Full Description
Make learning more accessible with your iPad!
All students—including those with special needs—can benefit from having options in how they access curricular information. The good news is that help is readily available on your tablets and Apple devices! With this unique and engaging all-in-one resource, you will gain a practical toolkit to empower all your students. Learn how to get the most from your iPad by using its built-in accessibility features in conjunction with Universal Design for Learning guidelines. In this book, you'll find:
Step-by-step instructions, tips, and practice activities
Discussion and reviews of more than 150 applications
Access to more than 20 video tutorials, through QR codes located throughout the book
An Apple Distinguished Educator and an expert in digital accessibility features for K-12 and higher education settings, Luis Pérez provides a real sense of what students with disabilities need to learn and to navigate their world more independently.
"Mobile Learning for All is full of practical uses of the many accessibility features on mobile devices to meet the needs of all students, especially those with disabilities."
—Debi Gartland, Professor of Special Education
Towson University
Contents
List of Figures
List of Codes
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Universal Design and Mobile Learning: Defining Universal Design
2. Getting Started with Accessibility on the iPad
3. Learning and Literacy Supports
4. Communication and Social Supports
5. Voiceover and Supports for Low Vision
6. Auditory Supports
7. Motor Supports
8. Executive Functioning Supports
9. Managing iOS Devices in the Classroom
10. Challenge Based Learning With the iPad
Conclusion
Appendix A: Additional Resources
Appendix B: VoiceOver Gestures
Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts for Using VoiceOver With an Apple Wireless Keyboard
References
Index
