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Making the Most Out of iPads and Tablets

Making the Most Out of iPads and Tablets. Amy Burger Sr. Educational Assistant - CAI Waukesha County Technical College aburger1@wctc.edu. Benefits. Can be customized to work with a variety of learning styles and differences Portability: can be held, mounted, used on a variety of stands

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Making the Most Out of iPads and Tablets

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  1. Making the Most Out of iPads and Tablets Amy Burger Sr. Educational Assistant - CAI Waukesha County Technical College aburger1@wctc.edu

  2. Benefits • Can be customized to work with a variety of learning styles and differences • Portability: can be held, mounted, used on a variety of stands • Overall cost: when including the multitude of add-on content that is available for a low cost or free • Encourages greater connections with peers, course material, and communities • Can be a lifeline for access to resources, tools and support

  3. Accessibility features: iOS7 • VoiceOver • Guided Access • Zoom • Speak Selection • Wireless Braille displays • Assistive Touch • Dictation • All of these features are accessible on iPod touch and iPhones, 4th generation and later

  4. EducationAL & OrgANIZATIONAL Apps Most common and effective for: • Notetaking (with integrated audio recording) • Electronic textbooks and classroom materials • Organization & planning • Navigation & mapping • Document scanning and cloud storage • Word processing

  5. ipad Integration with learning tools • Livescribe 3 SmartPen • Dragon Naturally Speaking • Kurzweil 3000 - firefly • Frogpad2

  6. Other Tablet options • Microsoft Surface • Google Nexus • Samsung Galaxy Tab

  7. Resources • National Center for Learning Disabilities - Assistive Technology • The National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education • Using iPads in Education • List of apps being used in the Learning Place at WCTC

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