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1. Books: Open iBooks, Kindle, Stanza, or Bluefire Reader
   1. Read at least a whole chapter or a whole article.
   2. Try changing the font size, typeface, screen rotation.
   3. Bookmark some pages.
   4. Highlight passages and take some notes.
   5. in iBooks, try switching collections between books and PDFs. There are samples of both for you to try.
   6. in Stanza, try browsing the bookstores and download a free title (does not require an account).
2. PDFs (journal articles or books):
   1. Try the GoodReader app. Look under "web downloads/browse the web" or "enter URL" to navigate to the URL of a PDF online.
   2. Within GoodReader try bookmarking, annotating, highlighting, switching between full view and text-only view.
   3. Try reading some PDFs in the iBooks app (tap Collections/PDFs). 
   4. Try reading some PDFs in the BlueFire app.
3. News & Magazine apps:
   1. Try the Flipboard app. Add some sections, such as Nature or Science. (tap "add a section," browse through the list of sources)
   2. Try the New Yorker app. There is one issue already purchased for you to try.
4. Open the Notes app and try typing with the virtual keyboard. Hint... prop the iPad up an an angle for easier typing.
5. Try the web browser (Safari).
   1. Try searching Barton, Vera, or DSpace. Since there are no MIT certificates on the iPad, you can enter your MIT username and password on the Touchstone screen when you are accessing licensed content.
   2. Try searching Vera to find and opening a PDF.
6. Multimedia:
   1. Try the Videos app. Some MIT Open Courseware lectures are already downloaded to the iPad.
   2. Try watching a video one of these apps: PBS, TED, YouTube.
   3. There is a bookmark for MIT TechTV via the mobile web, on one of the ipad's screens. Use that to visit TechTV videos. Try the multi-touch gesture to expand a video to full screen. (after you hit the play button)
7. MIT apps:
   1. Try MIT Mobile app.
   2. Try LectureHall from MIT OCW.
8. Other library apps and web sites:
   1. Try Wolfram Alpha app.
   2. Try the WorldCat MIT mobile site (bookmarked on home screen)
   3. Try Naxos Music library. Either sign in on your computer first with instructions from our blog, or try the samples in "listen for free."

When you're done:

Before you return the iPad, you can de-register it, which completely erases all of your content & settings. If you've chosen Option 2 by connecting it to your own iTunes account and have downloaded any apps, don't worry, you'll still have them installed on your own iTunes, so you can transfer them to another device. 

To De-register the iPad: Tap the Settings icon, then General, then Reset, then Erase and All Content and Settings.

Return the iPad to Joanne when you're doneBe sure you have the power cord and case. Make arrangements with Joanne to return the iPad.