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Crawfordsville, IN. 1st Ptg. 07/2011 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 11 10 Acknowledgments O ftentimes, people I know picture my life as an author as a solitary, lonely existence, where I randomly wander the moors in a tweed jacket smoking a pipe, punctuated by the occasional session of typing. Um, no. In truth, putting together any written work is a collaborative effort, because no author knows everything, and often needs someone to put him in his place. Such is the job of my long-suffering editors on this book Mitzi Koontz, Marta Justak, Brown Partington, and Sharon Shock, who get thanks for taking my content and crafting it into something better. This book, though, was even more personal than having good editors. This book, it turned out, would have family. My mother, whose name graces the masthead under the technical reviewer heading, is a retired elementary school teacher with 36 years of experience. When the idea of this book was first formed, I knew I would need her help with figuring out the nuances of education that would be ingrained in a teacher like her. She delivered stunningly, and her influence is felt in many pages of this book. There was some generational help going the other way, too. My daugh- ter, Aberash, and Brown’s daughter, Alexa, came through with a coast- to-coast FaceTime session that was used in Chapter 8. Alexa is also the granddaughter of Marta, so three generations from two families have impacted the creation of this work. This book also covered many different types of software applications. Several companies and developers generously donated copies of their apps to this book so they could be reviewed and discussed. For all of the people who graciously responded to my requests for help, thank you. iii About the Author B rian Proffitt is a technology expert who blogs on ITworld.com on Open Source technology and AllBusiness.com on matters con- cerning small business. He Twitters as @TheTechScribe on these and a whole wide range of technology sectors. Currently, he is an adjunct instructor at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Formerly the community manager of the Linux Foundation, he has also been managing editor of Linux Today (linuxtoday.com), a news and information site about all things Linux and Open Source. He is the author of numerous books on computer technology, including Take Your iPad to Work. His other works focus mostly on Linux, with a Mac and Windows book thrown in just for variety. He is also the author of a stu- dent guide on Plato. He makes his home in northern Indiana. iv Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Chapter 1 First Step: Introducing the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What Is the iPad? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Educational Case for the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Choosing the Right iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting an iPad Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Throwing in the Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Up the iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 2 Second Step: Interfacing with the iPad. . . . . . . . 17 Touring the iPad Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Having the Right Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Keying in the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Moving Text Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Configuring the iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chapter 3 Third Step: Connecting with the iPad. . . . . . . . . 41 Connecting to iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the WiFi Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Using the 3G Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Troubleshooting Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 v iPad for Kids Chapter 4 Fourth Step: Using the iPad Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Opening and Arranging Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Get Your Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Updating Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Configuring Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Removing Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Chapter 5 Work the Web: Safari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Secret Origins of the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Here Come the Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Navigating Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Managing Bookmarks and History. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Browsing Many Pages at Once. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Searching for Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Customizing Your Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Chapter 6 iBooks for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Finding Your Reading Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Reading in iBooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Chapter 7 Multimedia Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Getting Multimedia: iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Multimedia Playback: iPod and Videos . . . . . . . . 116 Internet Video: YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Chapter 8 Virtual Field Trip: FaceTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 What Is FaceTime?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Setting Up FaceTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Making a FaceTime Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Video Mirroring with FaceTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Chapter 9 Apps for Toddler Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 AlphaBaby: The Joy of Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Expanding Language: Baby Flash Cards . . . . . . . 155 One Counting iPad App! Ah Ha Ha Ha!. . . . . . . . 160 Hearing the Sounds of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 vi Contents Play for Creativity’s Sake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Chapter 10 Apps for Pre-Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Fish School: Catching Some Knowledge . . . . . . . 172 Oh, the Apps You Will Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 One of These Things…What’s the Difference?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Abracadabra with Math Magic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Chapter 11 Apps for Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Word Magic Hocus Pocus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Build Skills with TeachMe: Kindergarten. . . . . . . 200 Super Learning with Super Why!. . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Chapter 12 Apps for First Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Formulating with Sentence Builder . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Put It in Writing with Letter Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Easing into Reading with Phonics Made Easy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Get Counting with Time, Money & Fractions . . . 233 Geography Made Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Chapter 13 Apps for Second Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Test Reading with Sight Words HD . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Fun and Games with Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Walk Among the Stars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Chapter 14 Apps for Third Grade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Achieving Fluency with K12 Timed Reading . . . 270 Step Up to MathBoard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Walking the World with GeoWalk HD. . . . . . . . . 282 Vote for Presidents of the United States for iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 vii iPad for Kids Chapter 15 Apps for Fourth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Oh, Come On, It’s Dinosaurs! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 It’s All in the Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Something to Send to Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Chapter 16 Art Class Without Smocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Shutterbugging 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Quiet on the Set!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Drawing for All Ages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Chapter 17 The Musical iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Choose Your Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Playing Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Getting Smart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Appendix Apps for Learning Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Dragon Dictation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 iCommunicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 iConverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Look2Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Proloquo2Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 viii Introduction W ith the right applications, the iPad can become more than just a device for watching videos, music, and electronic books. It can be a device that’s used for teaching and imparting knowledge to chil- dren in nearly any environment. This ability to teach anywhere opens up a wider range of knowledge for children than the obvious one of just having a mobile Internet-connected device. The iPad has apps that are specifically designed to build skills in reading, math, and writing. How many apps? Thousands. Some are good, some are not so good, and having tried a lot of them, I think this book has a collection of some very good apps that are available. The apps offer parents and teachers flexibility, because they are small. Small in terms of size, so they’re easy to download and install, and small in terms of price. Many of the apps featured in this book are free, some cost no more than $10, and many are somewhere in between. This way of doing things means that parents can pick and choose exactly what works for their kids and what’s fun for them to use. While a computer could handle just about all of these tasks, software is usually more expensive, and laptops can be inconvenient to carry around, but the iPad’s flat form greatly simplifies mobility. Its longer battery life is a bonus, too. Is the iPad right for every educational situation? Yes, it can be. Naturally, this is something this book will try to promote. But it won’t be a fawn- ing description: if there’s a problem to avoid, this book will let you know. Is This Book for You? iPad for Kidsis for all of you who want to get started using the iPad as a teaching tool for your kids. Think of this book as a personal tutorial, a one- on-one class with an expert user of the iPad. You get to stay in the comfort of your own home or school and learn how to do the following things: (cid:2) Familiarize yourself with the iPad controls and interfaces. (cid:2) Connect to the Internet with the iPad using WiFi or a cellular con- nection. (cid:2) Learn how to add apps and multimedia content to your iPad. (cid:2) Print documents from the iPad. (cid:2) Communicate with others via email. ix