iPads are incredibly versatile, mobile, and powerful computing devices that are becoming increasingly capable of acting as full-on laptop replacements for many people. It’s not unreasonable to suggest that teachers can and will be using mobile devices to present content more and more frequently in the coming months and years, either by plugging into podiums…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Tips for Presenting from an iPad
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Design Reflection: Badges, Blocks, and Birds
I’ve been starting work on a summer project I’m very excited about at UP called the Academic Technology Ambassadors program. As a part of the development of the program I wanted to come up with some branding and graphic elements to help sell the idea and spread word around campus (much more to come about…Continue Reading Design Reflection: Badges, Blocks, and Birds
UP Tech Tip: Tablets + Office = Easy Annotation
Every faculty member at UP has an Office 365 account, and many also have an iPad, Android tablet, or Microsoft Surface. Like peanut butter and chocolate, Office and tablets are two tech flavors that work really well together. In today’s UP Tech Tip, I wanted to demo using Office Mobile apps (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) on an iPad to easily…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Tablets + Office = Easy Annotation
Can You Really Get Work Done On an iPad?
iPads are used widely at UP. They have served all sorts of specific purposes — as mobile clipboards, platforms used to create videos for flipped classrooms using apps like Explain Everything, digital notebooks in science labs, and more. But honestly, a lot of tablet users just end up using them for general web browsing, emailing, and entertainment. So, can you really…Continue Reading Can You Really Get Work Done On an iPad?