The goal of the purchase is to provide teachers involved in the Middle Years Collaborative Inquiry with an iPad, LCD Projector and Apple TV unit to offer an opportunity to integrate technology in their classroom for a significantly lower price tag than an interactive whiteboard. Just this past Friday, I spent the majority of the day at the Greater Essex County District School Board Office working with my superiors in an attempt to make a technology purchase order for the mathematics Middle Years Collaborative Inquiry (MYCI) project. If you have any more ideas for use of this app in the classroom.Check out a video about Reflector and another option called AirServer from a recent workshop I delivered. I have changed the name and URL link in this blog.
Airserver vs reflection update#
Update (12/8/12): The app is now called Reflector instead of Reflections.
Update (6/13/12): The Reflector app is now available for Windows! It, however, does not do screencasting at this point. It can show up full-screen on the computer screen AND it works with both Windows and Macs. This application is call AirServer and it has different features. Update 2 (5/6/12): Another app has hit the market that also allows turns the computer into an AirPlay device to allow wireless streaming from the iPad or iPhone or iPod Touch. Update: The Reflector App now does screencasting beautifully! It brings in system audio from the iPad and records that, too. The price of the Reflector Mac App is $14.99 for use on one machine, $49.99 for a 5-pack, and, if you are interested in purchasing more than 20 copies, drop them an email at and they will work with you!
And you could screencast those presentations on the desktop for assessment purposes, too!
I am not sure how many devices you can hook up at one time, but it seems, if you had a classroom set of iPads, each student could showcase his or her iPad when appropriate while not being tethered to the projector. I just tried the iPad and the iPhone 4s at the same time and they BOTH showed up on the computer screen as you see here:ĭesktop with Reflector App using the iPad and the iPhone at the same time For Reflector, you pick your computer and then turn mirroring on, as shown.Īll the iOS devices you want to hook to Reflector via AirPlay have to be on the same WiFi network.
Airserver vs reflection how to#
The iPad can be handed around to students for demonstration of how to use an app, showcasing an online process, or much more! It even sends the audio from the iPad to the Mac, which then, of course, pumps the sound out via more powerful speakers than the iPad has!įor those of you that do not know how to find the AirPlay setting on your iOS device, you simply click on the home button twice, and swipe right once for the iPad and twice for the iPhone. The work is all done on the iPad- the desktop is just the "screen". Using the Reflector app, the iPad can wirelessly project onto the computer screen and hence it is shown on the big screen! (Now works on Windows, too!) The more important bonus for the classroom setting is that the Mac computer (running Mac 10.6.8 or Windows XP or better) can be hooked up to the LCD projector or whiteboard projector the typical way (usually VGA or DVI).
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