Wednesday, September 25, 2019

iPads- Enable and Customize Assistive Touch Icon



Assistive Touch Icon
Help your students follow you on your iPad and make your life a little easier. 

View this screencast to enable the Assistive Touch icon and customize available features so they're easier to get to. 



I would recommend adding screenshot, screen reader and lock rotation to the menu but the full list is below. 

Features available: 
  • Home
  • Notifications
  • Custom
  • Device
  • Control Center
  • Lock Screen
  • Rotate Screen
  • Volume Up
  • Volume Down
  • Gestures
  • Accessibility Shortcut
  • Shake
  • App Switcher
  • Screenshot
  • Lock Rotation
  • Pinch
  • Double Tap
  • Analytics
  • Dock
  • Restart
  • Speak Screen
  • Multitasking
  • Touch
  • Swipe
Find out more about assistive touch on Apple's support page

Reach out with any questions!




Friday, September 20, 2019

WVIZ PBS ideastream Updates - September & October 2019


Upcoming PD Events

Early Childhood Education Network Council
Be a part of this new professional network.


2019 ideastream Technology + Learning Conference
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 8:30 - 3:30 PM
Location: IDEA Center at Playhouse Square
Link to Register


PBS TeacherLine 
Check out the list of self-paced online PD courses available for our busy schedules. You have the opportunity to earn graduate-level credit as well. 
Link to PD Courses 



Career Path Less Taken - A PBS Program worth watching! 

Production of WOSU Public Media, CET, and ideastream

"In Ohio and nationally, there’s a mismatch between in-demand jobs and workers trained to fill them."

Preview the Program

View the full program!


Why watch it, show it to parents, and students? It addresses the skills gap with career and technical needs revealing paths beyond a 4-yr. college degree in the following areas:
  • Informational Technology
  • Health Care
  • Advanced Manufacturing - automation/robotics
  • Construction
  • Supply Chain
  • Cybersecurity


70% of Ohio college graduates leave with $30,000 in debt

Ohio is the 5th worst state for college debt

Also, view "Talking Jobs with CEOs"


These videos showcase interviews from CEOs to hear what they need and how we can help prepare our students. 





Building Digital Curriculum with INFOhio OER

Melissa Solema, INFOhio Instructional Team Specialist







Upcoming Literacy PD Opportunity through INFOhio

Monday, October 28, 2019, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
ESC of Northeast Ohio

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Stark County ESC


INFOhio is excited to partner with Scholastic, the ESC of Northeast Ohio, Stark County ESC, and Great Start for Great Futures Coalition to bring a full day of fee-free professional development to teachers, administrators, curriculum directors, school librarians, and other educational staff working with students in grades PreK-5.

Don’t miss Pam Allyn, Scholastic’s Vice President of Innovation and Development and the author of Every Child a Super Reader, as the opening keynote presenter. Participants will receive a copy of Ms. Allyn’s book, as well as a copy of a title included in one of Scholastic’s resources, BookFlix or Storia: Ohio’s 4th and 5th Grade eBook Collection, which are available to Ohio schools from INFOhio.





Friday, September 13, 2019

Read&Write on the iPad

With the renewal of our district premium subscription, I wanted to let you know that you and your students are now able to get Read&Write on your iPad. 

I've put together a set of instructions to install, use, and remove. It also contains the link to the Read&Write iPad Guide that I suggest you scroll through prior to installing to see if it will be beneficial for you. 

If you feel that it would be helpful for your students, please feel free to share the instructions with them as well. 

Although the iPad has some incredible accessibility features built-in, feel free to explore this resource as well to enhance your productivity and overall experience on the device. 

Friday, August 9, 2019

Apple Teacher Information





Join millions of other educators in learning what an iPad can do to benefit the learning of their students. 


Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning.  

Click here to learn more about how to get started becoming an Apple Certified Teacher.

Apple Teacher Center Sign-in


Tip: We recommend using your personal Apple ID to access the Apple Teacher Learning Center.  If you do not have a personal Apple ID, you may wish to create one. 




Feel free to get started and explore these awesome resources. Also, look for more information soon on joining a possible cohort to learn more about the iPads together. 


Friday, August 2, 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

1:1 iPad Guidelines for Students




The following resource contains our 1:1 iPad Guidelines for students and parents. This will be a helpful resource to go over with students and refer to if you get any questions about the district-owned iPads.

6th Generation iPad
Logitech Keyboard Case

Topics include: 

  • Student & Parent Responsibilities 
    • The Responsible Use Policy is posted which students and parents signed off on in Final Forms prior to receiving their iPad. 
  • General Care & Use
    • Cleaning, carrying, stylus recommendations, etc.
    • Note: Loaner policy this year includes the use of a loaner only for repairs, not if they forgot it or did not charge it. 
    • Data and file protection
    • Apps
    • Sound
    • Initial Setup instructions posted here in case they need a replacement down the road
  • Repair and Insurance Information
    • Students are highly encouraged to purchase insurance to avoid paying full price for repairs. 
    • The list of repair costs without insurance is available on this page. 
  • Apple's Privacy Policy and Resources
    • Apple takes data privacy very seriously and one of the links has a nice overview for parents. Not exciting stuff but important! 😊

1:1 iPad Guidelines