In a somewhat surprising move this week, it was announced that Microsoft will be partnering up with cloud storage company Dropbox to make Office on the iPad much more convenient for everyone. I say surprising, because Microsoft already owns Dropbox competitor OneDrive, which boasts a lot of the same features. Is Microsoft realizing the vast…
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Basic Tip: Upload Multiple Files to the Cloud from your iPhone/iPad
Here is another basic tip for collecting assignments over email and uploading them to your cloud service provider. My 75 fifth grade students were given an assignment to create projects using either PowerPoint or Keynote. It was a home assignment, and not one that we did in the computer lab. To collect the presentations, I…
How to Easily Use iWork and MS Office Together
Here is a quick tip if you are working within both iWork and Microsoft Office. Apple announced some great new features in iOS8 last week. iCloud Drive will be an excellent addition to file structure implentation for iPads. Users will be able to take advantage of these features in the fall. Until then, this new…
Evernote for Dummies: The App to Finally Organize Yourself!
Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. –Evernote.com (Try out ONE MONTH of the Premium version of Evernote for free by clicking the link at the bottom of this post!) I’ve always wanted to write a post on Evernote. It…
How to Prepare Your iPad for the New School Year
Basics: How to prepare your iPad for the new school year Back to school. Three words teachers either despise or are very excited for. If you’re using an iPad for teaching for the first time, going back to school can feel nervewracking and overwhelming. While the learning curve for teaching with iPads is not necessarily…
App #49: Daybook Pro: Teachers, this is the day-plan app you’ve all been waiting for!
Daybook Pro may well be the day-plan app that educators have been waiting for since the inception of the iPad. I am super excited to use Daybook Pro this upcoming school year. Cloud integration is key for me, as I still like to use my PCs to both plan my lessons and access older Microsoft…
Your Perfect Solution For Sharing Student iPad Projects
There is an ever growing number of teachers and students using iPads for creation projects. Little by little, people are understanding that the iPad is not just a consumption device for reading emails, watching YouTube and checking FaceBook and Twitter. The iPad is a powerful creation device. But an issue arose during the year at…
Report Card Writing Using Numbers On iOS: Effortless syncing using Numbers!
The end of the school year looms. Most of you teachers are now probably in the middle of report card writing. I wanted to remind you of what a powerful app Apple’s Numbers ($9.99) can be, especially in terms of calculating all the marks we give our students. As soon as you set up your…
Copy.com – 20 GB Free Cloud Storage!
If you are a regular reader of teachingwithipad.org, you will know that I rely heavily on cloud storage everyday. Cloud storage is here to stay, and is becoming a integral part of backups and file sharing. Dropbox has been a lifesaver for me for the past four years. I have spoken with several people who…
How To Effortlessly Back Up Your iPad/iPhone Videos using Camera Uploads In Dropbox
In my ongoing effort to manage storage on my iDevices, I wanted to share with you guys a neat feature, once again, that Dropbox offers (I wrote a similar post a few months back). For those of us who enjoy taking photos and videos with our devices, we know that they will take up a…
The Cloud is Not a Sure Thing! [+ How to restore deleted files on Dropbox]
Cloud computing has become an integral part of my everyday life, both personally and professionally. However, I wanted to share a couple true-life examples of how the cloud is not entirely stable, and how it should not be the only way you back up your files. Case #1: Apple iCloud While I have shared in…
Box: Receive 50GB Cloud Storage for FREE for Life
Here is another great free deal for cloud storage: Every new user who signs up on Box will receive 50GB for free for life. Looks like this deal is not available anymore. I will keep you posted if it comes up again. This deal is comparable to the Mega deal I mentioned a couple weeks…
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