Everything we know about the iPad Air 5

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If among all current iPhones in 2022 the title "people's" has the iPhone 11, then among the iPads it is certainly the iPad Air 4. The tablet came out very good: frameless display, Touch ID in the power button, excellent performance and battery life. On the one hand, everyone expects new unique features from the next generation, on the other hand, it is very unlikely that Apple will change the trajectory of the Air lineup. Despite the fact that there is still a lot of time until the release of the iPad Air 2022, we already have some information about it. Today I suggest to discuss what we lack in the iPad Air and talk about the features of the future tablet.

I am sure we will remember the iPad Air 2020 for a long time. After all, it was the first frameless tablet with Touch ID in the power button. Later, the Cupertinians released the new iPad mini 6, which made the situation much more complicated. Now the iPad Air must very carefully fit between the iPad mini 6 and iPad Pro, which is very difficult.

The new iPad Air 2022

It is not yet possible to talk about the exact characteristics of the new iPad Air 5 with high precision, but we already have some information on this subject:

·        A15 or A16 processor.

·        Liquid Retina IPS display.

·        Camera: 12 MP widescreen with an aperture of f/1.8 and 10 MP super-wide, aperture ƒ/2.4.

·        12 MP front camera.

·        Support for 1080p video recording at 25 and 30 fps (now only 60 fps).

·        Support for "Spotlight" function for video calls.

·        Quad-LED True Tone main camera flash.

·        Support for 5G connectivity.

·        New colors.

With the iPad mini 6 having the top-end A15 found in the current iPhone 13, it's likely that the iPad Air 5 will also get the top-end Apple A16 along with the iPhone 14. On the other hand, in the past iPad Air is A14, and there were no clear predictions from analysts in this regard, so it is possible that the processor will be the same as the mini 6.

And, of course, we can not ignore the chips, for which the majority of users acquire a tablet - video calling. We would love to see the new Air with the spotlight feature, which would come in handy during video calls. Plus, we are waiting for an improved camera and flash.

iPad Air 2022 Display

 

The iPad Air 4 has a Retina Liquid Retina display made with IPS technology. Recently, all devices are slowly moving to OLED, so it would be logical to assume that the new Air will come with it.

In the spring of 2021, everyone's well-known analyst Min-Chi Kuo said that the future Air should switch to an OLED display, just like the new iPhone. Well, with smartphones he guessed, but about the tablet in October he changed his predictions closer to the end of October. According to his speculation, Apple has abandoned the idea of introducing OLED in the iPad Air 5, in favor of a simpler IPS.

What's new in the iPad Air 5

 

BestTablet.info reports that the iPad Air will look more like the iPad Pro 2020 than the iPad mini. And the first thing that interests us here after the display are cameras and speakers. Let me remind you, there are two cameras: a 10 MP widescreen and a 12 MP ultra widescreen. Plus, the iPad Pro has a LiDAR sensor, with which you can work with augmented reality. The source says that we should not expect it to appear in the Air.

Plus, of course, the speakers. The iPad Air 4 has two, and I personally think that is not enough. Yes, the sound of the Air is very good. Watching movies on it is a pleasure, but when you take the Proshka in your hands - you feel impaired. The speakers in the iPad Pro can easily compete even with my MacBook.

They also promised to add studio-quality microphones, which would make life a lot easier for those who work remotely. I can't say I'm happy with the mics on the Air. Even though I work with headphones most of the time, sometimes the microphone sensitivity is not enough.

When is the new iPad Air coming out?

 

There is no exact data on the release of the iPad Air 2022 yet. Previously, it was said that the tablet should not be released until October 2021, exactly one year after the release of the iPad Air 4. As you have already guessed, the prediction did not come true. It is possible that Apple will show us the iPad Air 5 at the spring presentation, which is expected to be held in March or April.

Bottom line: if you were planning to buy the iPad Air 4 in the near future and are worried that your tablet will turn into a pumpkin in September, I can assure you: this will not happen. The iPad Air 2020 is still a very decent tablet that can handle all the challenges it's designed to handle.

Are there iPad Air 4 owners among our readers? Are you happy with the tablet? Are you looking forward to the 5th generation?

Multivitamins distribution as among our community projects in Eastwood Residences Phase 2

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We wanted to come up with community projects that will benefit our community, and so we decided to begin as early as January starting off with the seeds and fertilizers distribution to vegetable gardening enthusiasts or just about anybody wishing to participate in the Grow Our Own Food project, an effort to encourage or inspire everyone to plant veggies as a productive way to spend their time instead of being totally dependent on buying food commercially. Planting is also a good way to keep ourselves busy and counter the stress we are experiencing especially during the pandemic.

