Going Paperless - Using an iPad for College!

Coding on the iPad Air 2

Two of my classes this semester require me to write code. The first is my web design class, which has me mainly working with HTML and CSS. My second is a course about movbile app development, which requires we write in Swift, which requires we work in XCode. Which doesn’t run on an iPad. So this does throw a wrench into things, I admit. As many people have complained, Apple hasn’t made it…

So you want to swap your laptop for an iPad – Considerations

It’s an awesome thing to do! Kudos to you for wanting to do it—you’re ahead of a lot of the curve when it comes to embracing tablet computing. I can promise you that when you set it up right for your needs, the experience is awesome. But before you take that leap and dig yourself in deep, it’s critical that you know what the right setup will look like for you. If you try to do this but don’t have…

College on an iPad: Week One Update

Aside from one evening class, I’ve now experienced all of my courses for this semester, and so far the iPad has been perfect for my needs. The day before my first class, I made sure I had all the books I needed as kindle ebooks, and all PDF/PowerPoint/Word/etc. files from teachers stored away in my Dropbox account and Notability, ready to go for classes. There was a surprising turn of events on…

In the beginning, there was an iPad

(And a student with a few concerns about going all-tablet, despite her excitement and belief she could do it.) The semester begins today, and I’m somewhat nervous. Over the last week, I’ve had a lot of doubts creep in about whether or not this is going to work out for me. What if a teacher has a problem with it and doesn’t want to let me use the iPad in class? What if I need to log into…

The Importance of Definitions

I want to make sure that I’m very clear up front that I am not supporting the iPad as a laptop replacement. “But Katie!” you say. “You just explained that you’re ditching your laptop for the semester and replacing it with the iPad Air 2! How can you say this now?” I need to be more precise in how I word things. I didn’t realize that until after I’d posted my explanation of this experiment. So…

Tablet computing, the new frontier. These are the voyages of the starship College Student. Her continuing mission: to explore strange new courses, to seek out new tools and ways of doing things, to boldly try what no one has tried before… Completely ditching my computer and notebooks for an iPad Air 2. When I started my first semester of college this year, my university gave me an iPad Air 2 to…