What is an iPad and how is it useful?
Unit 1: Let's Get Started...
Unit Objectives
- Identify basic functions of an iPad
- State meaning and benefits of an iPad
- Determine how an iPad could be useful to you
Beginning Activity
To start the unit you are going to watch a video about how an iPad can be used. While you watch the video you are going to fill out a graphic organizer and reflect on how you could use an iPad in your everyday life.
Click on the following link to go to the video:Things To Do With Apple iPad
Click Here for the graphic organizer
Organizing The Benefits
Uses for the iPad are endless and how you choose to use it will depend on your lifestyle. Read the following article about a guy who describes how he uses the iPad throughout the day. Although everyone is different, this article can give you the inspiration on ways to incorporate the iPad into your life. As you read the article you should be thinking about the question, how could this technology help you?
Article:| What I Use The iPad For
Starting With The Basics
Before you can jump into exploring the endless uses of the iPad you must first know a few basic functions; how to turn it off/on and what the basic buttons mean. The following video is an introduction to the basic functions on an iPad.
Video:| iPad User Guide
Putting It Together
Now that you have learned the basic functions of an iPad and how it could be used in your everyday life I would like you to sit down with a group of 3-4 people. These can be friends, family or co-workers. Spend around 20 minutes discussing how technology has made your life easier and given new opportunities. I would like you to base your discussion on these focus questions:
- What are the pros and cons of technology use?
- How could an iPad be beneficial to you?
- What new opportunities can the iPad open up to you?
3-2-1
Write down 3 things that you have learned throughout this unit.
Write down 2 things that you would like to know more about.
Write down 1 thing that you think you have mastered.
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