Technology and Special Education
Accessibility Features on the iPad:
There are differences between original iPad and iPad 2, don't know about iPad3
Voice Over blind
Zoom low vision, attention
Large Text low vision
Text to Speech struggling readers, attention
Audio Captioning deaf
mono audio- hearing impaired
Assistive Touch- gestures including custom motor impairments
QR Codes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSA3YsBy_pU
Shortcuts- auto correct- spell check-keyboards- multi tasking
Triple-click Home -Screen shots- lock rotation-mute-restrictions/ratings-deleting and installing apps-
Resources to check out!
HIAT (Montgomery Schools)-quick guides
OTHER RESOURCES:
Apps- There's an app for that
Apps for school k-12 ( be sure to check apps by tag on the right side of the page)
BCSD Resources From Jane Keyes
Differentiating by learning styles
Digital Storytelling with the iPad
eBooks to download
Engaged Classroom Wiki (example)
Ginger-Grammar and spell checker
Google Docs quick and easy ideas
Helping Hands- HS decisions for healthy lifestyle
Hemingway - writing revision tool
Kubbu kind of like Quia
Laurel Jones webpage- support
National Gallery of Art- 25,000 free images for download
NBC Learn k-12
Open Ed- Aligned to Common Core
Rewordify - modify text and improve vocabulary
Sweet Search safe search for students
Tilt Shift Maker (for photos!)
Toasted Cheese writing
Twitter information
Google Docs by Susan Brooks-Young and Chris York
Presentation (5 minutes)
Printable version (pdf)
Google Forms by Jason Borgen
Presentation (8 minutes)
Printable version (pdf)
Podcasts by Jason Borgen
Presentation (7 minutes)
Printable version (pdf)
You can "Like" the Free Technology for Teachers Page
The following websites have free, content-specific teaching materials.
More Free Educational Resources
National Council for Teachers of English
International Reading Association
National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
National Council for the Social Studies
National Science Teachers Association
National Educational Association Web Resources
Free lesson plans from content experts