It's also very nicely weighted and quick to charge. Increasing the pressure also influences the thickness of the line or adds pigment with paints and softer materials. With compatible apps, drawing with the Pencil in an upright position will give you a fine line, while more acute angles allow you to shade and add tone. The Pencil has a fine point for precision work and is sensitive to pressure and tilt, so it feels very natural. I've used many capacitive styluses (styli?) before but always found their chubby rounded tips to be quite primitive tools. The Apple Pencil is quite a remarkable piece of tech. While all the apps can be used on any iPad and without the uber-expensive Apple stylus, my views in this post are based on my experience of this particular setup. Whatever I draw/write on the iPad screen gets projected onto the main whiteboard via AirPlay.īefore I get stuck in, I should be clear that I've been using these apps on the new iPad Pro in conjunction with the Apple Pencil.
At my school we use Apple TVs to connect our iPads to the screen wirelessly, so this means I can carry the device around with me as I sit with different groups of students and support them with what they are doing. The larger screen of the Pro makes it a lot easier to scribble, scrawl and sketch on the move. All other capturing, mark up and saving and sharing functions are free and do not require an Evernote account.Since I bought an iPad Pro I've been revisiting some of the drawing and note taking apps that I've used in the classroom. Skitch’s PDF Markup feature requires an Evernote Premium account.Īn Evernote account is required to save to Evernote. Open a PDF and highlight changes to skip the lengthy, confusing email chains and give clear feedback. Share a diagram of the earth’s layers and have students label it with youĬapture a map, mark it up, and share it with your friends to show them where you'll be. Mark up photos of silly, cool, or inspiring things you see and share them via social, email, SMS, and more.Īnnotate photos of your backyard to plan out your vegetable garden.
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