I cannot get my ipad icon to appear in iTunes

I have gone through all the tutorials that seem to apply, but cannot get my ipad icon to appear on the left side of my itunes screen so that I can synch the 2 together. I am not an expert, and need some help here. Thank you so much.

I will assum that you are using the latest version of iTunes 11. Do you even see the devices heading in the sidebar or do you even see the sidebar? If not, go to View>Show Sidebar from the iTunes menu so that it is visible.
If you have done all of that and the iPad still doesn't show up.....
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X - Support - Apple
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I have connection to the internet via safari so I know there is an internet connection????
I have done a full back up, sync, all software updates are up to date, and I have managed to do the App updates on my iPad 3, Iphone 4GS and iPod Touch without getting the "Cannot connect to iTunes Store. OK." message, but not on the iPad 1???.
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