Helpful for unchaining you from behind your desk.

Submitted 11 years ago
Chad S.
Chad S.
Perris High School
Perris CA, US
My Rating
Pedagogy
Supports

My Take

Splashtop unchains me from standing behind my desk so that I can run presentations while standing amongst my students. The load time is sometimes slow and I'm not sure if this is a network issuer or an issue with the app. Some of the controls and gestures are not very self explanatory which makes it sometimes difficult to use. I wish you could change the settings to turn off certain gesture functions. For example, a 2-finger tap will turn on trackpad mode (which seems like an utterly useless feature) and it's difficult to switch back once it's activated. Despite these annoyances, I depend on Splashtop daily in my classroom.

How I Use It

I use Splashtop to control my computer from my iPad while I move about the classroom. I am able to play presentations and videos from my computer while I am circulating around the classroom, thus preserving my proximity to students. In addition, I can use the on-screen annotation tools to highlight items on my computer screen.