iPADS: TEACHERS

iPADS (for teachers)

Getting started

Our email server is : email.hayscisd.net

Request approval to purchase an app using campus/department funds

Use this link to submit a request to purchase an app for your teacher iPad: Request link

"Must-have Apps"

Notetaking and productivity: Evernote

Online meetings or classrooms: iTunesU, Google Classroom, Edmodo, Twitter

A tool to save and read PDFs: iBooks, Adobe Reader

Camera app with annotation features: Stage

Paperless or Less-paper classroom tools: Google Classroom, Dropbox, Google Drive

Did you know...

Apple's iWork Apps are FREE for devices purchased after 9/1/13 - including iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and iPhoto
There are multiple apps that allow you and your students to CREATE presentations such as the iWork apps above, Haiku Deck, 30 Hand s, Slide Pocket, and Our Story for iPad
You can use Guided Access to keep younger kids on task.
The latest models of iDevices allow you to wirelessly "Air Drop" links, photos, videos, and more.
Air Play tools allow you to project images from your devices wirelessly to a projector.
Polling apps like Socrative, Kahoot, and Plickers allow you to use an iDevice as a "clicker".
There are large collections of Educational apps on the iTunes Store, and websites such as TCEA, Graphite by Common Sense Media, and EdTechTeacher that have evaluated many of them for you already.
Your iPad can read aloud text if you turn the Spech Selection feature on in Settings>Accessibility.
There are often SALES on apps. Follow @freeappalert or download Apps Gone Free for alerts.