Comments on: ipad 2 for teachers – a review (part one – classroom applications)

By: Martin Sketchley

Martin Sketchley — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:08:41 +0000

Darren, this is a great blog post and I got my iPad about six months ago. It has been wonderful and many of the students enjoy playing about with one (perhaps due to the wow factor). Anyhow, I wrote a blog post about the iPad for Voxy before and would recommend linking you blogpost to it: http://voxy.com/blog/2011/03/ipad-efl-classroom/

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:56:18 +0000

Any decent stationary store should be able to sort you out, Alex ; D

By: jason @ tutor doctor

jason @ tutor doctor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:24:28 +0000

I would think that using an iPad would be an impressive and ‘cool’ way to impress students. I’m amazed that your teaching facility hasn’t got wi-fi (but I guess that will come) so the router will do.
At least an iPad shows that you are an up-to-date tutor!

By: Alex Case

Alex Case — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:53:16 +0000

This question probably tells more about me than I’d like to admit, but where does one get carbon paper in Japan?

Cheers

Alex

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:20:03 +0000

It’s not about the cables or adaptors, the iPod’s don’t have the same video mirroring capabilities as the iPad 2. Apparently it’s unlockable though.

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-enable-hdmi-video-mirroring-on-iphone-4-ipod-touch-4g-tutorial/

By: Kevin RYan

Kevin RYan — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:25:09 +0000

Thanks. I am new to Macs, and have the AV adaptor for my iPod Touch, and that works, but only with video and audio, not with menus and software. Just need to get my adaptors right. At the Apple store, when I bought the thing, they suggested the HDMI, but not the VGA. Will pick one up right away.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:08:49 +0000

There are several cables available, Kevin. I have an HDMI adaptor, but the one I use to attach to the data projector in school (and actually my TV at home) is this VGA adaptor. You will also need an audio jack, from the headphone socket into the audio socket, but it plays everything very well for a larger audience.

By: Kevin Ryan

Kevin Ryan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:33:20 +0000

Could you elaborate on your connection to the classroom projector? I assume it is RGB (15-pin), and the iPad has an out to HDMI. How do you get from one to the other?

By: kirsten

kirsten — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:07:34 +0000

I used my iPad2 recently to supplement (and give a secondary focus to those whose minds were wandering while I was speaking) a presentation I gave to colleagues about a conference I attended. I loaded the iPad with pertinent photographs, set it in a place visible to all the attendees, and had it playing a slideshow while I was talking & using powerpoint on the big screen. For what I was talking about, having a main focus and a secondary focus worked well.