3. Introductions:
What do you want to get out of todayâs session?
Answer on the Padlet Wall.
3
goo.gl/2UY8Fv
Tip: Use the i-nigma app
to scan the QR Code.
4. Goals
4
Explore text to
speech features and
apps
Explore apps to
âshow what youknowâ
SETT Process Speech toText
Sharing content with
and from an iPad
Displaying your iPad
Accessibility
Features
5. Agenda
5
â˘Intros
â˘TTS & STT on iPad
â˘Built-in Accessibility
â˘Apps for children with diverse needs - Word Prediction,
Communication, social skills and Scheduling apps
â˘App exploration and collaboration time
Lunch
â˘Show WhatYou Know Tic-Tac-Toe Activity
7. SETT Process
by Dr. Joy Zabala
http://www.joyzabala.com
7
S
(Student)
E
(Environment)
T
(Tasks)
T
(Tools)
8. SETT Process
8
What tasks does the student need to be
able to do?
What tools could assist the student to
do those tasks?
9. I want my students to...
access texts by using Speech
to Text.
9
Speak Selection - Read selected text.
Voice Over - Screen Reader; Reads
aloud everything; Changes the way you
operate your iPad.
Voice Dream
Lite Free
vBookzPDF
$4.99
12. Speak Selection -
Built in Text to Speech
12
When Speak Selection is ON, it works with emails, messages, web pages, iBooks
and readable PDFs.
!
Long-Click (press and hold) on the text, then choose Speak.
Scan to watch a video on Speak
Selection.
13. Use Speak Selection to
read aloud a webpage.
13
Open a webpage with text that you may use
with your class.
Press and hold on the text until you see the
magnifying glass. Drag the blue sliders to select
the text then press Speak.
14. Readable PDFs (like Digital textbooks) can be
read aloud with Speak Selection
Digital textbooks are available on
http://learnalberta.ca/. You must
create a teacher account to download.
!
You may want to save digital textbooks
into an app like iBooks.
!
!
You may want to upload the textbook
chapter to your class webpage for
students to download and save on
their devices.
15. To Download a copy of a digital text:
1. Click on download.
2.Tap to see Open inâŚ
Choose iBooks.
bit.ly/May7ipads
Â
17. + OCR App + Speak Selection
17
Leadtools OCR app
1. Open OCR App.
2. Take picture of paper.
3. Crop area if necessary.
4. Press the T tool.
5. Once itâs converted,
select and use speak
selection to have it read
aloud.
18. UsingVoiceOver
18
Tap an item or app (once) - itâs description will be read
aloud.
!
Then Double Tap to select the item or app.
!
Three ďŹngers to scroll up or down.
Scan to watch a video on
usingVoice Over:
19. Voice Over -
Reads aloud Everything
19
Settings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver
21. To get a text into these apps:
21
1. Download theVoice Dream Lite (free) app.
!
2. Upload the text to a webpage (like your class
website), dropbox or google drive.
!
3. Use the Open in feature to open the text in
that app.
!
22. 22
Pro Con
Built-in Speak
Selection
-Works on webpages,
emails, notes, pages, some
iBooks
-Highlights text
-Simple and Easy to use
-Doesnât work on PDF
documents
Built-inVoice
Over Feature
-Works on EVERYTHING
(PDFs, iBooks, emails, etc)
-Changes the way you
operate your iPad.
-Can be difďŹcult to
navigate the iPad
-Takes time to learn the
new gestures.
VoiceDream
Lite (free)
-Works on both Word
Docs and PDFs that are
opened in theVoiceDream
App.
-Good voices
-Highlights text
-Does NOT import
images.
vBookz PDF
($4.99)
-Works on PDFs
-Allows images
-Limited voices
-Some text may be mis-
aligned with the red box
that highlights the text.
Text to Speech-The Low Down
23. I want my students to...
use Speech to Text when
written output is required.
23
Considerations:
â˘Clarity of speech
â˘Background noise
â˘Dictation - where? use
microphone and headphones?
