1. LaGrange Area Department of Special Education
OT & PT APPS
October 19, 2012
Presented by:
Sandy Chiampas
Ellen Deutsch
Kim Hagar
Michelle Mannix Richard
2. Purpose
•To learn about the latest educational
apps
Protocols:
•Be fully present
•Take care of each other
•Take it personally
•Think outside the box
•Embrace your inner geek
3. ladseitech.pbworks.com
Check here for an
updated
list of OT/PT apps,
Including
ones not
demonstrated
in this
presentation.
•LADSE’S App List
•Cheat Sheets
•Videos of Apps
•App Comparisons
4. Do Apps Help with Fine
Motor?
as a
• http://otswithapps.com/2012/05/03/do-app
5. Special Features:
Guided Access(ios 6 only)
Speak Text
Turn off Auto Correction
Screen Shots
Turning off Multitasking
6. Guided Access(Disabling the
home buttton)
8) Type PASSCODE
1) Update your software to ios6 9) Close out of SETTINGS
2) Touch SETTINGS 10) Open the app you want to
use
3) Touch GENERAL
11) Triple click the HOME
4) Touch ACCESSIBILITY BUTTON
5) Touch GUIDED ACCESS 12) Touch START at upper
right
6) Turn ON Guided Access 13) To exit the app triple click
7) Touch SET PASSCODE the home button and type
passcode
14) Touch END
Demo:
http://otswithapps.com/2012/09/24/speak-
7. Speak Text
• Built in Text to Speech ability in ios 5
• Turn on Speak Selection under
General and Accessibility
• Hold down finger on text
• Drag blue dot to select text
• Touch Speak
8. Turning off Auto
Correction & Spell
Check
1.Go to SETTINGS
2.Go to GENERAL
3.Go to KEYBOARD
4.Uncheck AUTO
CORRECTION
5.Uncheck CHECK
SPELLING
9. Taking a Screen Shot
•Hold down the On/Off button and the
Main button at the same time
•Picture goes into your Photo Library
18. Basics
•Resetting Device
• Hold down the reset and main button on the same time
•If the app doesn’t fill the screen
• Touch 2x to make app fill the screen
• To connect connect to wifi
• Touch SETTINGS
• Touch GENERAL
• Touch NETWORK
• Touch WIFI
• Touch your wifi
• Type your password
19. Getting a Google Picture
(must have wifi)
•Touch SAFARI
•In GOOGLE BOX type name of picture
•Touch SEARCH
•Touch IMAGES
•Touch and hold desired picture until SAVE
IMAGE appears
•Touch SAVE IMAGE
•Picture is in your PHOTO LIBRARY
20. E-MAIL/SAVING A PICTURE email
delete reply new
Touch to download
attachment
Then touch SAVE IMAGE
21. ORGANIZING PHOTOS
•Open Photo Library
• Touch upper right square with arrow
•Select desired photos
•Touch ADD TO
•Touch ADD TO NEW ALBUM
•Type NAME of new album
•Type SAVE
22. Editing Photos
•Touch Photo Library
•Touch Picture you want to Edit
•Touch EDIT
•Touch desired action on bottom of screen
•rotate
•enhance
•red eye
•crop
23. SYNCHING PICTURES
TO THE CLOUD
•Touch SETTINGS
•Touch iCloud
•Touch PHOTO STREAM then touch ON
•Then on your device under PHOTOS you will see
PHOTO STREAM as an option for where your
pictures are stored
24. • Touch EDIT
Reminders
• Touch CREATE NEW LIST
• Type name of NEW LIST
• Touch DONE
• Touch NAME OF NEW LIST
• Touch + (upper right)
• Type NAME OF NEW TASK
• Touch RETURN to add more tasks or KEYBOARD BUTTON if done
• Touch a TASK
• Touch REMIND ME to add time
• Touch OFF next to ON A DAY
• Touch DATE to change time/date and DONE
26. Accessibility
• Touch SETTINGS then GENERAL
• Touch ACCESSIBILITY
• Touch to change the following:
• Voice over
• Zoom
• Large Text
• White on Black
• Speak Selection
• Speak Auto-Text
• Mono Audio
• AssistiveTouch
• Triple-click Home
29. Dragon on the iPad & Computer
• Dragon App Dragon Software (Mac/ PC)
• No training required •Requires voice training
• No commands to memorize •Will learn voice and vocabulary patterns
• Does require wireless access •Use commands to perform tasks and make
corrections
• Limited to dictation of text within the
app •No wireless required
• 1 minute maximum •Can use to dictate text in multiple
applications AND operate/maneuver around
• Can copy/email to other apps the computer
• Requires direct select access to •Better accuracy and recognition capabilities
work/navigate the app
•No direct select required
http://otswithapps.com/2012/03/07/dragon-dictate-vs-dragon-naturallyspeaking-whats-the-differen
30. Keyboarding Practice on Your
iPad or Android – Apps and
Other Equipment
• http://otswithapps.com/2012/07/07/keyboarding-pra
31. 6 Best Word Processor Apps
for iPad
•http://otswithapps.com/2012/09/17/6-best-word-
processor-apps-for-ipad-techshout/
32. Best Reading Apps to
Support Students
•http://otswithapps.com/2012/07/14/reading-apps-
support-for-students-with-ld-5/
38. iPod Touch Apps Help Workers with
Autism News Article
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bo
ostershots/la-heb-ipod-touch-autism-
20120904,0,5176334.story
39. The Apple iPod Touch as a vocational support aid for
adults with autism: Three case studies
Tony Gentrya,∗, Stephanie Laub, Alissa Molinellib, Amy Fallenc And
Richard Krinerd Adepartment Of Occupational Therapy, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Rehabilitation Research And
Training Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,
USA Ccareer Support Services, Richmond, VA, USA
Dvirginia
Department For Aging And Rehabilitative Services, Richmond, VA,
USA
http://iospress.metapress.com/content/h
g67623860j41421/fulltext.pdf
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