Why I dropped Dropbox for iPad

Don't get me wrong - I love Dropbox and use it for all my classes and my repository of thousands of journal articles downloaded over the years.

But the iPad app stinks. The display window of the document names is impossibly narrow. If I have 5 articles by the same author, I can't  see past his/her name to the title of the article itself.

That's why I switched to Documents by Readdle.

It's a free app. It works in conjunction with all your online depositories like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc. It displays all file types clearly, allows previews, and has many more features that I have still yet to explore.

Dropbox screenshot vs. Readdle

Get Readdle HERE

Don't Forget to Sign Out of the School's iPads!

In a perfect world, all the students would have their own personal devices (tablets, laptops, Chromebooks, iPhones) and they would remain logged into their personal Google Drive, Dropbox and Gmail accounts all day long.

But in the real world (specifically, in our school) our students are sharing iPads. Please remind them to sign out of any app that gives access to file (Google Drive, Dropbox) or e-mail. Otherwise, someone could delete needed material or send a malicious e-mail in another student's name.

Below is a tutorial with step-by-step directions to signing out of Google Drive when your class is done.

Please make this an established routine in your classrooms, and don't wait until the bell rings. Set a timer (on the iPad if you wish!) to remind students to wind down before the end of class and sign out.