This webinar explores how the iPad can be used as a powerful tool to support struggling readers and writers in middle school through higher education. The webinar covers a range of built-in literacy supports available on the iPad, including text-to-speech, word prediction, and highlighting tools, and demonstrates how these features can benefit students with different learning needs. Additionally, the webinar highlights third-party apps that can enhance the iPad’s capabilities even further, including apps that provide advanced text-to-speech functionality, convert text to sign language, and provide writing supports. Participants will learn best practices for integrating the iPad and its literacy supports …
Basic math skills are needed to make store purchases, determine necessary quantities, calculate distances and more. There are some basic math skills that every student can and should learn during their math education program. This webinar will cover a wide variety of apps that work on emergent math concepts such as numbers, counting, patterns, etc., through basic concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals and fractions. Participants in this webinar will discover solutions and apps to support their students as they continue down the path toward math literacy.
While many students may struggle at times with math and math concepts; students with physical or sensory impairments struggle to even access math activities. Many teachers and support professionals struggle with finding ways for students to access the math curriculum. There are however, several apps and extensions that can make math more accessible to all students. This webinar will discuss apps and extensions for making math activities accessible. We will cover various calculator apps, electronic math paper apps, accessible math apps, math extensions and other ways to make math more accessible.
The ability for all students to express themselves through music is extremely important. If a student can’t hold an instrument, play an instrument, read or write music; how can they express themselves musically? Luckily there are a lot of solutions available. This webinar will focus on some of those options. We will look at accessible solutions such as Skoog, Skwitch, Beamz, Garageband and iPad apps. We will cover solutions from basic cause and effect music apps all the way to apps for composing and performing. Participants will learn how to unleash the inner Rock Star!
Making classroom materials accessible for all students is extremely important. Unfortunately, not all classroom materials are accessible, in this webinar we will cover ways to make classroom materials accessible. You will learn about digital text, optical character recognition, ways to present digital text, digital study tools, math solutions and more. We will cover solutions for Mac OS, Windows, Chrome and iPad. We will also discuss how to create and design your own digital materials such as accessible books, audio files, dictionaries, note taking and writing supports.
One of the most exciting accessibility features of the iPad is Switch Control. Switch Control allows access to the iPad for persons who cannot access the device using the touch interface. Switch Control offers an extensive, powerful and customizable feature set that can be individualized to the needs of the user. This webinar will explore advanced features of switch control. We will explore menu customization, creating recipes, using gestures, media controls, Siri shortcuts, and more. Participants in this webinar should have a basic understanding of how to set up and configure a switch for automatic and step scanning.
Adapting worksheets to meet the needs of our students is critical for their success in the classroom. Fortunately, there are many solutions available on the iPad. This webinar will cover various solutions for making adaptations. We will cover optical character recognition, OCR apps, annotation apps, apps for adapting worksheets, book creation apps, math apps and more. We will also cover some of the accessibility features on the iPad that can be customized to allow easier access to the materials. Participants in this webinar will come away with tools and strategies for adapting worksheets for their students. Mark Coppin, MS, Assistive …
Apple has included Switch Control and Dwell Control in the latest release of their operating system – OSX Sierra. This built-in feature provides access for persons with alternate access methods, such as switches, a head mouse, trackpads, joysticks, etc. It provides for full access to keyboard and mouse functions. This session will cover the setup and features of both Switch Control and Dwell Control, as well as various access devices. We will cover the settings, as well as customizable options, of each feature. We will also cover the basics of the Panel Editor for creating customizable panels. Mark Coppin, MS, …
