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“50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities”

“50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities” | apps for libraries | Scoop.it
“50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities” new tools to help these bright young kids meet their potential and work through their disability

Via WebTeachers, Alfredo Calderón, GSeremetakis, j alguacil
Mike Dilger's curator insight, March 24, 2014 7:37 AM

This is a great start for your research.  Remember, you need to understand what your young reader needs and then support them with the app and build it into their program. These are not stand alone  solutions.

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The New York Public Library released its very first iPad app - Biblion: The Boundless Library

The New York Public Library released its very first iPad app this morning - Biblion: The Boundless Library, which highlights our very popular 1939-40 New York World’s Fair collection. Thousands of photos, internal documents and personal stories can be found in the app, as well as original essays to keep the info in context. The best part - the app captures the serendipitous experience of doing research in The Stacks.

Download Biblion: The Boundless Library
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nypl-biblion-worlds-fair/id433418206?mt=8&ls=1
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Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book (TED)

About this talk :
Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad -- with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is "Our Choice," Al Gore's sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth."
About Mike Matas
While at Apple, Mike Matas helped write the user interface for the iPhone and iPad. Now with Push Pop Press, he's helping to rewrite the electronic book.
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