Good News: Microsoft has finally released Office for the iPad. For iPad users that rely on Microsoft Word and Powerpoint exclusively for their computer work, this is a very welcome announcement. Now when opening Powerpoint files on your iPad, you won’t have to worry about the formatting changing or things not working properly.
Microsoft Office for iPad
Learn Tips for Displaying Powerpoints on your iPad using Keynote.
PChelpsblog has a very informative article by Jenny Sweeney that provides tips on creating a Powerpoint file that will display nice on the iPad with Keynote. Keynote is the Mac/iPad equivalent of Powerpoint. It has many of the same features and works quite well. It also allows you to open, edit and save Powerpoint files. […]
Tech Blog Reviews iPad Styluses
The Verge, a popular technology blog, recently reviewed different styluses available for the iPad, iPhone and other touch screen devices. While touch screens have revolutionized computing, many desire to have the familiarity of a pen, especially while writing. Today there are many options available, but often it’s hard to know how they are different. The […]
Professor Henry Hecht Uses an iPad to Write on Slide Presentations
Professor Henry Hecht stands in front of his Depositions class and displays a sample deposition question on the classroom projection screen. He asks his students to consider whether the question is objectionable. After they respond, he picks up his stylus and underlines the objectionable parts of the question, identified by his students, in bright red […]
iPad App Review : Notability
Write on PDF’s or just jot down notes all while presenting in class. Notability is a easy to learn and versatile app for the iPad. In Notability you can take notes just like you would on a pad of paper. If you have a stylus for the iPad it feels natural to write our your […]
RedDot Advanced Workshop
The Advanced RedDot workshop will cover how to create pages along with adding new page elements. Learn best-practice tips and discuss how an entire site can be built into the law.berkeley.edu website. Available Dates: Mar. 23, 1pm – 2pm Apr. 6, 1pm – 2pm Apr. 20, 1pm – 2pm To sign-up email John-Mark Ikeda at, jikeda@law.berkeley.edu. […]
iPad App Review: Explain Everything
Using iPad’s in the classroom opens many new and exciting opportunities. They are portable, easy to use and there are a wealth of apps. One of the challenges that we have encountered though, was finding an app that would allow faculty to not only present Powerpoint files, but annotate them during class. To our excitement, […]
What is “The Cloud”?
“What is ‘The Cloud’?” I’ve been asked that question many times. It sounds friendly, but to many people it is a confusing term. “The Cloud” is a term that refers to things being done, or saved on computers in a remote location. These computers are called servers and since they can be miles away from […]
iPad App Review: Pen Ultimate
Is Pen Ultimate a notebook, or a digital whiteboard app? The answer is both. As a notebook or notepad replacement, Pen Ultimate sports extremely smooth handwritten text. Paired with a stylus, it’s likely the closest you can get to feeling like you are writing directly on your iPad. Pages are intuitively grouped into notebooks, that […]
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Herma Hill Kay Use iPad as Digital Whiteboard
Professor Herma Hill Kay poses a question to her students about how one determines a home state in child custody matters. After a brief discussion about the days assigned reading, she decides to highlight several factors that will guide her students through the material. Instead of standing up and walking over to the whiteboard to […]