24. I want my students to...
use Speech to Text when
written output is required.
24
Siri - iPad 3+, iPad Mini, iPhone 4S+
Dragon Dictation App - Free
PaperPort Notes App - Free
26. Siri for Dictation
26
Open any app for writing or note taking.Tap on the
screen to bring up the keyboard. You will see the
Siri Dictation key. Press and dictate.
27. Speech to Text-Dragon Dictation
27
FreeNew Note
Record
Keyboard icon - to edit text or
read aloud using Speak Selection
Email text directly from Dragon
or copy and paste into another
application.
29. I want my students to...
use Speech to Text when
written output is required.
29
Siri - iPad 3+, iPad Mini, iPhone 4S+
Dragon Dictation App - Free
PaperPort Notes App - Free
30. Speech to Text Not Working?
iTalkVoice Recorder App
or
QuickVoice
⢠Easy
 to
 use
 voice
Â
recorders.
Â
 Students
Â
can
 record
 voice
Â
and
 email
 the
Â
sound
 ďŹle.
30
Free
31. Accessibility Scavenger Hunt
You will need to move around
the stations and explore the
features that would be most
relevant to your context.
You may want a QR Code
Reader app such as:
31
ScanInigma
32. Invert Colours
32
Settings > General > Accessibility > White
on Black (Black on White)
LowVision SettingsVideo
Tutorial:
34. Zoom
34
Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom >
On
Once Zoom is on, double tap with three
ďŹngers to zoom 200%.
!
Double Tap with three ďŹngers to Zoom
out.
!
Three Finger drag to move around the
screen.
LowVision SettingsVideo
Tutorial:
35. Guided Access
35
Allows you to âlockâ the iPad in one app and control
which features are available.
Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided
Access
36. Guided Access
36
Scan to watch a video on Guided
Access.
Once guided access is turned on, go to the app where you want to use it.
!
Triple Click the home button.
Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided
Access
Optional: Circle areas of the screen you want to
disable.
!
Press Start. You be prompted to set a passcode.
To Disable: Triple Click the home button.
Enter the passcode. Click end.
37. 37
Assistive Touch
Assistive Touch can be used with students who may have physical impairments and may ďŹnd
traditional gestures difďŹcult to use.
Scan to watch a video on
Assistive Touch.
Settings>General
>Assistive
Touch>On
Touch this icon to
perform gestures such
as using the home
button. Click on
Device to adjust
volume or take a
screenshot.
42. Ways to display your iPad:
AirServer Software for
your computer
Apple TV
connected to your
projector
ReďŹector Software for
your computer
VGA adaptor Document Camera
Airplay
(iPad 1)
42
44. AirPlay
⢠Swipe up from the bottom of
your iPad to open the control
panel.
⢠Click on the airplay
⢠Choose the device
⢠Mirroring: ON
44
45. Ways to display your iPad through a Projector
45
Pro Con
VGA
Adapter
$35.00
Connect directly to
your projector
cable.
Disconnect projector cable from
computer and connect to iPad
â˘Unable to move around
â˘Often comes loose
â˘Does not work with iPad 1
(only iPad 2 and later)
Document
Camera
(PriceVaries)
Use Document
Camera
â˘See your ďŹngers and gestures
â˘Works with iPad 1 (and 2 & 3)
â˘Unable to move around
â˘Glare from device can be an
issue
Air Server
$3.99 single
$14.99 ďŹve
Download on to
your computer
http://
www.airserver.com
â˘Wireless-You can move around
â˘Works using AirPlay Feature of
iPad - no connecting cables.
â˘7 day free trial
â˘requires wireless internet and
both computer and iPad on
same network
â˘Does not work with iPad 1
ReďŹector
$14.99 single
$49.99 ďŹve
Download on to
your computer
https://
www.reďŹectorapp.c
om
â˘Wireless-You can move around
â˘Works using AirPlay Feature of
iPad
â˘10 minute free trial
â˘PC (XP & up) or Mac (10.6.8 & up)
â˘requires wireless internet and
both computer and iPad on
same network
â˘Does not work with iPad 1
Apple TV
$109.00
Connect Apple TV
to your projector
and use airplay to
mirror iPad.
