quick review but I am hoping that over the next few weeks that we might be able to come up with some interesting ideas on how to best engage our students.
The first thing I started to do was to organize the apps on the home screen. Easy enough once you pick up the trick of holding down your finger on one of the apps (any one will do) until it started to shake. Normally, you will also get a small "x" in the upper left corner which will allow you to delete the app from the iPad...but ours are locked down so you will have to see someone at district IT.
Since I can't delete any apps, I just added them into a folder and put them on the last available home screen (keep flicking to the right).
The next thing I did was to organize the apps I did think that I would use into folder for easy access. I generally put these on the second home screen but the wonderful thing about the iPad is that it is so customizable so do what you think is most efficient.
Don't forget to set a passcode. This will prevent anyone from accessing any personal information (like your email) on the iPad. It is pretty easy to do, just open Settings and select the General settings. The option to set a passcode is located about halfway down.
You should probably get use to adding your iPad to a WI-FI. Toward the top of the settings page, you will see an option to view all available WI-FI connections. After you select a WI-FI network, you will be prompted for a password. Once you authenticate, the active connection will be marked with a checkmark (see below).
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