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Francis Picabia, 1920, Image Source: Artforum
This fall I successfully taught two college courses using only an iPad 2 (and iPad Air) — no desktop or laptop. The experiment went easier than I expected but it was not without challenges.
I teach Art Appreciation and Art History at a local community college. For each session, content is presented on Keynote slides (typically consisting of 25 – 75 slides). Creating the presentations takes anywhere from three to fifty hours — most of that spent on the iPad. Naturally, the preparation involves a lot of time on the Internet for research, image selection, and administrative tasks.
Safari and Mercury were my favorite browsers. Each had its strengths. The latter’s “user agent” feature was essential for accessing “desktop only” websites. Pages and Keynote were the native apps I used most, and…
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