Category Archives: Professional Development

Another great use of the iPad is as a camera, whether it’s as a mobile document camera (just open the Camera app when the iPad is connected to your MacBook via AirSever), or to take, export, store and share photographs and videos of … Continue reading →

Jot! and Notability are two great apps available to all faculty that can turn your iPad, when used with Air Server, into a mobile interactive white board for your classroom. Hand draw sketches, words, diagrams and graphs, import pictures or … Continue reading →

Following on from our Math Department pilot, December 1st was technology professional development for all faculty, with the aim to get teachers thinking about how they could start using their iPad in the classroom. We started off with a keynote speaker from the … Continue reading →

AirServer is an app that lets you wirelessly mirror an iOS device’s screen to your MacBook (and therefore project it). Once installed and activated here are the steps to get mirroring in Air Server working: 1. Load the AirServer app on … Continue reading →

Many iOS apps use email to export data (for example this is the easiest way to share photos you have taken with your iPad) so we recommend setting up your Hebron Academy email account on your iOS devices for this purpose: … Continue reading →

There are a number of choices on your MacBooks and iPads (and the library for student projects) for document creation, and they all include a selection of tools to create more advanced document layouts (not just text). 1. Word. This is … Continue reading →

As part of the MLTI Primary program all faculty were issued with a MacBook Air and iPad mini this year, along with the aim to start a 1:1 iPad program with all students next year. We have spent the last month … Continue reading →

Within Google Drive you can create a number of different online document types. Just click the red New button: Any document type you create can be edited and accessed from any browser and can be collaborated on by multiple people at … Continue reading →

1. There are two sections to Google Drive – My Drive which is the files and folders you have created, and Shared with me which is everything that has been shared with you by others: If you delete a file from My Drive … Continue reading →

Google Drive is included with your school email account and can be easily accessed on the web through the grid in the top right hand corner of your email: Inside Google Drive you can use the New: File upload option to upload any … Continue reading →