Examples of ways of working away from the desk with an iPad:

strengths and limitations

Nollaig Frost

Stephen Nunn

Group Poster Presentations

• 1st year research methods module• Group (4-6) research project

– relationship between imagery and creativity

• Written up as conference poster– 16-18 Powerpoint slides, printed out

• All groups (in a class) stick their posters up on boards at the same time– then leave whilst the tutors deliberate– to return to …

Blah blah blahBlah blah blah

“what’s that say?”

“can I have a copy?”

“yeah, yeah, yeah, but what’s our grade?”

• Legible– size/portablility of iPad

allowed comments to be typed up in situ

– (rather than later or not at all)

• Emailed to students during/at end of class– no carry-over task for tutor

– each student gets own copy

– immediate

• Needs preparation of group email

Blah blah blahBlah blah blah

AudioMemos

record

upload

link

DropboxMail

• Emailed to students during/at end of class– no carry-over task for tutor

– each student gets own copy

– immediate

Strengths

• all feedback accessible later

• creation and distribution of feedback completed within session

Limitations• depends on wireless network• downloading of audio files too much for some• navigation of long audio files awkward

– I did go on a bit

Essay marking

• Comparison to lap/desk-top✘stylus/freehand annotation rarely useful

✘touch typing impossible with on-screen keyboardsecond screen for reading

• not tied to desk; could slouch, walk etc.

• choice of font size

• easier scrolling backwards and forwards

• better lit screen

• able to flick backwards and forward to other applications e.g. email

AudioMemos

Dropbox

Pdf Expert

GoodReader

more the service than the app;invaluable for getting files on/off, within other apps

‘send & receive’ extension smooths upload to Dropbox

easy mass up/download of files from Dropbox;view .doc & pdf

clean interface for annotations; Dropbox support/sync