iPad Pilot Program at Oberlin College

A very interesting article on how iPads are being used in the field in an archaeological dig. http://www.apple.com/ipad/pompeii/

This is amazing: all the music scores of Beethoven are online (and supported by/for iPad.)  Woo-hoo. http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=1510&template=einstieg_digitales_archiv_en&_mid=Works%20by%20Ludwig%20van%20Beethoven This information comes courtesy of José Bowen, Dean of Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They’re doing a similar pilot program with iPads and he’s working on a paper for the American Musicological Society annual conference in [...]

In order to access Naxos from the iPad, you need to follow the following steps (Note: you need to be on the Oberlin network to access Naxos) Create a playlist account (if you haven’t already) on Oberlin’s Naxos Library. You can do so by clicking here: http://oberlincoll.naxosmusiclibrary.com/student/registration.asp Once you have created an online account you [...]

At Oberlin, we have a subscription to Safari Books Online, which is a great service that allows users on the Oberlin network to access many technology-related e-books—which is great when learning new software. In addition, the college is in exploratory stages in looking at Lynda.com, which provides video-based training on software and technology. Currently, there [...]

We were able to successfully use eRes on the iPad. Here are the steps we took to get it working: Download and install Readdle Docs For The iPad ($4.99) Access eRes from the Safari browser (Do not use the browser within Readdle Docs) Navigate to the course in eRes in which you want to download [...]

I’ve done a little research and found the follow workflow: http://asocialworker.com/blog/2010/08/26/notetaking/ I’ve personally tested it and it works, though it is convoluted. What would need to happen is that we would install iAnnotate, DropBox, and link the DropBox account to a service called Habilis. Habilis will provide an email address which will send to the [...]

hi all, i’ve been experimenting with both ‘sketchbook pro’ and ‘transfer’. both apps are excellent and I can see many uses for the within a studio art context. currently just experimenting with what they can do and will, shortly, determine how to apply salient features in an upcoming assignment in the book class…Matt and Forrest…would [...]

Matt and I did a bit of investigating and found that the easiest way to access a PPT on the iPad is to use email.  Simply email the document to yourself and then you can access it from either the Mail client or OCMAIL in Safari.  When you click on the link in your email, [...]

I’ve been trying out what it would be like to view scores on the iPad. I noticed two limitations: (1) For orchestra scores, the screen of the iPad is a bit small. Piano scores, on the other hand, display at about the size of a pocket score (or even slightly bigger) and are quite legible. [...]

Check out this site for details, but it contains some nice suggestions for showing PPT presentations on the iPad.  The suggestion I like the best is to save the PPT as a PDF and then email it to yourself. http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/view-powerpoint-on-ipad.html