iPad+to+Smartboard

http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2011/10/5-awesome-things-you-can-do-with-ipad.html 5 Awesome Things You Can Do With an IPad and an LCD Projector I've always wanted a document camera in my classroom, so yesterday I made my own - using my iPad. Here's a quick rundown of how to do this: Purchase a VGA Adapter Cable. You can pick one up online for around 20 bucks.

Create your iPad stand. For mine, I borrowed a ring stand from the science department and clamped it to a clipboard. It was sturdy and could safely accommodate the weight of my iPad.

Use a VGA cable to connect the adapter to the projector. You now have a fully functioning document camera!

Why might someone want to do this, you ask? I've only been experimenting with mine for two days, and I've already stumbled on five mind-blowing uses. 1. Use it as a document camera

Once the iPad is connected to the projector and "mounted" onto the ring stand, the most basic use of this set up is as a document camera. Simply open the camera app and you're ready to go. As an English teacher, this is a natural fit in my classroom. Today, for example, while students worked on rough drafts essays on examples of irony in O. Henry's The Ransom of Red Chief, I circulated the room and occasionally scooped up a paper and slid it under the iPad. It projected nicely onto the screen and I was then able to use these student papers to give suggestions as well as to have the group peer edit. It was far more efficient that having students line up at my desk to individually edit with me. 2. Record demonstrations

Switch the camera app to video mode, hit record, and you now have a work area capable of recording demonstrations and voice narration. This is an effortless way for teachers to kill two birds with one stone- while providing instruction in class, they are simultaneously creating a video "study guide" that can be posted on the class website or blog for students to review. 3. Real-time Kahn Academy

If you're not familiar with the wildly popular Khan Academy videos, click here to see what you've been missing. If you're already aware of the instructional potential behind the Flipped Classroom concept, then give it a try using your iPad. Similar to recording demonstrations, apps like Show Me and ScreenChomp allow the user to create a video that captures finger strokes as well as voice narration. Again, these videos can be recorded live in class and then used later as asynchronous review for students. 4. Hands-on mind mapping

I've always considered mind mapping to be a natural fit for tablet devices because brainstorming tends to work best when ideas can be easily manipulated, moved, and reorganized. Apps like Popplet and MindMash are great for doing just that, and the addition of a projector makes it possible for mind mapping on the iPad to become a group process rather than an individual or small group task. 5. Annotating Student Work

Let's take a closer look at using the iPad as a document camera. In addition to simply viewing student work, the iPad can also very easily snap pictures. From there, teachers can quickly load that image into an app like Doodle Buddy or Show Me to create an environment where the work can be easily annotated, highlighted, or otherwise marked up by either the teacher or other participating students.

Composite cables are used by videos etc to connect to TV's. The resolution achievable through a composite cable (720 x 576) is not the same as that achievable by a vga cable (1024 x 768 or better). As such it is expected that you would play movies over the composite cable, not mirror your ipad as the image would look chunky on a TV.

To mirror your display you need a VGA adapter or a HDMI adapter. Note that HDMI carries sound as well as the display. To get sound with the vga adapter you will also need an audio cable plugged in via the headphone jack.

=== [|Brad Ratcliffe] : This is what we use to connect the apple tv to a VGA only projector. The older projectors ===

[|http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PC-DVD-HDMI-VGA-Audio-HDTV-Video-Converter-Adapter-/120777363539?pt=AU_Components&hash=item1c1ee45053#ht_3012wt_908]

=== NB a lot of these online come from over seas so make sure it has an Australian AC 5v adaptor to plug in the power. === ===  Dick Smith sell the 5v power adaptors if you get one cheap with a different power socket. ===

=== Apple tv is iTunes based and for home use it is great for renting HD movies through your iTunes account. ===

=== It's primary function in the classroom is to AirPlay your iPad. === ===It wirelessly connects your iPad to the apple tv which is connected to your projector that mirrors and displays your iPad on a screen or your IWB (NB does not connect to IWB @ Stu Hasic). ===

=== The old Sanyo orange projectors do not have hdmi input to connect the apple tv, only the newer projectors have hdmi input. === ===  However you can get a hdmi to VGA adaptor that will connect it to the older one. === === This is what we have in our class to display the iPad and it is still fantastic. === === My wife uses one on a portable projector for presentations in her business. === === It gives you a lot more freedom to be anywhere in the room with the iPad and it will display on the screen or IWB. ===

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This allows the ipad to be connected to a hdmi capable projector or TV screen. It could be used instread of the Apple TV mentioned above but then it would be physically tied to the projector by a HDMI cable. The advantage of the Apple TV is that you can move the ipad around the classroom and still display the screen contents

I like this adapter:

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #01317e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC552

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">$35 from the Apple store.

<span class="yj-message" style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Advantage over Apple TV is that it requires no setup besides plugging in.

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But because the Apple TV is wireless from the iPad you can move around the class. <span class="yj-message" style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I use Apple TV in our iCentre and the VGA dongle when I teach in other classrooms <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Greg Thwaites

Composite cables are used by videos etc to connect to TV's. The resolution achievable through a composite cable (720 x 576) is not the same as that achievable by a vga cable (1024 x 768 or better). As such it is expected that you would play movies over the composite cable, not mirror your ipad as the image would look chunky on a TV.

To mirror your display you need a VGA adapter or a HDMI adapter. Note that HDMI carries sound as well as the display. To get sound with the vga adapter you will also need an audio cable plugged in via the headphone jack.

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Project your iPad onto the Smartboard

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">buy a VGA connector for iPad for roughly $30. <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">unscrew the VGA cable from the back of the computer, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">attach it to the iPad cable, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">plug that into the iPad2 and that's it. <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">ipad ends up being connected to the projector.

<span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Turn on all the equipment. <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The sound from the iPad is good enough for most classes to hear, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> but you can also connect the headphone socket on the iPad to the wall plate for better sound. Adapted from Kim Rooney