iOS 5

Getting iOS 5 installed on all student iPads has presented us with some issues. Some students just haven't done it, others try and it doesn't work for them for whatever reason. Some have lost notes on the pdf-notes for iPad app after they have updated their devices to iOS 5 because these types of third party apps don't always back up to the "cloud". I would strongly recommend that students use Pages and Keynote to take notes since these are Apple products and they automatically sync to the cloud. The notes can then be accessed by going to iCloud.com on any iPad, computer, iPod, or iPhone. One student lost hundreds of flashcards on an app but was able to recover the flashcards when she reinstalled the app but this wasn't the case for another student when she reinstalled pdf-notes.

Discussion about some of these issues will continue and we will work to resolve whatever issue arise. We have a computer set up in the MLR lab now so that students can install iOS 5 at school if their home computers will now work.

(Sent from my iPad)