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UsingAssis(veTechnologyinPostsecondaryEduca(onProgramsforIndividualswithIntellectualand

DevelopmentalDisabili(es

KellyR.Kelley,Ph.D.andRebekahE.Norris,B.S.WesternCarolinaUniversity

UniversityPar(cipant(UP)ProgramGReATConference2012

GoalsforToday’sSession

•  There’sanAppforThat!ExploringtheAppCraze•  AppConsidera?onChecklistResource•  UsingtheChecklistandiPadstoEvaluateAppsforIndependentLiving

•  Ques?ons

There’sAnAppforThat!•  iPadwasreleasedinApril2010andin3monthsApplesoldover3.27millioniPads

•  Over700,000appsasofSeptember2012

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Technologyiseverywhereso…

howdoweuseiteffec?velyinPSEprograms?

AppsConsidera?onChecklist

Tammaro,M.T.,&Jerome,M.K.(2012).Doestheappfit?UsingtheAppsConsidera?onChecklist.InM.J.Ault,&M.E.Bausch(Eds.),Appsforallstudents:Ateacher’sdesktopguide(pp.23‐31).Reston,VA:Excep?onalInnova?ons.www.exinn.net

©TechnologyandMediaDivisionoftheCouncilforExcep?onalChildren(TAM)www.tamcec.org

1.GatherData

Developer?

Cost?

PlaPorm?iPodiPad

iPhone

Grade

Level?

Programming?

Age

Appro

priate

?

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2.ConsiderFeatures

Auditory?

Visual?

Cogni(ve?

Sensory?

3.AppCharacteris(cs

Content?

Design?CulturallyInclusive?

4.BasicAccessFeatures

Slide?

Speak?

Shake?

Tilt?

Swipe?

Switch?

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5.AdvancedAccess

Screenreader?

VoiceOver?

Wireless?

ClosedCap(oning?

Assis(veTouch?

6.OtherFeaturesConsistentwithotherinstruc?onalstrategiesbeingtaught?

Doesitalsodeliverpromptsinaneffec?veandconsistentway?

Isthereareinforcementschedulethatcanbechangedorprogrammed?

IsittheRIGHTfit?(Gobackthroughen?rechecklistandevaluateincomparisontoneeds)

WaystoUseThisChecklist

1.  Haveaspecificstudentinmind.

2.  Developanappresourcenotebookordatabaseforyourcommunityandclients.

3.  Datacollec(onandrecommenda(onofappstoothers.

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HealthandHygiene

•  Teethbrushing–  JustBrush– WhiteSummit

•  WeightManagement– Loseit

•  Cleaning– CleaningChecklist ($2.99)

– ChoreLite(free)

Organiza?onandTimeManagement

•  FirstThen(notfree,$9.99)•  Timer+

•  Reminders,Calendar,andClock

•  AudioNote•  TimeTimer($2.99)

•  NightStandCentral

SocialMediaandNetworking

•  Facebook•  Skype•  FaceTime•  FindFriends•  DragonDicta?on•  SmartHandsLite/ASLCoach•  PulseNewsandFluentNews•  TheWeatherChannel,Weather+

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CookingandGroceryShopping

•  ConstantShopper•  ApplestoOranges•  BigOven•  AllRecipes

FinancialLiteracy

•  gcflearnfree.org•  Coun?ngCoins/Bills&Coins•  Coun?ngMoney

•  BudgetTool•  SimpleBudget

•  MathDrillsLite

Naviga?onandTransporta?on

•  GoogleEarth•  AroundMe•  Maps•  Waze•  DriversEd•  NCDriver($2.99)•  TakingpicturesoflandmarkswithiPad2

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Recrea?onandLeisure•  Kindle,OverDrive(libraryaudioandebooks)•  Nemlix,Hulu,YouTube•  Fotobabble•  VariousgamesoneachiPadbasedonpar?cipantinterest(TalkingTom,TalkingBen,TalkingGina,cardgames)

•  Virtuosopiano,Pandora,MusicNotes

•  AllTrails

iPhone,iPadandiPodtouchAppsfor(Special)Educa(on

•  hop://www.scribd.com/doc/24470331/iPhone‐iPad‐and‐iPod‐touch‐Apps‐for‐Special‐Educa?on

Addi?onalAppsforPSEProgramsfromThinkCollegeTPSIDs

Produc(vity•  iAnnotate•  Neu.Annotate•  iThoughtsHD$7.99•  SimpleMind+Freeor$6.99forfullversion•  Pages$9.99•  Keynote$9.99•  Numbers$9.99•  Wunderlsit•  EasyNote

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U(li(es•  PrinterShare•  iChromy•  Nightstand•  Flashlight•  SidebySide•  Dropbox•  PDFReaderLite

Addi?onalAppsforPSEProgramsfromThinkCollegeTPSIDs

Notetaking

•  SundryNotesFreeor$2.99•  SmartNoteFree

•  PaperDeskLT•  BambooPaper

•  Neu.Notes•  UPADLite•  Evernote•  AudioNoteLite•  DNoteIt$2.99•  NotesPlus$4.99•  Penul(mate$1.99

Addi?onalAppsforPSEProgramsfromThinkCollegeTPSIDs

Educa(on&Accessibility•  InClass•  FlashcardsLite$3.99fullversion•  Flashcardlet•  IdeaFlightFreeor$7.99fullversion•  Groupboard•  Blackboard•  Inkling•  TED•  Splashtop$1.99•  GoogleEarth•  WolframAlpha$1.99•  Instapaper$4.99•  AdobeConnect•  DragonDicta(on•  Pictello$14.99•  Hearplanet$3.99•  ICanSee•  SayText

Addi?onalAppsforPSEProgramsfromThinkCollegeTPSIDs

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News•  FluentNews•  PulseNews•  PressReader•  News360•  Flipboard$10

Addi?onalAppsforPSEProgramsfromThinkCollegeTPSIDs

Ques(ons?

ContactUs

•  UPProgramWebsite:up.wcu.edu