Tip of the Day

My tip of the day for yesterday was about splitting the keyboard on an iPad. It was so fun to hear the kids say "Woa," "No way," and "Tight." I don't typically hear such enthusiasm when I given them an explanation of symbolism. To split the keyboard, you can swipe with two fingers starting in the middle of the keyboard moving out to the side of the keyboard. This splits the keyboard so that students can type with their thumbs as if they are texting. To bring the keyboard back together, just swipe your finger back together (Picture your fingers as a conductor's). You can also find this feature by holding the bottom right button of the keyboard for 2 seconds.

This is ideal for many of my students who are faster at texting than typing. I keep getting questions from people about typing on the keyboard. Anyone my age or older struggles to see how they could use the keyboard very fast. I think the difference for these kids is that they don't type very fast on a keyboard to begin with. They are just as fast, if not faster, on the iPads, especially with the texting option. Prior to my iPads, I even had some of my seniors typing their essays on their phones then sending them to me via e-mail.