The ICTs (information and communication technologies) our project adopts are:

ICTs

• Word processing: students use word processing tool to write research journals.
• Spreadsheet: students use spreadsheet tool to collect/log data, and analyze data using charts.
• Web search engines: students research information related to their scientific inquiry tasks.
• Social networking: students use social networking site to collaborate and communicate their research findings.
• Still images/videl clips: students use images or video clips to collect data to examine their hypothesis.
• Google Earth: students use Google Earth to create multimodal information to present their research findings.
• Cyber database: students use public cyber databases to collect data.
• Real time response system: students design their real time response system to answer their research questions.
• iPad: the teachers use iPad to facilitate the scientific inquiry tasks in the classrooms.
• Probeware: students use probeware to collect water quality data, and use iPad app to analyze data.

iPad Apps

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How to?

1. Setup a Google Account using current email address (Your current email address is your Google account)
2. Setup an Apple account
3. Reboot iPod Touch/Power off and power on iPod Touch
4. Setup passcode lock for your iPod Touch
5. Setup network (wifi) on iPod Touch (proxy.nyit.edu, port:80)
6. Setup Google calendar and email (exchange account): caution! Do not use "gmail" in setting, use "exchange" instead. Here is another instruction on how to sync Google with iPod devices.
7. Backup/restore: sync with iTune
8. What if you forgot your Apple account password?
9. Apply a DropBox account and install the DropBox app
10. How to look for apps? (Use iTunes Store, App Store)
11. How to install apps on iPod Touch
12. How to setup "Find my phone"?