Sponsored by Villar Sipag, many members of our community received the various seeds and a sack of fertilizer to start them on their vegetable gardening journey.

This was for the month of January, and for the follow month of February, we decided to give out multivitamins. Taking multivitamins is one way of boosting our bodies immune system against sickness or disease especially that we're experiencing the dreaded Coronavirus or Covid-19 virus pandemic.

So that's an advance Valentine's Day, or should I say Vitamins Day, treat for the senior citizens that we added on our list that we got from both residents and senior citizens of Phase 2. Since we can't give out every single one of our 500+ homes of our community, we needed to select the most needing...and that is the seniors who are more prone to weakness making them susceptible to virus infections.

On February 12, we distributed tablets of multivitamins and  capsules of Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) per senior citizen within our community.

Multivitamins distribution for our community because we believe in strengthening our immune system via multivitamins intake.

In partnership with Dr. Zen's, we will be distributing BioComplete (Vitamins + Herbs + Minerals + Probiotics) tablets, prioritizing the senior citizens, of Eastwood Residences Phase 2 here in Baranggay San Isidro Montalban, Rizal.

We got a few Ascorbic Acid  (more popularly known as Vitamin C) capsules to be given out too.

We Identified the most needing recipients but we told members of our community to please also reach out to us to make us aware of their conditions needing multivitamins assistance so we could distribute appropriately. Thus there were also non-senior citizens who received multivitamins.

Thank you, Dr. Zen's for the generous donation to our community.

We're happy that we were able to somehow help out the senior citizens and non-senior citizens of our community thanks to our generous sponsors.

Especially glad to be able to give out to even the often excluded due to various reasons. 

We have to remember that everyone was affected by this pandemic, whatever status in life, and to discriminate is not a pleasing discovery.

Multivitamins distribution at our community in Eastwood Residences Phase 2 in Montalban, Rizal is in coordination with our Team Pagbabago, a group we supposedly created to run as part of the homeowners Board of Directors...but we decided to still hold projects eventhough we don't have positions in the homeowners association.

Ang dami palang senior citizens sa community namin. Seeing their happy faces receiving free multivitamins and ascorbic acid is rewarding enough.

Please help us think of our next community project for March and the coming months that would be greatly beneficial. Small or big, it doesn't matter dahil mas ok if we could have projects every month but still continuing or sustaining our ongoing projects.

Thank you very much, Dr. Zen's . Their products are available at all Mercury Drug branches, and also on online shopping portals Lazada and Shopee. You could also get them through me to get a promotional bonus.

DepEd to expand integration of inclusivity, global citizenship topics in K to 12 curriculum

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The Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to advance more topics on inclusivity and global citizenship in the intended curriculum for basic education.

For years, DepEd, through the Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD), has been updating and recalibrating its curriculum to be up to par with international curriculums, including the integration of global citizenship education.

UNESCO describes global citizenship education as one that aims to equip learners of all ages with those values, knowledge, and skills that are based on and instill respect for human rights, social justice, diversity, gender equality, and environmental sustainability and that empowers learners to be responsible global citizens.

“I am happy to share that Philippine Basic Education has gone quite far in terms of advocating GCED in the curriculum. The last three years have been very vital in establishing the structural mechanisms and support relative to the GCED at various governance levels,” BCD Director Jocelyn Andaya stated.

“With these outputs, the GCED advocacy will likely reach 27 million learners. Though much is needed to be done, the Department of Education, through the Bureau of Curriculum Development, is committed to advancing the courses of GCED in the intended curriculum. As such, may we all be challenged to push all the boundaries that limit us in optimizing the premises and possibilities of GCED,” Director Andaya added.

DepEd, through the International Cooperation Office (ICO), has been in touch with different organizations from different parts of the world to take note of their best practices, their initiatives, and projects that will help in the integration of gender sensitivity and responsiveness, cultural appreciation, and inclusivity to the DepEd curriculum.

“We believe that everyone, our learners, and ourselves included, is a global citizen. We must evolve our curriculum to focus on cultivating values and integrating concepts of global citizenship to help our learners develop into responsive and empowered individuals capable of building and rebuilding peaceful communities in their respective places,” Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio said.

“In our strokes in shaping the curriculum, we not only integrate concepts of Disaster Risk Reduction Management, gender, and cultural sensitivity, but also inclusivity and global citizenship. These are all important in sensitizing our curriculum to ensure that our learners develop holistically and embody being lifelong learners,” he added.