Category Archives: Troubleshooting

General tips and tricks for the iPad or other educational technologies

Death of an iPhone

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Catchy title huh? (thanks Camille).  In the style of Arthur Miller’s play, “Death of a Salesman” this will be sort of a stream of consciousness post.  Hopefully with a much happier ending! As the sun rises on our heroine… We … Continue reading →

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If your iPad crashes do you lose your Apps?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

The holidays and a whirlwind of other November – December happenings put my blogging on hold, however the work has moved forward. I experienced my first iPad wrinkle; my iPad refused to sync. It is difficult to determine what caused … Continue reading →

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Not so “delicious” anymore

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

This is not a specific iPad post, but rather a “heads up” to anyone who utilizes the social bookmarking tool, Delicious.  If you are like many of us , then you undoubtedly utilize a social bookmarking tool to keep track … Continue reading →

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iOS 4 – Screen lock changes to mute switch?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

When I updated my iPad to the iOS 4, I suddenly had no sound. It took me a few minutes to discover that the mechanical switch on the side of the iPad had become a mute switch. Previous to the … Continue reading →

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iPad Deployment

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

A few weeks ago our Arts Educator 2.0 project faculty decided that we have accumulated enough evidence in our own explorations, to warrant a deployment of this new tool with our project participants in the fall.  It occurred to us … Continue reading →

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iPad Outdoors

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

Just read an interesting article about a class action lawsuit against Apple for mis-advertisement of the device as being just as good as the Kindle or a book.  The claim is that the iPad can’t be used outside in direct … Continue reading →

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Better Blogging

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

Just posted a rather long entry today and got to thinking. I’d seen a shorted article posted by Chris Galik and wondered how he shortened it. Had a snoop in the “New Post” window and found the “more” button. Paste … Continue reading →

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Blog Posting & Twitter

Posted on July 10, 2010 by

For some time I have had my WordPress account set up to automatically tweet my posts to this blog as I publish them.  I thought you all might like to set that up for yourself as well, as its a … Continue reading →

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Hmmmm…

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

I wrote a blog post about my new iPad case – on the iPad using the WordPress app – this weekend. Today, when I finally got around to checking the blog, the post isn’t here! When I get home tonight, … Continue reading →

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Fun with Routers (part 2)

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

It seems my efforts to solve my wirless connectivity issues at home with my iPad were not quite enough.  This morning I followed up on the great links shared by Ed in his comments on my original post about not … Continue reading →

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