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ACTIVITY
TIME
TASK
BROWSING
THE WEB
Introduction to Tablets: iPad
USING THE WEB
10 minutes
Let's go web browsing. Obviously there's a lot more
to the web than we have time for here, but let's just
see how you can use your iPad to access it. If you've
never used a web browser, don't be afraid to ask your
workshop leader for help.
Tap on the browser icon on your iPad tablet.
Like your computer browser, the browser has
tabs at the top of the screen, allowing you to
open more than one web page at once.
To open a web page, tap on the Address bar near
the top of the screen.
The onscreen keyboard will popup, allowing you
to type in the web address of the site you want to
visit. Try en.wikipedia.org, for example.
You can also perform a search by typing the
search terms into the Address bar. The browser
will detect that it's not a web address and will
perform a Google search instead.
Now the iPad should load up the web page.
Remember your gestures?
• Tap once on a link to follow it.
• Tap and hold, then move your finger up and
down to "push" the page up and down.
• Swipe the screen to scroll really fast.
• Pinch to zoom in and out. This makes targeting
links easier.
• Double-tap to do the same.
Tap on the X in the tab at the top to close a tab
you might need to scroll upwards to see it.
Tap on the left and right arrows at the top of the
screen to back and forward, just like on your
computer browser.
When you're done browsing, you can just tap on
the Home button.
The iPad Safari web
browser icon
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