Mobile Learning for All: Supporting Accessibility With the iPad / Edition 1

by Luis F. Perez

Overview

Make learning more accessible with your i Pad!

All students—including those with special needs—can benefit from having options for how they access curricular information. The good news is that help is readily available on your i Pad! With this engaging, all-in-one resource from an Apple Distinguished Educator, you’ll gain a practical toolkit to empower all of your students. Here you’ll find:

• Step-by-step instructions, tips, and practice activities for using your i Pad in conjunction with Universal Design for Learning guidelines
• Discussion and reviews of more than 150 applications
• Access to more than 20 video tutorials, through QR codes located throughout the book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452258553
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/23/2013
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Luis Pérez is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Special Education at the University of South Florida. His research interests include technology professional development for teachers, assistive technology, universal design, web accessibility, and disability studies. He also received his M. Ed. degree in instructional technology from USF, where he is on the staff of the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. At FCIT, Luis developed Tech Ease 4 All, a collection of assistive technology tutorials for parents, teachers and other professionals who work with students who have special needs.

Luis was selected to be an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2009 and he is a frequent presenter at regional, national and international conferences on educational technology and accessibility, including the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, Closing the Gap, and the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN).

Luis was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an eye condition that results in progressive vision loss, at the age of 29. Luis is considered legally blind due to the fact that he only has about 10 degrees of central vision left. As a person with a visual disability, Luis knows firsthand what a difference mobile technology can make in the lives of people with disabilities. Despite his limited eyesight Luis is an avid photographer who relies on his i Phone and i Pad as his primary means of capturing and editing images.

Table of 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 i Pad
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 i OS Devices in the Classroom
10. Challenge Based Learning With the i Pad
Conclusion
Appendix A: Additional Resources
Appendix B: Voice Over Gestures
Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts for Using Voice Over With an Apple Wireless Keyboard
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"If I had the opportunity to purchase this book, I would purchase enough to give to all my team mates their own copy. Then I would have book groups and working meetings so we could all try out the many apps, with this book as our guide. Almost as good as having the author make the presentations about how to implement the i Pad, UDL principles and best practice into our special education classes! "

Cheryl S. Oakes

"Mobile Learning for All is a unique book that every classroom teacher should read! It’s 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

"This is a major contribution to the fields of special education and rehabilitation. It is a wonderful resource for individuals with disabilities, their advocates and their families, and for educators and other professionals. Well done! "

J. David Smith