â˘Wireless-You can move around the
room
â˘Works using AirPlay Feature of
iPad
â˘requires wireless internet and
both computer and iPad on
same network
â˘Does not work with iPad 1
â˘You may need an HDMI to
VGA adaptor
Adapted from: http://learninginhand.com/blog/5-ways-to-show-your-ipad-on-a-projector-screen.html
46. I want my students to...
show what they know in
creative ways using text,
images, video and/or audio.
46
47. To save an image from Safari
47
1. Find the image and open
it.
2. Press and hold on the
image.
3. Select Save Image. This
saves the image to the
iPads photo library.
48. Tic-Tac-Toe Activity
⢠Weâll do one together ďŹrst.
⢠Work with a partner or small group.
⢠Choose an App-tivity to suit your learning needs. The
green boxes are simpler apps where as the red boxes are a
little more complex. Use the app task card to complete
the activity. Please adapt the learning objective to suit
your classroom context.
⢠Consider how this app support learners in your classroom.
What else could you use this app for?
⢠Repeat with a different app-tivity.
⢠We will do a show-n-share at the end of the time.
48
49. Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Create an info-poster
using PicCollage!
Create a mind-map
using Poppet Lite or
Mindomo.
Create a puppet
show using Puppet
Pals HD.
Create an info-
mercial with
Tellagami
Create a narrated slide
show with 30hands or
Videolicious.
Annotate and label
an image using
Skitch.
Create a stop-motion
animation with the
Lego Movie Maker
App.
Screencast-Annotate and
Voice Record with
Educations, ScreenChomp
or Doceri
App SMASH!
Create an image in an
app such as PicCollage
or Poppet then add
voice over in 30hands or
another app.
50. Poster Station
50
!
â˘Pick one of the regions of Alberta.
â˘Create a poster that shows images of the region and the key
natural resources in that area.
1. Scan the QR Code to access
information (and/or images)
about the regions of Alberta.
2. Create your poster.
3. Export your collage to the
camera roll.
Pic Collage
Note: You can search for images
from inside the PicCollage App.
Grade 4 Social Studies:
4.1.2 - examine, critically, the physical geography of Alberta by exploring and reflecting
upon the following questions and issues:
What are the major geographical and natural vegetation regions, landforms and bodies of
water in Alberta (e.g., prairie region, forests, rivers, hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, oil sands)?
What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are they located (e.g.,
mineral deposits, coal, natural gas and oil, forests)?
53. Mind-Mapping Station!
â˘Use a mind-mapping app to create a mind-map
of 5 different types of clouds and the types of
weather associated with each cloud.
â˘Step 1: Save images of the types of clouds to the
camera roll.
â˘Step 2: Open the app to create your mind-map.
Insert your images of types of clouds in your
mind-map
Possible Apps to use:
Mindomo - More complex interface. You
can create an unlimited number of mind-
maps.
Popplet Lite - Easier interface for younger
children. Lite version - You can only
create one mind-map at a time.
54. Popplet Lite-
Free
Export & Email
Add images, text and drawings.
!
Easy to use.
!
Can be emailed as a PDF or JPEG.
!
Can be saved to camera roll.
!
In FreeVersion you cannot save the
popplet right in Popplet. They need
to be completed in one sitting and
then exported. In the full version
(4.99), you can collaborate with
others over wiďŹ on a popplet and
save popplets directly in popplet.
Add a new popplet
56. Grade 5 Language Arts
Experiment with language
⢠experiment with words and sentence patterns to create word pictures; identify how imagery and figurative
language, such as simile and exaggeration, convey meaning
!
⢠Create
 a
 short
 dialogue
 between
 two
 characters
 using
 the
Â
Puppet
 Pals
 (Free)
 App.
Â
Â
Â
!
⢠You
 must
 include
 at
 least
 two
 similes,
 one
 metaphor
 and
Â
two
 hyperboles.
