Sped Geek: March 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

IPad tools Tim Methany

How do I present with iPads?
Turn down the brightness
Maptini
VGA adapter
Air play app
Good reader
Add g to http:// to down load web pages
Randa browser
Expedition browser
VGA enabled web browsers
Projector app
Whiteboard
Air sketch
iPad2 mirrors
Apple tv $99
Htmi enabled
Wireless presentation adaptor
Discovery channel has app with air play
Vimeo and YouTube airplay
Cloud browse
ISwifter
App store volume purchase program
Buy using pos
Share files using iPad and iTunes under the app scroll down
Printopia

Monday, March 21, 2011

Apple Workshop- iLife in Education with Tim Methany

Maptini-App for building mind maps
iLife
iPhoto
   Faces- allows to find faces or people within photos
   Places- shows where the photos were taken
   ipod touches, iphone, and ipad 2 will do this automatically
   Create-books, cards, calendars
iMovie 11
   Create events in iPhoto then add to iMovie
   Sports theme
   99 levels of undo and redo
   Automatically transitions
Garageband
   New instrument lessons
   Groove matching puts every track on beat
   Flex time moves sounds including vocals and instruments
iWeb
   RSS feed
   Widgets

Apple Workshop U of M Accessibility-Technology Enabling Students by Tim Methany

Accessiblity solutions built into all products
Apple includes learning disabilities as an area that accessibility solutions needs to address
Built in support for Braille readers and display support
UBS hub for Braille readers for those who cannot see a projector and screen
Voice over on Mac- automatically out of the box works during setup
Universal Access
   Seeing-zoom on- command, option, and = zoom in command, option, and - zoom out
   Voice Over-on with many features The OS will read the screen and provide directions on where you
   within the system. It tells the person everything without seeing it on the screen.
   Make a podcast out of a webpage.
   Services are built into the apple apps.
   Make changes to services- Go system preference then keyboard, then keyboard shortcuts, then services
   (turn on add to itunes as a spoken track)
   Keyboard- Sticky keys- limited physical ability allows keys to be combined for usage
   Hearing- flashing screen with an alert sound occurs
   Close captioning of webvideo
   On iOS-ipad, ipod touch turn on
   QuickTime Player- show closed captioning
   Mike Shebanek-Accessbility Project Manager
   iBooks will read the books using voice over
Web pages must be made accessible-use tags to do this in the html
Three finger trip tap brings down a screen curtain for privacy
Voice control on the iphone, ipod touch, and ipad2
Holding down mic button the headphones or the home button will turn on voice control
www.apple.com/accessibility
www.apple.com/education/special-education
Apple Apps
Proloquo2go
Verbally
Tap2talk