New iPad for Education

1. The iPad and
Special Education
A whole new world

2. A new world of
knowledge

4. Why we love it
• Touch window -
instant access
• Multi-purpose tool -
it can do anything!
• Students motivated
to use it
• Familiar technology
• It's cool!

5. New things we need
• How do I save or store
information?
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• How do I use the
learn
group teaching?
• What is the best way to bring
information into the iPad?
• What apps really are useful for
students with special needs?
• How do I manage a school
owned device, but I want to pu
t my own apps on it?

6. Questions...
•New technology brings new
questions to our jobs
•Post-It exercise

7. Schedule for Today
• Settings info you should know
• App Management
• Saving information
• Getting and using photos
• Presentation apps
• Writing through the continuum
• All the ways to read

9. The basics
• iPad will "hibernate" and keep a charge for up
to 11 hours - you don't need to always turn it of
f
• Volume buttons on side or in "hidden screen" -
know your mute!
• "Home" (or quit) button on the bottom - double
click for hidden screen and to quickly switch b
etween apps
• scroll to the left on the hidden screen for
volume, brightness and music
• iPad will automatically rotate to position -
double click to lock in place - you can change
this in Settings

10. Know your settings
• Many controls can be modified in this
panel
• Individual apps have their own settings -
also in this control panel
• substantially upgraded in OS-5
• become familiar with the features here
that you need so that you can quickly mo
ve in and out

11. OS 5 features you
should know
• Speak Selection
• Large Text
• Bluetooth
• ICloud
• Zoom
• Shortcuts
• Split keyboards

12. Find my iPad
• Free feature - you can find
your iPad from any other com
puter or OS device
• www.icloud.com
• After you set up a free iCloud
account, you then make sure
your location services are on

13. App Management
• Double click on "home" to open up bottom - recently
used apps
• Force quit apps that are frozen or get stuck
• Put most-used apps down below in docking station
• Put "teacher" apps on another screen
• Turn off deleting apps or purchasing of apps in
restrictions
• Lose an app? No worries - quickly reload it

14. Know your App Store
• Manage your apps on your iPad
• You can have multiple iTunes accounts on a
single iPad (teacher, personal, student)
• Each iPad can only be synced with one
computer
• Don't worry - you won't "lose" any apps

15. App Management
• Computer search or directly in iPad
• Know some good teacher blogs or websites
to follow
• Gift cards versus apple volume pricing
• Think a plan through before starting to
purchase
• Whoever purchases the app - OWNS the app
•

16. Email
• Select the account type for your email service
• Multiple accounts can be accessed
• Email is one way to deliver information from
your computer to your iPad
• set up a free email account for your
classroom to use to share files/pictures
• Turn email off and on in settings to protect
privacy

17. How to save
information
• Different than computers - OS devices
are not meant to store lots of information
• The plus - you don't "lose" anything
• Cloud-based filing - new mentality
• Know multiple ways - not every app is
consistent with every method
• Some apps have their own backup
system with passwords

18. Dropbox
• Free download at www.dropbox.com
• 2GB of free space - fee if over
• On your computer, you will see a dropbox folder -
save work into this folder
• It will appear in your iPad under the dropbox
application
• You can share folders with others
• You can access online

19. GoDocs
• Works with Google account
and Google docs
• You can download and open
in another app
• You can save it back in
Google docs or as a PDF or
text document

20. iWork
• Document storage through your iTunes
account (iCloud)
• Only works with Pages, Numbers,
Keynote
• Limited storage, then payment
• iCloud customers are provided with 5
GB of free cloud storage. Purchased mu
sic, TV shows, apps, and books, as well
as photos in your Photo Stream don't co
unt against your 5GB of free storage.
• you can use any commonly used
Microsoft tools to open

21. Passwords,
Passwords!
• Remember them! Each
storage app usually requires
a password
• Develop a consistent system
to save them
• Keeper - free app to store all
passwords securely

22. Photos
• Sync with computer for large files
• Email to yourself for individual
• You can email up to 5 photos at a time from your iPad
• Google search - easiest way if you don't have a camera (iPad1)
Hold down your finger on picture - select "save image"
Image will be stored in photos
• Organize photos into albums for easy retrieval
• Screen shots!
• Convert to PDF or use program that allows you to write on it
directly - photo to PDF - Doodle buddy - PDF Expert

23. Presentation apps
• the new SmartBoards? Just as mobile
technology is taking over our lives, it is ta
king over teacher's lives as well - mobile
in the classroom
• apps that vary the appearance
• use mobile tools: remote app, bluetooth
keyboard
• Utility apps: Doceri, Splashtop, Remote
• Ways to display iPad image: Reflection,
AirServer, Apple TV, adapter
• Enables teachers to "teach" and then
allow students to study later

24. A review of good ones
• Keynote
• Idea Boards
• Whiteboard Pro
• ShowMe Interactive
• iMovie
• Sticky Notes - abc Notes

25. Why write with an
iPad?
• a light portable solution
• all-in-one keyboard cases
• the ability to use fluidity with
writing: handwriting features, audio
recordings, voice dictation
• onscreen writing support
• take a student through the writing
continuum from beginning to full pr
oductivity
• Quickly write on worksheets using
photos and PDF

26. • Beginning exploring : Sky Writing, Sand Garden,
Doodle Buddy, Pocket Pond
• Letter tracing: iWriteWords, LetterTrace, Learn to
Write, Dexteria
• Handwriting: Write Now, Write Mail, iFinger Mail,
HW Mail
• Word Processing: Pages, Documents To Go
• Voice Feedback/Word prediction - correction :
Speak It!, Speak Pad, AbiliPad, Type-O
• Picture/PDF writing: PDF Expert, Doodle Buddy
• Using images: Comics Creator, Comic Life

27. Taking Notes/Studying
• iPad provides choices to notetaking:
audio, handwriting/drawing, text input: No
tability, AudioNote, Audio Memos, Pa
perport Notes
• quickly and easily creating study programs
flashcards: Talking Flashcards,
Flashcards Deluxe, Cram, ShowMe I
nteractive

28. Reading Choices
• iPad offers portability
• ability to handle volumes of text - easy
access
• Easy modification of text (size, spacing)
and definitions
• Text to Speech options
• Create your own books

29. iBooks
• You can download free samples of books onto
your bookshelf
• You can also save PDF files or ePub books
• "Store" and search for books
• Select "get sample" or free
• Adjust text
• Dictionary definitions/highlighting
• Create your own: Book Creator, PDF

30. Other creative options
• Reader feature in Safari - visual
modifies text
• Speaking Text - reads highlighted text
• Interactive Books - books with auditory
feedback - text is on the screen, highlighting
as it is read
• Pictello, Book Creator - stories with visual,
auditory
• Read2Go - free book resource for any
student with a print disability through

32. Final thoughts...
• designate a budget for a trial of apps
• coordinate funding and training of apps and
how they are going to be implemented
• organize an "app committee" with individuals
from each discipline to get varied perspective
s
• remember, we are just at the start of mobile
technology - it will only grow from here

33. Who We Are
•Technology Resource Center of Marin
•Established in 2001
•Serving 19 school districts - over 4,000
special needs students
•over $100,000 in technology grants each
year to teachers
•ongoing and growing support of technology
solutions
•www.specialed.org

34. Thank you!
Dan Phillips, MS CCC-SLP
Technology Resource Center of Marin
dphil@marinschools.org
trc.marinschools.org