Â
⢠Export
 your
 puppet
 show
 to
 the
 camera
 roll.
Â
⢠Share
 your
 puppet
 show
 with
 someone.
Â
!
Note: with the paid version (Puppet Pals HD
Directorâs Pass $2.99) you get more puppets and are able to import your own images.
Puppet Show!
57. Puppet Pals
Puppet Pals HD
(free)
Puppet Pals HD
Directorâs Pass
($2.99)
1. Choose actors
2. Choose backdrop
58. Puppet Pals
Puppet Pals HD
(free)
Puppet Pals HD
Directorâs Pass
($2.99)
3. Move your actors while you record your voice.
4. Save then export your
movie.
59. Create an Informercial
59
!
â˘Pick one of the communities we are studying.
â˘Create a 30 second infomercial persuading others to visit the community.
Be sure to include key festivals, traditions and other aspects of the culture.
Tellagami
(free)
1. Scan the QR code to access images and
information about the community.
2. Gather information and save an image for
your informercial background.
3. Use the app Tellagami to create your
infomercial.
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine
Grade 3 Social Studies:
Students will:
3.1.2 examine the social, cultural and linguistic characteristics that affect quality of life in communities in other parts of the world by exploring and reďŹecting
upon the following questions for inquiry:
â˘How is identity reďŹected in traditions, celebrations, stories and customs in the communities?
60. Tellagami
60
Preview
1. Choose a background (from
Library)
2. Choose a character
3. Choose emotion (optional)
4. Record your voice or add
typed text that will be read
aloud.
5. Share - Press Save to save the video to your camera roll
61. !
⢠Use the app Skitch to label the three geographic regions of Peru.
⢠The Coastal Plains
⢠The Amazon Rainforest
⢠The Andes Mountains
!
⢠Label why each region is important to Peru. What resources or services
does each area offer?
⢠Use the QR code to go directly to a map of Peru. Press and hold on the
image and Save to Camera Roll or open Safari and ďŹnd a map of Peru to
save.
Any QR reader app will
work. I use the i-nigma
app (free)
Annotation Station
1. Open Skitch. You do NOT have to sign in.
2. Choose your map of Peru from the camera roll
(allow Skitch to access your photos). Annotate the
map.
62. Skitch App - Free
â Annotate images using text, pens and shapes.
â When you ďŹrst open you are prompted to sign in
(syncs with Evernote), but you can skip this step
and still be able to email your annotations.
Email or
Save to
Camera Roll
64. Narrated Slide Show!
â˘Pick one of the contributing factors of quality of life such as
shelter, food, job or income, schooling, freedom.
â˘Use images and voice over to compare and contrast this
factor in two of the communities.
Videolicious
(free)
!
30 Hands
(free)
1. Scan the QR code to access images and
information about the community.
2. Gather information and save images to your
camera roll.
3. Use the app Videolicious or 30 Hands
India Peru Tunisia Ukraine
65. 30 Hands
65
Skip this step
New Presentation Give Title and Add Slides
Choose your type of slide
(photo or draw)
Choose your
photos. You can
choose more than
one at a time.
66. 30hands
66
Drag to re-arrange
your slides if
neccessary.
!
Tap on Begin
Recording
Record your
voice. Swipe
to move to
the next
slide.
Tap the arrow to
publish the video.
Save to camera
roll.
67. 67
Videolicious - Free
Choose Shots > Camera Roll Select your images in order. Record your voice over.
Drag up the photos as you
record your voice.
Choose your music.
68. 68
Videolicious - Continued
Choose your music.
Preview & Save
Give it a title
Save
!
The video will be saved to your camera
roll.
!
You can also email out from
Videolicious.
69. Grade 6 LA:
*express the same ideas in different forms and genres; compare and explain the effectiveness of each
for audience and purpose
⢠Retell an alternative version of a fairytale using stop motion animation.
69
Stop Motion Animation
1. Create plasticine or use lego/playmobile
characters.
2. Film your animation using the Lego Movie Maker
app.
