Empower Yourself With the iPad: There's an App for That!
The Basics

• Organizing apps between screens
• Changing the dock apps
• Multitasking - close apps
• Folders and folders in the dock
• Custom Backgrounds
• Accessibility - zoom
• Find my iPad
• Questions about:
Settings
Downloading apps
Syncing with iTunes
built-in apps? (Calendar, Photos, Camera, Maps, etc)
• Other general questions?

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Handy Tips!
• To type one number or symbol quickly, press and hold the 123 button and slide to item.
• Open a link in a new Safari window by holding down and waiting for second. You get options to open in a new window and copy it.
• You can easily get to the top of web pages by tapping the top bar.
• Take a screen shot of your iOS device by holding down the Home button and pressing the power button. The screenshot goes in your Photos app.
• Tapping and holding on an image in Safari will give you options to copy and save the image.
• Add PDFs to iTunes Books and read in iBooks by using Add to Library in iTunes.
• Press space twice at the end of sentences to add periods automatically.
• Go to a certain webpage all the time? Add it to the home screen by tapping the Action icon (arrow coming out of a box) and choosing "Add to Home Screen."
• Holding down on the ".com" button gives you more options like .org and .edu. Other keys such as c and n do this too.
Search on page in Safari is below the web search.
Apps (free, $ = < $6, $$ = $6-20, $$$ = > $20)

Productivity
• Evernote (free and subscription)
Make and organize notes synced between all your devices
• DropBox (free)
View all your DropBox files on your iPad
• QuickOffice Mobile ($$)
Great interface, edit and create Office docs on iPad, Google Docs, and DropBox
• WordPress (free)
Easy interface to add to your Wordpress blog
• Google Search (free)
Search by voice or by image
• Google Translate (free)
Very good translation between many languages

Teacher Tools
• ShowMe ($)
Records whiteboard with sound
• Stick Pic ($)
Picks students and gives question stems using Bloom's Taxonomy. Allows recording of responses
• PowerTeacher Mobile (free)
Connects with PowerSchool SIS

Assorted Education
• Word Warp X (free and $)
Fun word games with multiple activities
• This Day in History (free)
Nice interface to encourage history by the day
• Professor Garfield Cyberbullying (free)
Nice graphic novel about cyberbullying along with activities
• StarWalk ($)
Amazing astronomy app with real time sky maps based on location and direction of the iPad
• Periodic Table of the Elements (free)
Nice periodic table.
• Elevated Math (free with in-app purchases)
clear real world explanations and a multi-sensory approach to math
• QuickGraph (free)
Very good 3D graphing app
• Wolfram Alpha ($)
Excellent computational engine
• Restaurant Story (free)
Simulation of running a restaurant
• AB Math (free and $)
Fun math game

Photo and Graphic
• LIFE (free)
Beautiful photos from all over the world with galleries
• ColorSplash ($)
Fun way to colorize parts of photos
• Drawing Pad ($)
Beautiful interface with a variety of drawing tools

Multimedia
• Pandora (free)
Great way to listen and discover music
• MagicPiano ($)
Fun interactive piano with a number of ways to use it
• GarageBand ($)
Amazing music creation app
• PBS for iPad (free)
Access PBS content
• TED (free)
Watch great TED talks
• iMovie ($)
Good video editing on the iPad

Presentation
• Splashtop Whiteboard ($)
Remote desktop with drawing tools
• AirSketch (free and $$)
Sketch on the iPad and stream to a computer hooked to a projector
• 2Screens - Presentation Expert ($)
Great tool for showing PowerPoints with annotation and arrow tools
• Conference Pad ($)
Lets you broadcast and control a presentation on up to fifteen iOS devices
• Prezi (free)
Run your Prezis from your iPad

Concept Mapping
• Popplet (free and $)
Graphic webbing tool with great interface
• iThoughts HD ($$)
Great mind mapping app with good interface

Notes
• PhatPad ($$)
Powerful notepad app with handwriting recognition
• Smartnote (free and $)
Full featured notepad app with a myriad of tools and options
• Evernote Peek (free)
Fun way to use the magnetic cover for flashcards

Reading and News
• Kindle (free)
Great eBook reader with syncing across multiple devices
• GoodReader (free and $)
Very good PDF and media viewer with lots of features
• Dictionary.com (free)
Very good digital dictionary with audio
• Read It Later (free and $)
Easily save web pages to the cloud with a bookmarklet while syncing them to devices
• Flipboard (free)
Beautiful interface for the full-featured news reader
• OverDrive (free)
Borrow eBooks from libraries using Overdrive app

Utilities
• Mover+ (free and $)
Move photos, video, and other data over wifi or Bluetooth between iOS and computer
• AppShopper (free)
Displays new apps, sales, and freebies

Interact With Other Devices
• Air Display ($$)
Acts as a second display for your computer
• iTeleport ($$$)
Great remote access tool to your computer
• Air Sharing ($$)
Connect to your computer and view files


Entertainment and Lifestyle
• Philly *Essential* Guide ($)
Good city guide with lots of easy to find information and mapping
• StumbleUpon (free)
Great way to discover interesting websites matching your preferences
• Big Oven (free)
One of the most beautiful and full featured digital cookbooks
• Angry Birds (free and $)
One word, ADDICTIVE!
• Weather Bug (free)
Nice interface with lots of weather information with "layers" such as radar or wind speeds
• Netflix (free)
Watch your instant video wherever you have a connection
• Shazam (free and $)
Identifies unknown music, also has tag stream
• Fanhattan (free)
Find where you can watch movies and TV shows on the web