How have you used an iPad for FRC/other STM reasons

[roystur44]

There are some great apps for Ipad.

Edrawings being able to show the CAD models
Excelade: used for video analysis, breakdown of mechanisms
Picasa: used to take and upload photographs
IMovie: used to edit short videos for weekly status updates during the build season
FRC Spyder:
FRC Tracker:
FRC Manual:
Google apps:

We use the built in camera/video to document the build cycle, competitions, meetings. Get a tripod mount and the Ipad becomes a great video camera that can upload the videos directly to Youtube/picasa/email.

[ebarker]

So for the last 6 months I've been thinking for about getting an iPad or an Android. A couple of weeks ago at our team banquet the team presented me with a gift of an iPad. Super !!

So what do I do with it ? One of the things I do is pitch FIRST, teams in Georgia, and of course our team.

I've got my elevator pitch. I'm pretty decent at starting conversations, telling people about this really cool thing that is getting kids excited about education and changing the world.

Now I can go beyond the elevator pitch. I can whip out the iPad, and in 60 seconds show them some pictures, some video, some graphics. If a picture is worth a million words, then adding some video, graphics, and power points is billions of words.

The iPad, and Android are media delivery devices. Use it to your advantage, spread the word, get some support.

With a good pitch and media on the device, and some enthusiasm, you might could turn $ 600 into $ 6,000.

my 2 cents.
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