3. Add voice over and other effects.
4. Save to the camera roll.
70. 70
Lego Movie Maker App
1. Make a Movie 2.Title 3.Take Photos then DONE
4. Edit and add
narration or sound
effects.
5.Add music and
effects then DONE
6. Save to camera roll.
71. Grade 9 Science:
* investigate and describe evidence of energy transfer and transformation (e.g., mechanical energy
transformed into electrical energy, electrical energy transferred through power grids, chemical energy
converted to electrical energy and then to light energy in a flashlight, thermal energy converted to
electrical energy in a thermocouple)
Wind turbine Image
⢠Use Educreations, Doceri or ScreenChomp to explain how a wind mill or
wind turbine produces energy.
1. Find an image or diagram of a wind turbine. You may use the one linked
to the QR Code or ďŹnd your own image. Save this image to your
camera roll.
2. Open Doceri or ScreenChomp and insert the image. Record your voice
and/or annotate to explain how it generates energy.
3. In Doceri you can export your video to the camera roll and/or email
your video. In ScreenChomp, your video is uploaded to a web address.
You can email the link to view from another iPad or computer.
71
ScreenCast!
80. SharingYour Photos
Note: Videos and photos in your camera roll can be manually
transferred to your computer through the iPad cable.
1. Plug your iPad into your computer.
2. If iTunes opens up, close it. DO NOT SYNC.
3. PC-The auto import from camera should appear.
Import images as you would from a digital camera.
Mac-Open iPhoto and import.
82. I want my students to...
use predictive text to support
their writing.
82
iOS 8 Predictive Text
!
iReadWrite
â $19.99
iWordq
â $24.99
Abilipad
â $19.99
Co-Writer
â $17.99
Read&Write
â Free with Read&Write4Google Subscription
83. Predictive Text Apps
App Price Pro Con
iReadWrite 19.99
-Predictive Text,Auditory
Feedback & Support
-Highlights words
-stores multiple ďŹles
iWordQ 24.99
-Predictive Text,Auditory
Feedback & Support
-Highlights words
-stores multiple ďŹles
-Must buy each language
separately
ZenTap
iPhone App
Free or
Pro $1.99
-Works on iPhone, iPod &
iPad
-Text can be emailed out
-No auditory support
Abilipad 20.99
-Predictive Text
-Customizable keyboards
-Works in both English and
French
Co-Writer 17.99
-Predictive Text;
-main prediction dictionary
and Topic dictionaries can
be accessed.
-iPhone and iPad
84. I want my students to...
know their daily schedule.
84
Choiceworks
â $6.99
Scheduling & Transitioning Apps
First Then Visual Schedule iPhone App
â $9.99
Picture Scheduler
â $2.99
Picture Prompt Timer
â $3.99
85. I want my students to...
practice social skills
85
AutismExpress (free)
Stories to Learn ($13.99)
Model Me Going Places (free)
Bitsboard (free)
86. I want my students to...
make choices.
86
Choiceworks
â $6.99
Answers: Yes/No Free
ChoiceBoard Creator Free
87. I want my students to...
practice their articulation.
87
Artic PCS Flashcards ArtikPix Full
Each of these apps has one free sound.
Artic PCS-purchase sounds individually.
ArticPix - Full version $29.99
88. I want my students to...
communicate.
88
Proloquo2go -iPad/iPod/
$219.99
Tap Speak Choice -iPad $169.99
90. 90
Working in Grade (and/or Subject) level partnersâŚ
!
⢠explore apps to suit your teaching and learning
needs. There are app lists on the following slides but
feel share other apps that you like and use often.
!
You will be expected to share at least one idea and a
favourite resource or app.
Exploration Time
91. 91
Books and Reading Materials
App Price Notes
Rad-Kids Free!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
raz-kids/id474207297?mt=8
Requires a reading A-Z
Account ($90/class). Levelled
readers and activities.
Tumble Books (not an
app but is a website)
Use this link if you do not have a
subscription: http://
www.perthunionlibrary.ca/
tumblebooks.html
Save the website to your
home screen for easy access.
