ipad for kids [electronic resource] using the ipad to play and learn

[...]... pull off the power adapter from the USB end of the cord and plug it into an open USB port on your computer Then plug the other end into the Dock Connector at the bottom of the iPad That’s all you need to do Your computer will automatically detect the iPad, start iTunes, and begin the Setup Assistant (see Figure 1.5) 13 iPad for Kids Figure 1.5 The iPad Setup Assistant 1 Click the Set up as a new iPad option... To turn the iPad completely off, press and hold the On/Off button for a few seconds A red confirmation slide control will appear at the top of the window If you really want to power down the device, tap and drag the slide control to the right, and the iPad will shut down If you hold the Sleep/Wake button down too long by mistake, you can tap the Cancel button on the bottom of the screen Once the device... up/down control, located on the right side of the iPad, is pretty straightforward Press the top of the control to turn the volume of the iPad s speaker up and press the bottom of the control to bring the volume down This control is the master volume control for the iPad Some applications, such as the iPod and video apps, have their own onscreen volume controls that handle volume just for those apps This is... will have to order them from Apple directly The good news about any of these options is that the cost of the iPad, either online or at another retail store, is always the same There’s no markup when you purchase the iPad 2 somewhere other than an Apple store, and the online store will ship iPad 2s free of charge, so there’s no additional cost there The bad news is, since most iPad 2 buyers use the online... keyboard The tools to configure the iPad Touring the iPad Device Take a look at the iPad You hold in your hands a 9½ by 7½-inch, halfinch thick tablet with a grand total of four controls (not counting the screen itself, which is the iPad s biggest control) As you can see in Figure 2.1, three of the controls are located near the “upper-right” corner of the iPad or iPad 2 17 iPad for Kids Camera (iPad 2)... figure out first which iPad you’re going to get, particularly with the recent release of the iPad 2 A lot of people liked the looks of the iPad and held off buying one until the iPad 2 came out and shoppers mobbed the stores and Web sites looking for them I am not proud to admit that I was one of those shoppers, and I paid my teenage daughter $50 to go stand in line at another store at the same time, coordinating... at the bottom of the device If you want to be a rebel and hold the iPad differently, that’s all you The control you will use the most is the Home button, located on the front of the iPad, centered below the screen Click the Home button, and you will be taken immediately back to the last Home screen you were in Since the iPad can use more than one application at a time, doubleclicking the Home button... a mute switch, the up position enables sound, and the down position mutes the device There are other neat features on the iPad about which you should know Figure 2.2 displays the top and bottom of the iPad device, where these important features lie The location of these hardware features is identical on the iPad 2 20 Chapter 2 Second Step: Interfacing with the iPad Figure 2.2 Other iPad hardware features... use with the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons Hold the Home key down and then press the Sleep/Wake button at the same time The screen will flash, and you’ll hear the sound of a camera shutter You’ve just taken a picture of your iPad s screen, which you will be able to view using the Photo app In fact, all of the iPad pictures in this book were acquired using this method 19 iPad for Kids The Volume up/down... turn the screen off and prevent any other inputs until the Sleep/Wake button or the Home button is pressed again The thing to remember about the iPad being asleep is that while the iPad appears to be completely powered down, it’s actually not The device will be waiting quietly for you to pick it up and start working again, ready to pop on the instant you wake it up To come back so quickly, the iPad . users to quickly convert these computers to traditional laptop devices, the kind with the hinge. 4 iPad for Kids The Educational Case for the iPad With the right apps, the iPad can become more than. that the cost of the iPad, either online or at another retail store, is always the same. There’s no markup when you purchase the iPad 2 somewhere other than an Apple store, and the online store. between the iPad and iPad 2 that should be taken into consideration. First, the form factor of the iPad 2 is thinner and lighter than the origi- nal iPad. This is not a huge difference, but nonetheless