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What is your ideal vacation spot?Using the map on your iPad zoom In to your favorite vacation place

1. Type the address or name of the place (Waikiki Beach) in the search bar at the top.

2. To get a satellite view, pull up from the corner of the map and select Satellite.

3. Use your fingers in pinching and pinch out movements to zoom in and out of the location.

4. Take a picture of the location on the map.

5. Click the "power button" and the "home button" simultaneously to take a snap shot.6. The picture will automatically save in your photos app 7. Click on the photos app to find your

picture

Use the Internet to research your place1. Use Google search to locate your destination's information website.

2. Click on the links to find the site you want.

3. Make that site a bookmark

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4. Make that site a button on your home screen. Congratulations you just made an app.

Saving more pictures1. Using Google Images to find 5 to 6 more images.

1. Image 1: your food

2. Image 2: an activity you will do

3. Image 3: a hotel or cabin you will stay in

4. Image 4: anything else about your vacation

5. Click on the "photos app" to view your new photos. Click the "slideshow" button to view a quick movie about

your vacation

Using the Notes App and Photo App

1. Click on the "Notes App"

2. Click the plus button on the corner to create a new note

3. Type an ending to your presentation. Take a picture of your note and it will save your note in the "photo gallery"

4. Now view the slideshow in your photo gallery, change transitions.

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Hold finger down on image until you get the option to

"Save Image" save that image.

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Collaborate with two iPads to ask about

someone else's trip

1. Open the "draw" app. This is a free app in the iTunes store.

2. Hit the connect button and look for an ipad to connect to.

3. You will not know what iPad we connect to. If you get a message asking you to connect. Please accept it.

4. Select a color and ask a question to then other iPad, "where are you going for your dream vacation."

5. If a question appears on your device answer back and draw a picture of any thing you might see on your vacation

6. Take a picture of the screen to save it in your Phot Gallery

Create a Comic Strip

1. Open the app "Strip Designer" (2.99 in the app store)

2. Select "my strips" and then "new strips" to select the design template you want.

3. Click "add photo" in the cell of the comic and select a photo from the gallery for your comic.

4. Adjust the size of the photo. And add text.

5. Finish creating the comic and click the "share button" when done. It will not allow you to email, so take a picture of the comic.

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Handing in Your Work

We will be using the app "dropbox" it is a cloud storage service. You would have to create an account (ex: miller class ) that you can collect work from your students and hand work to them. You get 2 gb of free storage. You can also check your "dropbox" from any Internet connection.

1. Click the "Dropbox" app, select the "Home" button.

2. Select "My Dropbox" and the folder you want. (instructor will tell you)

3. Select the "Camera" icon, then select the "existing photos or videos " to put the I ages in the dropbox

4. You might see other peoples' work loading into the folder.

5. The teacher will automatically receive the files.

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Make a Movie/Video Podcast About

Your Destination

We will use the app "Sonic Pics" to create our movie. There are two versions, the lite version is free but the full version has more features. They are both available in the app store.

1. Click the "+" symbol in the upper left hand corner to create a new movie.

2. Title your presentation "My Dream Vacation"

3. Click the "add" button and select all of the pictures you saved earlier.

4. After you selected your images click the done

button.

5. Click the "record " button to record your show.

6. Slide the pictures you selected with your finger until you get the first one.

7. When you select the record button it will record your voice. Slide the images to the right as you record.

8. Save the work when you are done.

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