Transcript BPS Special Education iPad Training

BPS Special
Education
iPad Training
Paula Wilson and LeRoy Wong
Agenda
• Overview of equipment
• Setting up and using your iPad
• Basic functions
• Accessibility features
• App overview
• Small group breakout and reporting
The equipment
• 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi
• Charger and sync cable
• Smart Cover
• VGA cable for projection
60 Minutes Video
• Apps for autism
•
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385686n&tag=mncol;lst;1
Specs and Features
• http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
• http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/
First steps
• Put on your Smartcover (and we’ll show
you the different folds)
• Log in with the passcode
• Check your settings (wireless, slide
switch, popup blocker, etc.)
• Turn on your iPad
Basic navigation
• Swipe to navigate app pages, and tap
an app icon to launch (let’s try Safari)
• Your finger is the pointer
• Scroll by flicking
• Pinch in and out to zoom in and out
• Tap on text field to bring up the
keyboard
Using the camera
• First, tap on the home button to see
apps again, then ap the camera app
icon
• Tap on the switching button to change
between front and back
• Gently touch and release the camera
button to take a picture. Toggle
between camera and video camera for
stills and video
Camera Fun
• Click on the home button and choose
“Photo Booth”
• Choose one of the fun settings and take
some pictures of yourself and others
More camera fun:
Video conferencing
• We’ve included Skype and Facetime
(Paula and I will demo)
• In order to use Facetime, you need an
Apple ID (we’ll cover this towards the
end)
Other cool stuff
• Make webpage a button or app (the
bookmarks and more button within
Safari) try this one:
https://connect.mybps.org/groups/ipadsf
orautism/
• Make a screenshot of what’s on your
iPad (press power and home at the
same time)
Accessibility
• Click on Settings-->General->Accessibility
• Where it says “Triple-click Home,”
choose “Ask”
• Triple-click the home button
Voiceover
• Allows those with visual impairments to
hear what’s on the iPad as they point to
things on the screen
• Will allow it to read books in iBooks, but
navigation is different overall and takes
some practice
Other accessibility
features
• Other features include zooming, large
text, and white on black
• Mono audio for hearing impaired
• Assistive touch allows you to do certain
functions on the iPad in a different way
• You can read more at:
• http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ipad/
vision.html
Demo of other apps
• We can’t show you all of them, but we’ll
highlight a few
• Productivity
• Cause and Effect
• Communication
• Literacy and numeracy activities
Security and Care
• Clean the iPad with a soft, clean, lintfree cloth. If you use some sort of
cleaner, us a non-alcohol one that’s
safe for LCD screens
• Find my iPad is installed on the iPad,
but YOU will need to create an Apple ID
and enable it (we’ll cover this when we
get to downloading)
More security and
care
• When using the the iPad with your
students, make sure you are monitoring
their use at all times
• Create an iPad station where students
use it flat on the table on a placemat
and shouldn’t be picked up. If they have
to hold it, you may want to hold it at the
same time
Downloading your
own apps
• If you have an iTunes account/Apple ID,
just sign out of the account by tapping
on App Store, and then tapping on
where it says Apple ID and sign out
• Sign in with your iTunes Account/Apple
ID, and explore the Store while we work
with those who don’t have an account
Create an iTunes
Account (if you don’t
have one)
• (Using one of as a guinea pig) Tap on
the “App Store” on your iPad
• Sign out of the iosrc170 account in the
App Store, and cancel any prompts for
now
• Find a free app you want to download
• Tap on the “Free” button
iTunes Acct.
continued
• Tap Create New Apple ID
• Read and agree to Terms and
Conditions
• Choose your country and tap “Done”
• Enter BPS email address, security
question, birthday, and create a
password
• Select “None” as payment option
A note of caution
• What we’ve shown you is the ONLY
way you should be getting your own
content on to the iPad. Please don’t
sync iPads with your L4L’s or other
computers for now
• We will identify a school “syncing
manager” if you feel the need for more
customization than what we’ve shown
you today
Set up Find My iPad
• Go to Settings-->iCloud-->Log in with
account you just created
• Turn on Find My iPad
• Log into https://www.icloud.com/ with
your account, and find your iPad
Discussion
Questions
• How will I use this in my classroom with
my students?
• What are the apps that are most useful,
and how will I use them?
• What are the concerns I have around
using this in my classroom?
• What other support will I need to use
this?
Debrief and Final
Thoughts
• Please don’t forget our blog and wiki at
https://connect.mybps.org/groups/ipadsf
orautism/
• Use it for collaboration and feedback on
this project
• We are excited to see how you will use
this with your students!