1. The iPad
Incredible Teaching Tool or Trendy Toy?
Robert W. Smith
Western International Band Clinic
November 20, 2011

2. iPad Sales History
• Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad from U.S. customers on March
12, 2010
– Around 300,000 iPads being sold on their first day of availability.
• By May 3, 2010, Apple had sold a million iPads
– this was in half the time it took Apple to sell the same number of
original iPhones
• By May 31, 2010, Apple had sold two million iPads

3. iPad Sales History
• By June 22, 2010, they had sold 3 million.
• Between July 1 and September 30, 2010, Apple sold a further 4.2 million
iPads.
• During the October 18, 2010, Financial Conference Call, Steve Jobs
announced that Apple had sold more iPads than Macs for the Fiscal
Quarter

4. iPad Sales History
• iPad sales statistics have exceeded projections and are increasing at a
startling rate:
• April 5, 2010 300,000
• April 8, 2010 450,000
• May 3, 2010 1 million
• May 31, 2010 2 million
• July 21, 2010 3.27 million
• Sept. 2010 7.5 million
• Jan. 18, 2011 14.8 million
• March 2011 19 million
• June 2011 25 million

5. Revised iPad Sales Forecast
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2011 sales forecasts have been increased from 36 million to over 43 million
2012 will see an increase of approximately 50% over 2011 sales

6. iPad “Givens”
• The iPad and related tablet technologies are hear to stay
• The laptop is in its final stage of viability
• Media is now redefined, repackaged and reproduced
• As a “disruptive innovation”, tablet computers will
drastically change education over the next 5 years

7. iPad in the Band Room
• iPad usage in the band room
– Teaching
• Presentation technologies
• Student “consumption” device
– News
– Media
• Student creative tool facilitating/reinforcing
concepts, knowledge and skills

8. iPad in the Band Room
• iPad usage in the band room
– Administrative Tool
– Conductor’s Assistant
• iPad/Apple TV vs. SmartBoard
NOTE: I highly recommend the Apple TV combined with a TV monitor
or projector. This, combined with iOS 5 creates ultimate freedom in
the classroom environment.

9. Recommended Apps and
Educational Activities

10. Harmonizer
FREE • Explore Pitch & Basic Harmony
Pitch Trainer
•The Harmonizer was designed to make it easy to give
young children exposure to pitch identities
•The colors serve to identify pitches before the
acquisition of language.
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controlled by children with rudimentary motor skills.
Chord Relationship Tutor
•Due to the orthogonal arrangement of pitches on the
Harmonizer, chord progressions all have the same
"shape" regardless of transposition.

11. MadPad - Remix Your Life!
• $2.99
Video/Audio
Creative App
• Works at any
age
• Creativity that
“connects” in a
school
environment!
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12. GarageBand QuickTimeª and a
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• $4.99 - Creative Environment for Music
– Touch Instruments
– Smart Instruments
– Recording Studio
• Touch & Smart Instruments
• Live Electronic Instruments (Guitar/Bass/Keys)
• Microphone (Voice & Live Instruments)
• Loops
• Sampler

13. iPad Media Projects
• Creative Educational Projects
– Transcribe/Learn Classic Guitar Solos
– Film/Produce an Elementary School Musical
– GarageBand
• Mix Project
• Songwriting Project
• Atomic Tom iPhone Ensemble

14. Pianist Pro
• $4.99 Piano App
– MIDI Recorder QuickTimeª and a
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– Sound Module
• Virtuoso - Free Piano App
– Duet Feature!

15. AC-7
• $7.99 iPad-Based
Control Surface
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iPad/iPhone/iPod
– Pro Tools
– Logic
– GarageBand
– Cubase
– Final Cut Pro
– Others

16. PreSonus SL Remote
• iPad/iPhone control for
PreSonus StudioLive
Digital Mixers
• 24.4.2
• 16.4.2
• 16.0.2
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17. Symphony Pro
• $14.99 Notation App
– Editing
– Playback
– Viewing in editing and
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MusicXML
– Export print/audio as PDF,
AAC, mp3
• Notation is still not viable
at a professional level on
the iPad

18. Tuning
• Violin Multi-Tuner
• Cello Multi-Tuner
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19. Guitar Toolkit
• $9.99 Guitar Suite of Apps
– Tuner QuickTimeª and a
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– Voicing Reference Tool
– All Fretted Strings

20. Classical Guitar
• Guitar App - FREE!
– Realistic strumming action QuickTimeª and a
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– Left hand capable
– Three playing modes
– Capo
– Fun use of the technology!
• A creative arranging/performance resource!
• iPad/iPhone Guitar Ensemble?

21. Songwriter Pad
• $5.99 Lyric writing resource
– Rhyming Dictionary QuickTimeª and a
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– Thesaurus
– Audio Recorder

22. A.P.S. MusicMaster Pro
• $14.99 Suite of Apps for Conductors/Teachers/
Musicians
– Tuner (with Pitch Pipe)
– Metronome
– Stopwatch
– Score PDF (with Annotation)
– Glossaries
– Recorder
– Internet Browser
– Calendar (integrated)

23. Must-Have Apps!
• GoodReader • DropBox or Box.net
• Pages • Penultimate
• Numbers • Skype
• Keynote • APS MusicMaster Pro
• Air Sketch

24. AirSketch
• Project and Annotate
any PDF wirelessly
• Uses the computer
and browser currently
in your classroom
• Free Version
• $9.99 Full Version
• Allows others to join
the sketch session
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25. Most Popular Apps
• Music
• Education
• Productivity
• Visual Media

26. Recommended Tools
• Peterson Tuner - • Bento
iStroboSoft - $19.99 – Gradebook
• Bias iProRecorder - – Inventory
$2.99 – Library Records
– Fast Forward/Rewind – Etc.
– Markers
– Etc.
• Audio Tools - $1.99
– SPL/Decibel Meter
– Tone Generator

27. iPad Recommended Accessories
• Case
– OtterBox (highly recommended
for band director class usage)
– Portfolio (personal use)
• Stylus
• Bluetooth Keyboard
• Bluetooth Speaker
• Apple TV with LCD TV

28. iPad
A Viable New Tool for Enhanced Productivity in
the Music Classroom and Beyond
Robert W. Smith
rwsmith@troy.edu
www.robertwsmith.com
@rwsmithcomposer
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