Want to record a LOVE note?

Do you wish you had a personal secretary to record a love note for your sweetie?  Enter the amazing FREE app Dragon Dictation.

This easy-to-use voice recognition app allows you to easily speak and instantly see your message.  For many of our students, the "sloppy" copy can be a painfully slow process.  With dragon dictation, they can orally record their story and all the written work is done for them.

Once the words are recorded, you can copy and paste them into Word or Google Docs.  Students can then focus on the editing of written language such as word choice, conventional spelling, and grammar.

In addition, this could have additional uses for our ELL.  The app has a language feature that would allow students to see foreign translation of the words.

Important Message from Mariano

About Teacher iPad - IMPORTANT!!!   Make sure you keep your teacher iPad logged in with your Lindbergh provided appleID.

That is the id in the form of "lindipad#####@lindberghschools.ws"

 

If you have the teacher iPad logged with your personal appleID, please logout and login with the Lindbergh provided one.

If you are unsure about how to check or forgot your Lindbergh appleID password, please call or email me.

 

We are delivering apps to the iPads using the Airwatch management system, and we need the iPads logged in with the Lindbergh appleID for things to run smoothly.

 

That is information that all teachers should already know, but I am making sure the message is clear.  Please do share with your co-workers that the teacher iPads should be logged in with the Lindbergh appleID at all times.  It is ok to switch to your personal id on the teacher iPad for something temporary (a few minutes) and then switch back to Lindbergh's appleID, as long as you maintain the Lindbergh appleID logged in as the norm.

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About Classroom iPad - IMPORTANT!!!

 

Classroom iPads have their specific classroom appleID, and they have to be logged in with that account at all times without exceptions.

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Apple ID Alert!

Very Important!

(Please let us know if you need help with this.)

Make sure you have your iPad ALWAYS logged in with your Lindbergh iTunes account.

These steps will show you how to log out of your personal account.  Call 8880 if you have forgotten your Lindbergh Apple ID.

Click on the App Store.

Scroll all the way to the bottom.

Click on Apple ID

Click View Apple ID

Enter your password that is associated with your personal Apple ID.

Click OK.

Click Apple ID.

Enter your Lindbergh Apple ID information on this screen.

Click Done.

Note: You can log in with your own personal account to download an app on your teacher iPad only.  Once the app is on your teacher iPad log back in with your Lindbergh iTunes account.

Follow me! I will be your guide. (This is not for everyone.)

Please use this sparingly.  It is not something that should be used daily or as a way to control what is happening on the iPad.

Guided Access
This will restrict access to one particular app and disabling the hardware buttons on the iPad.  Once you enable this feature a student can't leave the app unless you disable this setting by putting in a unique four digit code.

Click Settings

Click General

Scroll way down the screen

Click Accessibility

Toggle Guided Access to On

Click Set Passcode (This is different than your iPad unlock four digit code.)

Enter a four digit passcode.  You will need to reenter the code a second time.

To enable Guided Access

• Enter an the app you want the student to use.
• Triple click the home button.
• Enter the four digit code.
• See the steps below to understand the Guided Access Options.

The actual Guided Access page won't allow me to take a screen shot.  You will see five options when you first enable the mode.

• Cancel - exit Guided Access mode
• Start - start Guided Access mode
• Hardware Buttons - the default setting is Always OFF.  This means the buttons on the iPad will not function at all while in Guided Access mode.
• Touch - The default setting is ON.  If you turn this off the screen of the iPad will no longer respond to touch rendering the iPad as a view only device.
• Motion - Some apps allow you to shake or move the screen to interact with the app.  Turning motions off would eliminate that option.

To Disable Guided Access
Triple click the home button on the iPad and enter the Guided Access 4-digit code.

Penultimate...Making Evernote EVEN BETTER!

I'm pretty sure we can all agree that Evernote is one of the best apps EVER! It keeps track of notes of all kinds, images, records, copies of papers, audio notes, etc. Up until now, the only thing Evernote did not have was a way to take handwritten notes on the iPad. But look no further.....that has all been resolved with the Penultimate integration with Evernote.

Penultimate gives you the natural experience of writing on paper, with the added power and availability of Evernote. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or at home on the sofa.

I have a serious problem...

I can't see all the email in my inbox!

Are you stressed that you can't see all you emails that are currently in your inbox?

There is hope!  Follow these three simple screen shots to fix this vexing issue.

Click Settings

1. Cick on Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2. Click on your Lindbergh email account.  Example: colin davitt - IBM Lotus Notes Traveler

Change to No Limit

Now you can see all the mail currently in your inbox.

Using the Stopwatch App to Work on Fluency

Check out students in Mary Palumbo's class as they work on reading fluency with this Stopwatch app.