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1. iPADs and Apps….

   Merril Dean October 14, 2011
2. Basic Operations Getting Started click sleep/wake Press Home button if you don’t shut it off slide to unlock View Most Recent/Shut Down double tap “Home” View Portrait or Landscape double click home button, flick screen to extreme left to lock screen (settings change side switch between mute and lock)
3. Basic Operations (cont’d) Rearranging Icons touch and hold until icons jiggle. Drag icon to desired postion. Create folders by dragging icons on top of one another. Rename the folder Zoom In/Out Basic operations: photos, webpages, maps Pinch fingers together/ apart
4. Navigating Multi-tasking During one app, double-click Home to switch apps To delete an app from the task bar, tap and hold it. Then tap “minus” sign Click on Home to exit multi-tasking
5. Capture Screen Shots Capture a screenshot by holding down the Home and then pressing and releasing sleep/wake button simultaneously. View saved image, access the photos from the Home Screen photo or camera app Import to your computer using photo application (iPhoto)
6. Move and Delete Apps Tap and hold app to move it Can move it once it wiggles Delete To delete, tap the X then delete Cancel To remove the X’s, click Home button
7. Accessibility Features On Device – settings>general>accessibility RECOMMEND DO NOT USE: Voice Over tells you about each element on the screen. Tells you screen orientation NOTE: the standard touchscreen behaviors differently with VO on WARNING: hard to shut off!
8. Accessibility Zoom magnifies the entire screen of any app you are using White on Black inverts it to a color negative Large Text converts to large text in contacts, alerts and email.
9. Accessibility Video Closed captioning for video available Headphone jack supports amplified speakers Mono-audio
10. Sites and Sources for Learning iPad Academy – http://ipadacademy.com great site with ideas, tips and tutorials Apps Shopper -- http://appshopper.com/ provides reviews and ideas for iPads SLP Sharing – http://slpsharing.com/app-resources a great site with lots of links and ideas for support. Not just an SLP site.
11. Tips for Schools Use generic accounts for iPads (we do) Accounts are set up without a credit card We maintain a central list of passwords for each school so staff changes do not affect us We need to maintain a list of “authorized” computers • Uncheck - “Automatically launch iTunes when this device is connected” • Check to “Manually manage music and content”
12. ENABLE Restrictions Go to Settings>General> Restrictions to enable Restrictions Turn off access to a variety of apps, PREVENT installation of Apps, or DELETING of apps etc.
13. Last Task Set up Itunes access for today Go to Settings>Store Click on the Apple ID Press Signout Press Sign In - Choose Existing Apple ID Login Name: mdean@theedge.ca Password (case sensitive): Workshop1
14. Productivity
15. Must Haves….. Pages (exchanges with MS Word) $19.99 Keynote (presentation software) $19.99 PrintCentral Pro $9.99 Numbers (exchanges with Excel) $9.99 First Class (free download)
16. Math Apps
17. Algebra - $9.99
18. Algebra Touch - $2.99 Serves as a “refresher” of skills Allows you to drop and drag on equations Covers: simplification, Like terms, commutativity, order of operations, factorization, prime numbers, elimination, equations, distribution, factoring out, substitution and more advanced modes
19. Math Apps Shown Algebra Touch Intro Free Wolfram Algebra Course $1.99 (and Wolfram Pre Algebra Course) $1.99 Jungle Coins – Fr & English $2.99 – Purchase Cdn. Coins once in app $1.99 Jungle Fractions – Fr & English - $2.99 Jungle Time – Fr & English - $2.99 (tell time, set time, tell elapsed, set elapsed)
20. Math Apps Shown CalcMadeEasy Free – Scientific Calculator – Free (CalcMadeEasy – Multipurpose Calculator: Finance, Units, Scientific $1.99) Cloud Math (Addition/Subtraction Free) – all operations and time $0.99 FunNumbersHD - $0.99 ClockMaster – Free My Math App -- Free
21. Math Apps Tried/Not Shown Converting Fractions – Flash cards – does not allow answer entry, does show how to solve Awesome Flashcard Multiplication – Free – do not enter answer MathContests – Free – gives you grade 4, 5, 6 sample tests from the contest – must pay $2.99 for additional Calculus Delight (study guide) - Free – need the text.
22. SCIENCES
23. Chemistry
24. Chemistry Formulas $0.99
25. Chemistry Formulas Provides all chemistry formulas
26. Biology for Ipad $1.99
27. Biology
28. Biology
29. A Life Cycle App $0.99 Shows different life cycles Appropriate ages 2-10
30. A Life Cycle App
31. Science Apps Shown Organic Chemistry Essentials - Free MCAT Chemistry Flashcards Lite - Free Science Facts (for the trivia buffs) – Free Molecules – Free Self_Assembly – Free 3D Brain – Free Painless Chemistry Challenge – Free (matches with book by same title for tutoring).
