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All About Apps for Education: Just the Apps and Nothing But the Apps

Presented byJonathan Campbell, Assistive Technology SpecialistBridget Gilormini, Director Simon Technology Center

May 5, 2011 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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PACER Center

• Not-for-profit organization

• Serving families of children

with disabilities

• Primarily staffed by parents

of children with disabilities

• Over 30 different programs

• www.pacer.org

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Simon Technology Center Services

• Assistive Technology Information and Referral

• Simon Technology Center Library & A.T. Finder– www.pacer.org/stc/atfinder

• Free Assistive Technology Consultations

• Free workshops

• In-service trainings

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Get Connected• Simon Technology Center BlogSpot

– www.simontechnologycenter.blogspot.com

• Simon Technology Center Facebook Page– www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Technology-Center

• Twitter– http://twitter.com/bgilormini

• YouTube– www.youtube.com/pacercenter

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Presenters

• Bridget Gilormini– Assistive Technology Specialist

• Jonathan Campbell– Assistive Technology Specialist

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PACER’s 29th Annual Benefit May 7, 2011

Minneapolis Convention Center

• Silent Auction at 6 PM

• Live Auction at 8 PK

• Benefit Follows Live Auction

• Tickets Starting at $65

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Agenda

• Handouts and Resources

• All About Apps for Education

• Questions

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Four Handouts

• iPod/iPad 101 Resources Handout• Just the Apps and Nothing but the

Apps• App Rubric• Presentation Handout

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Universal DesignBuilt in Accessibility Features

• Dynamic interface

• Voice Over

• Screen Magnifier

• White on Black

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• Web resources

• Searching– Google– iTunes

• Power Searching

• Categories

• Developers and comments and stars (Oh my!)

Finding Great Apps

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On to the Apps!

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Categories

• Art• Cause Effect/Sensory• Communication or AAC• Deaf/Hard of Hearing• Early Childhood• Health/Fitness• Life Skills

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Categories

• Literacy - Accessible Book Players• Literacy - Accessible and other

Documents• Literacy - Audio Book Apps• Literacy - Book Reading Apps• Literacy - Five Areas of Literacy• Math

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Categories

• Music• Organization - Homework Planners• Organization - Personal• Organization - Thoughts/Mind Mapping• Productivity• Resource Apps• Science

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Categories

• Social Communication• Social Studies• Speech/Language Therapy• Text to Speech• Vision• Visual Supports• Writing

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RFB&D Audio

• iOS Universal• $19.99• Learning Ally (formerly

FRB&D) membership to play their content

• plays DAISY formatted books

• WMA is not supported18

Read2Go

• iOS Universal• $19.99• Bookshare membership

required to play their content

• plays DAISY and other formatted e-books

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InDaisy

• iOS 4.2 and above• $18.99• Supports DAISY books

from a variety of providers• plays DAISY and other

formatted e-books

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VOD (Voice of DAISY)

• iOS 3.2 or later• iPhone 3G/3GS/4, iPod

Touch (2nd generation or later), iPad

• Free/$25.99• plays DAISY formatted

files

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Back to the Apps!

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