{"id":93,"date":"2011-05-14T21:24:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T21:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2012-06-18T20:37:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T20:37:25","slug":"using-pages-to-grade-on-the-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/using-pages-to-grade-on-the-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Pages to Grade on the IPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grading is not my favorite part of my job. But, my iPad sure does make the daunting task more fun. One of the tricks I have learned is how to make a table for a rubric in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad\/from-the-app-store\/pages.html\">Pages <\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Pages is Apple&#8217;s version of Microsoft Word. Pages makes making a table so simple on the iPad. The app is very intuitive. Yes, there are some limitations, but really, I am surprised how much the word processor can do.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, I needed to grade blogs and I wanted to send a rubric to a student&#8211;hassle free. I went to Pages on my iPad and learned to make a table and filled in all the information. There was a slight learning curve, but that was only to find where to go to make the table and to adjust the cells.  Once you learn, it&#8217;s super easy to work the app. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042458.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042458.jpg\" alt=\"20110514-042458.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I would grade the blog and hit email document once I was done grading a blog.  The program gives you three options to send the document&#8211;Pages, PDF or a Word doc.  I always chose a PDF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042652.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042652.jpg\" alt=\"20110514-042652.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the document would attach to an email.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042829.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediarhetoric.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20110514-042829.jpg\" alt=\"20110514-042829.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then filled in the student&#8217;s email address and sent the document straight from the Pages app. It was fast and easy.  Once I was done with one student, I would fill it in for the next student. Using Pages was fast and easy to make quick comments to each student.  I now have an email record of all the rubrics I sent to students&#8211;that&#8217;s my back up. Once I heard the swoosh of the email being sent, I started grading the next blog. Very easy and convenient.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-9468072431591972\";\n\/* medium rectangle *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2475950172\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grading is not my favorite part of my job. But, my iPad sure does make the daunting task more fun. One of the tricks I have learned is how to make a table for a rubric in Pages . Pages is Apple&#8217;s version of Microsoft Word. Pages makes making a table so simple on the iPad. The app is very intuitive. Yes, there are some limitations, but really, I am surprised how much the word processor can do. Last week, I needed to grade blogs and I wanted to send a rubric to a student&#8211;hassle free. I went to Pages on my iPad and learned to make a table and filled in all the information. There was a slight learning curve, but that was only to find where to go to make the table and to adjust the cells. Once you learn, it&#8217;s super easy to work the app. Then I would grade the blog and hit email document once I was done grading a blog. The program gives you three options to send the document&#8211;Pages, PDF or a Word doc. I always chose a PDF. Then the document would attach to an email. 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