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Hidden #iPad #Features to Help Students with Learning Difficulties via Educators Technology

Hidden #iPad #Features to Help Students with Learning Difficulties via Educators Technology | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it

"The value of technology, as Apple Education states, is in its empowering character, when individuals use it to extend their physical and cognitive limitations and transform their learning. Technology opens a world of limitless learning possibilities for persons with learning difficulties and in today's post we are featuring some of the important features embedded in iPad that can help complement learners' vision, hearing, motor skills, and literacy. To access these assistive features head over to your iPad home screen and click on settings icon, next click on General and select Accessibility and then turn on the features you are interested in. Some of the assistive features as lied out in Apple's guide include:"


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Hannah Wiemers's curator insight, May 15, 2019 10:28 PM
Most schools have access to iPads or something similar and this resource shows to ability of iPads and how they can be used for those will disabilities. The knowledge of these aspects of iPads could be vital for those teachers who work in Special Education classrooms or have students within their classroom with hearing or vision impairments! 
Sophia Jane's curator insight, May 29, 2019 7:52 AM
This is a great resource as I have students with identified disabilities and will often use the iPads as a differentiated activity for students, being able to make these adjustments to improve accessibility and engagement provides me with more confidence. 
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Tech Resources for the Blind or Visually Impaired

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 5 Tech Resources for the Blind or Visually Impaired | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it

"When thinking of ways to support those who are legally blind, two supports often come to mind. Guide dogs and Braille. It's no wonder. Guide dogs provide their owners with a sense of freedom, an increased level of confidence, and a feeling of safety. Blind people who know Braille and use it find success, independence, productivity, and are more likely to find employment.

 
Surprisingly though, of the 1.3 million people in the United States who are legally blind, only about 2% have guide dogs according to Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Also surprising is that fewer than 10 percent are Braille readers according to a report from the National Federation of the Blind. Unfortunately, these supports are currently generally reserved for the elite in our society because of cost and access. These are unfortunate statistics.
 
Fortunately, there are low-to-no-cost technologies that provide support to the visually impaired and blind population.
 
Five technologies to support the visually impaired and legally blind."
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