32. Science Apps Shown Science Glossary – free Science Lab – free – practices vocabulary from various themes Self-Assembly – free (builds molecules and models them.) Planets – Free Tiltometer -- Free
33. Science Apps Not Shown ChemByDesign The Human Genome at ten
34. Social Studies/Humanities
35. NFB - Free Can download and show videos on a wide variety of topics. Adults and children English and French
36. HistoryPin - Free Can look at photo collections from around the world At this point, largely Britain Historical and modern Can create and add own
37. Social Studies Shown Arctic Museum – interactive ipad tour for students - Free
38. Social Studies – Not Shown Pearson World History Quiz – requires Pearson’s texts
39. Language Arts Apps
40. Language Apps Prepostion $8.99
41. Categorization -- $5.99
42. Video Production App -- $1.99
43. Story Book/Photo App Pictello
44. Language Arts Apps - Shown Shakespeare in Bits – 14.99/play Read Write Gold Apps – eBook Reader, Read, Write Web, Speech App http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3pBJirEK8s Read Me – Free – additional stories $1.99 Speak Text – Webpage reader – Free Good Reader – pdf reader, note taker etc. - Free
45. Language Arts Apps - Shown Dictionary – Free Kobo – and other book apps. Mels Phonics Non Phonics -- Free
46. Vocabulary Building Apps - Shown Kindergarten.Com has a variety of apps – Vegetables, Zoo Animals, Sports, Fruits and Nuts, Alphabet (doesn’t give the sound of the letter, just an item) and likely more I have not found. Free Language Builder – oral language development – can record student’s voice (sentence questions etc.) $4.99 Word Match – cards for matching picture to word $0.99 Learning Fruits $0.99 Phonics Lite
47. Vocabulary Apps (cont’d) Word Slapps – shows three pictures, you select the picture that matches the spoken word. Comes as Word Slapp Lite for free Lite and $4.99 Color Slapps – shows color Free Spelling Board - including it against my better judgement – lol $4.99 Words -- Free Kiddie Questions - $2.99 Bluster -- Free
48. Vocabulary Apps (cont’d) A Bee Sees Letters -- Free ($0.99 to open all) Montessori Croswords -- $2.99
49. Apps to consider trying? French Word Wizard $3.99 - Making Sequences $2.99 A Bee Sees Shapes Puppet Pals
50. Apps Not Shown See Read Say – the concept is GREAT – Dolch word lists on flash cards that will, upon request, say the word. I cannot get it to work. Word Magic – hear a word, put it in. Doesn’t resay the word (If it’s free it is okay) Vocabeans – provides picture and word outloud. 50 words available free Word Families – if you CAN make it work, let me know. Idea is great Soundslot – 3 pictures and a sound – pick correct sound
51. Apps Not Shown ABC Lite – gives letters and word, but not phonic sound.
52. Speech App - Shown ArtikPix $29.99 Speech pracitce with picture decks using phonemes
53. Speech Apps if you’re looking Articulate It! $49.99 Uses photos. Touch card to hear the word, swipe to move on. Option to record student’s voice Can track accuracy PhonoPix $24.99 10 decks for 40 minimal pair pictures See and hear the minimal pair 3 levels of matching Option to record voice Can track accuracy
54. Categorizing
55. Apps Shown Clean Up - Free Name that Category -- $5.99 Analogies for Kids -- $0.99
56. Apps to Try Little Solver – Free -- visual analogies Pattern Recognition - pattern practice for different grades. $1.99/grade
57. Augmentative Communication
58. iCommunicate - $49.99 Designs visual schedules Storyboards Communication boards Flashcards Routines Choice boards
59. i Communicate con’td Record own audio for pictures/baords Text to speech options Use own pictures Two types board - up to 4X 10; or one picture at a time
60. i Communicate http://www.grembe.com/demos
61. Proloquo2Go - $189.99 Text to speech voice Vocabulary of of 7000 items Advanced word prediction It is advanced and while intuitive to use, may be TOO much for students just learning how to use ACC.
62. My First AAC Ipad only $24.99 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLTnec03CcA
63. Turn Taker Uses video and/or audio cues to taking turns $4.99
64. ACC/Social Story Apps My Pictures Talk - $4.99 – creates stories with pictures, audio and video. Grembe Apps Locabulary – word based voice. Can add vocabulary lists for specifc locations. Lite - Free Verbally – word based voice. Much larger than Locabulary. Free Look-2-Learn – picture based communication- 6 categories. Cannot edit $14.99
65. ACC/Social Story Apps TaptoTalk – can design own albums. Free albums available but advanced versions of software necessary to edit. Puts into cost range of Proloque2go. Free but added costs.
66. Life Skills Apps
67. Life Skills Going Places Free Hidden Curriculum for Kids - Free Face-Cards A-G - free Remainder are Conover Computers – range from Free - $4.99 Social HD WrkSample HD LitSample HD LifSample HD Hygiene HD Describing HD
68. Printing/Writing Apps
69. Printing/ Fine Motor ABC Easy Writer Printing Numbers Cursive Available in Lite and paid versions $1.99 Spellboard Install own spelling lists, practice $4.99
70. Writing Strip Design $2.99 Show Me Interactive Toontastic – free/cost
71. Timers & Dice
72. Timers/Dice Timer + - Free Minute to Go -- Free VisTimer Free – Free to $1.99 Natural Dice -- Free Time Timer $6.99
73. GAMES
74. Puzzle Games Imess – classic sliding puzzle Free Cut the Rope – preplanning strategy Free Museumoftheives – identify differences (older students) Free Simply Find It – identify differences (primary students) Free or $2.99 Dreams2 – identify differences (primary/elementary) WondLa – identify differences Free Simply Find It – sorting games for young children.
75. Read, Write Gold New Apps…. Check this out…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3pBJirEK8s
76. Try it out…. Login Name for Itunes account: mdean@theedge.ca Password Workshop1 Play with Apps, Download free apps, try them out, recommend on chart paper.