Epic Books Free !
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
epic!-books-for-kids/
id719219382?mt=8
Requires Free Teacher
Account; Amazing selection of
books; some are read aloud
Collins Big Cat!
Books
Free !
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
collins-big-cat-it-was-cold/
id485308966?mt=8!
Search Collins Big Cat on the app
store to ďŹnd them all. Students can
listen to reading and record their
reading in the app.
OverDrive Free!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
overdrive-library-ebooks-
audiobooks/id366869252?mt=8!
Use your public library
subscription to access ďŹction
and non-ďŹction titles.
92. 92
Fine Motor
App Price Notes
Pinch Peeps Free!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
pinch-peeps/id513847077?
mt=8
â˘!Pinch and drag two of the same
peeps together in timed trial or
practice!
â˘!Game progresses through levels!
Touch Piano 88 Free https://itunes.apple.com/
ca/app/touch-piano-88/
id854342998?mt=8
No annoying in app purchases,
simple touch the keys to make
a full range of piano sounds. !
Can adjust the keys to a small,
medium and large width. !
Finger isolation, tapping.
Wheels on the Bus HD!
by Duck Duck Moose!
1.99 !
https://itunes.apple.com/
ca/app/wheels-on-the-
bus-hd/id371962250?
mt=8 !
!
Aboard this moving bus, you can:!
â˘! Read, sing and play!
â˘! Spin the wheels to go faster or slower.!
â˘! Open and close the doors!
â˘! Move the bus driverâs arm âmove on
back!â!
â˘! Swish the wipers !
â˘! Make the people on the bus go up and
down!
â˘! Help a baker serve some cake!!
â˘! Pop bubbles and make a goldďŹsh jump!
â˘! Make a dog say âwoofâ and sniff a bone!
93. 93
Printing
App Price Notes
Letter School 2.99!
https://itunes.apple.com/
ca/app/letterschool/
id435476174?mt=8!
â˘â˘!Tap, trace, and write letters and
numbers with a variety of scenes!
â˘! Stores progress for 3
students!
â˘! Two challenging levels!
Wet Dry Try 6.99 https://
itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
handwriting-without-tears/
id548753732?mt=8
â˘!Practice letters in HWT
developmental sequence or any order!
â˘!Each level has three levels of
difďŹculty!
â˘!Chalkboard (like HWT slate
chalkboard) and Blackboard with
double lines to practice!
â˘!Track student errors!
BT Handwriting ! Free and paid version
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/
app/bt-handwriting-free/
id515753347?mt=8 !
!
94. 94
Cause and Effect Apps
App Price Notes
Little Gems Visual
Scene!
Free! App has pentagon shaped gems
that appear magnetized when you
touch the screen.!
Hold your ďŹnger down and they
spin. Release and they separate.
Move your ďŹnger and the gems
follow.
Draw with Stars Free Touch the screen and a star appears.
Touch and move a string of spinner stars
appears. Tap the stars and they shoot
away. Good sound effects and some
options available.
Finger Paint with
Sounds
Free !
Peekaboo Barn Free !
!
free has 3 farm animals, paid
version has 16 animals plus other
features including other languages.!
ages 5 and under!
tap the screen to hear sounds and
see actions from barn animals
95. 95
Phonics & Sight Words
App Price Notes
Abitalk Apps Free! Variety of apps for phonics and
spelling.
Mels Phonics Lite versions are free
Sight Words List Free !
Spelling Bug Free !
!
Use letter tiles to spell words
prompted by pictures.
96. 96
Math Apps
App Price Notes
Number Pieces Basic!
Number Pieces
Free! Virtual Base 10 Blocks
Kids Canadian Coin 0.99!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/
kids-canadian-coin-age-6-8/
id604698677?mt=8
Calculate coins. 3 levels
Mod Math Free ! Squared paper with a calculator
to set up equations. Helpful to
line up place value.
MyScript Calculator Free !
!
Write equation with your ďŹnger. Itâs
automatically changed to text and
calculation done.
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