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iPad—part 0.12—Microsoft Writing

January 5th, 2015 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The iPad gets even better with a no-cost version of MS Word. This iPad device, wow, I have to give Apple credit for constantly improving it. Now it comes with MS Word (and Excel and other MS stuff). What a great addition Apple has made. Well, maybe Apple didn’t make this no-cost […]

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The iPad – part 0.11 – even Better Writing

June 4th, 2012 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Using the iPad (version 3), PlainText and DropBox makes writing even better. I now have the new iPad or iPad version 3 as some of us like to call it. I even have an Apple Bluetooth keyboard (I know, the keyboard is an old device, but new to slow adopters like me). I […]

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But Then They Won’t Pay Attention (to me)

March 12th, 2012 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The iPad and its apps are the latest tech gadget that can help in the classroom (any kind of classroom in almost any setting). One issue is that once a student loves the iPad, they ignore the teacher – the person. Persons have feelings and sometimes persons have hurt feelings. Let’s employ […]

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Tags: Education · Family · iPad · Learning · People

The iPad – part 0.10 – Better Writing

December 1st, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips This iPad continues to improve. Is it Apple or everyone else? I am still using the iPad version 1. This thing continues to improve. For example, I am writing this blog post from the iPad. When it was new (how long ago was that?), I couldn’t write blog posts from the iPad. […]

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The iPad – part 0.9 – A Week-Long Conference

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I attend a five-day conference with only an iPad and ZaggMate bluetooth keyboard. It worked! I recently attended a conference at work – eight hours a day for five days. WiFi was to be available. Hmm, eight hours, WiFi, I wasn’t sure about power connections, I decided to try my iPad with […]

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The iPad – part 0.8 – The ZaggMate

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I add the ZaggMate carrying case with a BlueTooth keyboard. It is great. I like the iPad, but… Of course there is a “but.” I write as much as I read and that makes me different from most people and that is the “but” about the iPad – I can’t write well […]

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The iPad – part 0.7 – DropBox

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips DropBox is a service that allows storing files on the Internet. I learn that I can display and print these files from my iPad. A friend recently introduced me to DropBox. This is a web site where I can put some of my files and access them from just about any computer […]

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The iPad – part 0.6 – More Printing from the iPad

December 16th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Time marches on; Apple moves forward, and printing from the iPad becomes a bit easier. I use AirPrint from my iPad. I’m a bit slow when it comes to keeping my iPad up to date. I finally moved my iPad to iOS 4.2. I guess I was supposed to do this weeks […]

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The iPad – part 0.5 – Printing from the iPad

November 8th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips HP’s new Photosmart printers have a feature HP calls ePrint. I can send an email to the printer, and the printer prints it. iPad and iPhone apps allow for taking notes and emailing them. In this case, emailing them to the printer. I can now print from my iPad. Well, I can […]

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The iPad – part 0.4 – Displaying Web Content

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips New display apps are coming to the iPad. I am now using Flipboard (for Facebook and Twitter display) and Discover (for Wikipedia display). They both work well are are worth using. Several months into the iPad, and better applications come along. Two of the recent ones that I am using basically take […]

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