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Assignment #1


 * Special Ed. Pupils Find Learning Tool in iPad Application**
 * An Application on the Ipad called Proloquo2Go helps students scroll through pictures or choose from phrases and sentences that they
 * Some of the applications are cheap and easy and help replace bulky, expensive older forms of assistive technology.
 * The Ipad gives the students a sense of independence.
 * It is also used to teach students life skills, by using applications to order food from restaurants and buy things at the grocery story. It also can help them manage their time outside of school by using at as a timer.
 * Students want to be able to use the Ipads so they take care of them. It also helps that they are a bit sturdier than laptops.
 * Questions:**
 * Will the use of an Ipad hinder students in any way? Such as becoming more reliant on it?
 * Does the Ipad have any issues with students becoming less social due to the fact they are more involved with games and learning activities rather than working with other students?
 * Are more families with special needs children investing in these to help at home as well?


 * iPad As A Mobile Classroom and the Newest Tool for Special Education Teachers**
 * Using the Ipad gives students a unique learning experience with a graphic learning, experience.
 * Used to use Neo 2, which was difficult to navigate and had a B&W that you could only see town lines of texts.
 * Ipad provides a “cool factor”.
 * The Ipad has the ability to make learning fun again.
 * Questions:**
 * Will students take too much advantage of the “cool factor” with the Ipads?
 * Should all students have accessibility to Ipads?
 * Apple in Education: Useful to everyone. Right from the starts**
 * Apple is able to provide help with literacy, learning, vision, hearing, and physical/motor skills.
 * For literacy/ learning able to use text to speech app and spaces that allows students to organize apps and documents into categories.
 * For vision there is an app called Voice Over, which explains to students, what exactly is on their computer. There is all Braille Display Support that has more than 80 tables of Braille.
 * For hearing you are able to provide close captioning there is also an app called Garage Band that can help improve auditory comprehension among deaf and heard of hearing students.
 * For physical/motor skills apple provides sticky keys that help students take short cuts, there is also a slow keys app that allows time in between each tap of the key to help students with less mistakes.
 * Questions:**
 * How long does it take students to fully understand the use of all these applications?
 * There are flaws in technology what if students become so dependant and it crashes?


 * 2011: The Year of the Media Tablet as a Learning Tool**
 * In 2010 19.5 million units were in the US by 2014 there will be 208 million tablets in the US being used by large corporations.
 * Companies are able use tablets for presentations, much easier to bring around rather than a laptop.
 * Applications have been developed to help specific companies.
 * A head at Hilton states that people need to have learning of all different types, such as, webinars, wikis, and apps.
 * There is so much power for technology to make our lives easier.
 * Question:**
 * Are companies spending too much money on new technology?
 * Are companies becoming more dependant of such luxuries?

Using the ipad as assistive technology is helping fill the gaps that students may have been previously experiencing without the technology. Technology these days is only improving what we already had. The ipad had many features of UDL. The applications and limitations you are able to put on the ipad can be individualized for each student. If a student has difficulty with math you are able download applications that will help them with math along with having them use a calculator on the ipad. Students that have difficulty reading small print you are able to make it as large as necessary. If you have a student that is unable to properly type you can delay the touch screen so that they do not have to erase and backspace as many times. There are so many applications and features to the ipad that each one can be individualized to the students needs.
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