Reducing Barriers to Learning with the IPad

Dabney Frothingham

Is there an app for that?

Technology is a tool that serves a set of education goals, and if we don’t think about

what we want the technology for first, we end up with technology driven solutions that have very little impact on the lives of children and in

our educational system

Linda Roberts, U. S. Department of Education

• Reducing barriers to learning begins by understanding what barriers are present

• SETT framework is a model to encourage collaborative decision making for implementing technology – Student, Environment, Tasks, Tools

IPad as a tool• Built in accessibility..all options are available

with ios5 for ipad2 and the new iPad– Vision– Hearing– Physical and Motor

Vision

• Voice Over– speaks items on the screen– to select an item touch– to activate double tap– to scroll flick 3 fingers– can change the speaking rate

Vision• Zoom– magnifies entire screen– to zoom double tap with

three fingers– to move around the screen

drag with 3 fingers in zoom

mode– to change zoom double tap

with 3 fingers and drag up

or down

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Vision

• Large Textenlarge print in calendar,

mail, contacts, notes, and

messages to 56 point

Vision• White and Black– change screen to background black and text white

Vision

• -Speak Selection– when selecting text, option to speak will be

offered

Vision

• Speak Auto Text– automatically speaks

auto corrections and

auto capitalizations

Hearing

• Mono Audio– for those with hearing loss in one ear, you can

adjust so both left and right audio source material goes to one ear with ear buds.

– You can adjust the volume balance between left and right channel.

Physical and Motor• Assistive Touch– for those with have difficulty with touch screen or

using adaptive accessory– when on you will notice white circle on screen

when touched you have the following options:• Gestures• Device• Home• Favorites

Assistive Touch

• Gestures– 2, 3, 4, 5 finger engaged– can use for swiping

Assistive Touch• Device– lock screen, volume up,

volume down,

shake, lock rotation,

rotate screen

Assistive Touch• Home– returns you to home screen

• Favorites– you can create your own gestures to add to favorites– Link to ideas for possible gestures• http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/olms/tmp/file/MATN/Webinar

s/Touch_Gesture_Cards.pdf

Physical and Motor• Triple-click Home– You choose to have triple click home activate:

voice over, white on black, zoom, assistive touch, or prompt to ask which to engage

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

iOS Apps as Tools

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Thank you!

• Any questions?• Additional Apps to add?