“I’d rather watch a video about what this is.”
“I’d rather read about what this is.”
Several days ago, I conducted a couple of iPad trainings at the administration building on iPad basics. After the trainings, I began thinking more about the importance of revisiting some of iPad’s most basic (albeit powerful) features, and I started kicking around this idea of a tip of the day. This idea sort of coincided with a couple of episodes of the Art of Charm podcast I was listening to at the time. One mentioned the idea of using what scares you, or what seems difficult as a signpost for something worth doing. The other argued that the quantity of what we create is (especially at the beginning) almost as important as quality and that the two aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive as we’ve come to let ourselves believe.
So I decided to jump out there and commit to 28 different videos for every day in February. We’ll cover topics like:
- Family Sharing
- Accessibility Features
- The New Control Center
- Setting Restrictions
- Powerful Native Apple Apps
I’ll conduct all of the trainings on an iPad, but if the particular topic also applies to the iPhone, I’ll indicate that at the beginning of the video (most of them will).
While I hope the training will encourage our teachers to feel even more comfortable using their district-issued iPad, many of the topics will also be useful for parents and iOS users.
The training will not be super complicated; I can get into those topics later. We’re just going to focus on the basics of what could make your life easier as an iOS user and go from there.