4/6/10

Hello I’m a Mac

with Jonathan Campbell & Bridget Gilormini

Hello, I’m a Mac

Topics Covered

I. PACER & The Simon Technology Center II. History of the Mac III. Accessibility Features IV. Mac (only) Programs V. iPod, iPhone and iPad VI. Evaluations

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PACER Center

• Not-for-profit organization • Serving parents of children with disabilities • Primarily staffed by parents of children with disabilities • Over 30 different programs

Simon Technology Center

• The STC is dedicated to making the benefits of technology more accessible to children and adults with disabilities, through a collaborated effort involving parents, professionals, and consumers.

Simon Technology Center - Services

• Assistive Technology Information and Referral • Simon Technology Center Library & A.T. Finder • Free Assistive Technology Consultations • Individualized Trainings • Free workshops for parents • In-service trainings • SUPER Service

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Not Hands On

Operating Systems

• October 23, 1999 = OS 9.0 • OS 10.0 (Public Beta released in 2000 – Kodiak) – 10.0 Cheetah – 10.1 Puma – 10.2 Jaguar – 10.3 Panther – 10.4 Tiger – 10.5 Leopard – 10.6 Snow Leopard – ?? • Classic Environment/Native Software • Rossetta

Built in Accessibility Features

• VoiceOver • Zoom • Display Adjustment • Full Keyboard Navigation • Sticky, Slow, and Mouse Keys • Visual Alert • Talking Alerts and Spoken Items • Speech Recognition

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New Accessibility Features

• VoiceOver – Quick start tutorial – Trackpad gesture and screen navigation – Faster keyboard navigation – Better web browsing with auto web spots – Create custom labels • More braille support – built in support for over 40 models of braille displays

Apple Accessibility Resources

• Apple Accessibility – http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ • AT Mac – http://atmac.org • MacLearning – http://tinyurl.com/yafvcwz

Standard Mac Programs

• iLife – iTunes – iPhoto – iMovie – iDVD – iWeb/Mobile Me – Garage band • Dashboard Widgets • iWork – Keynote – Pages – Numbers • Automator

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iLife

• Suite of software tools • All stand alone tools but made to work well with each other • Powerful yet easy to use • Intuitive and dynamic • Latest edition is iLife 09 • Comes standard with purchase of a Mac • Cost to upgrade = $79.00

iPhoto

• Program for storing, editing, and sharing your digital photos and media • Let’s you create specialized albums or events • Fun features: – Cool Slideshows – Facial recognition – Places – Books, cards, and calendars • iPhoto in education – http://iphotoined.wikispaces.com

Ideas for using iPhoto in education

• Slideshow for back to school • Slideshow of performances, celebrations, assemblies • Photo yearbook • Photo journalism, documentary • Time lapsed photography • Class books • Story books • How to guides

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iMovie

• Makes viewing, editing and organizing video clips easy • Free tutorials online at: – www.apple.com/findouthow • Built in green screen support • Easily publish to your website, YouTube, and create versions for iPod, iPhone and Apple TV

iMovie

iTunes

• Manage and play music, video and audiobook collections • Manage podcast subscriptions • Capture music lyrics using iTunes widget • iTunes University – http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ • iTunes Store – http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-on/

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iTunes

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cell-practice-guide-podcast/id355407176

iDVD

• Simple interface for creating DVD’s • Gives your creations a professional look • Made to work with iPhoto, iMovie and iTunes • Features auto fill for quick creation • Easily add sound tracks

iDVD

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iWeb

• Easy to use tool to create your own website • Themes available for you to create your website • Easily customize • Publish to a MobileMe account for $99 per year or publish to your own server

iWeb

Garage Band

• Allows the user to create music or podcasts • Contains virtual software instruments – 50 synthesized instruments • Magic Garageband makes it easy for any ability level to create a song • Musical typing turns you typing keyboard into a musical keyboard

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Garageband

Dashboard Widgets

• Dashboard is a place launched off of the dock that houses mini applications • Performs common tasks • Provides quick access to information • Comes and goes quickly

Educational Widgets

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/

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iWorks

• Suite of products similar in function to Microsoft suite of products • Keynote • Pages • Numbers • Cost = $79.00

iWorks

• Pages – Word processor for the mac – Templates and graphic tools • Keynote – Create stunning presentations – Cinema quality • Numbers – Spreadsheet application

Automator

• Automates repetitive tasks/Macros • Allows you to create very basic programs • Easier to learn than AppleScript • works with Services menu • Can enhance MacSpeech, Intellikeys, and more

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Automator Examples

• Condense a Web address • Word Definition • Text to MP3 File • Resources: – Download pre-made automator actions at: http://www.apple.com/downloads/ macosx/automator/ – http://automator.us

Mac (only) Programs

• Assistive Ware – Ghost Reader – Visio Voice – KeyStrokes – Proloquo • CapScribe • Comic Life (now also available for PC) • Form Mate • iProcrastinate • Journler • MacSpeech Dictate • Note Taker/Note Share • SchoolHouse 2.1 • Voluminous

Ghost Reader

• High quality voices read text to speech • Available in a variety of languages • Covert text to audiobooks • Convert text from web or email – Listen on an iPod or iPhone (MP3) • Listen to selected text with word or sentence highlighting • Free 15 day demo (non consecutive) • http://www.convenienceware.com • Pricing – Monolingual single = $39.95 – Bilingual single = $59.95 – Trilingual single = $74.95

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Visio Voice by Assistive Ware

Visio Voice by Assistive Ware

• Enhances access to Mac OSX for blind and vision impaired users • Features – Document reader – Create audio and iTunes files – Large cursors – Screen enlargement • Image zoom • Text zoom • Talking interface • Typing Echo • Free 15 day trial (non consecutive) • http://www.assistiveware.com • Includes invovox iVox voices = $299.00

Keystrokes by Assistive Ware

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Keystrokes by Assistive Ware

• Advanced onscreen keyboard • Advanced multilingual word prediction – Word completion – Next word prediction • Using Layout Kitchen users can create their own virtual keyboards • Available as free 15 day download • http://www.assistiveware.com • $299.00

Proloquo by Assistive Ware

Proloquo by Assistive Ware

• Software that turns a Mac computer into a communication device • Improved accessibility of Mac OSX for the visually impaired • Provides speech feedback in any application for those with learning disability • Serves as a talking word processor • Provides text to speech for those who prefer listening to reading • Free 15 day download • http://www.assistiveware.com • $299.00

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CapScribe

• Captioning tool that allows you to add text to quick time movies • Beneficial for many learners • Completed work can be saved as a quick time movie • Completed work can be viewed on a Mac or PC • FREE • http://www.capscribe.com

CapScribe Example

Comic Life

• Comic creation tool • Seamlessly incorporates pictures from iphoto or iSight (web cam or mac built in camera) • Drag and Drop in your pictures • Add text, balloons, speech bubbles • Fun sound effects • Many comic style templates available • Save and share as a pdf • Standard $24.95/Deluxe $29.95 • Comic Life Magiq $44.95

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Comic Life - curricular ideas

• Step by step photo how to • Sequence an event • Write about it • Social story • All about Me

Form Mate

• Allows you to add text fields to a pdf document • Easily fill out pdf forms using FormMate • Create fillable fields for students who need an alternate pencil • Download free trial • Inexpensive at $29.95 • http://www.whitewolf.com

Tuesday April 29, 2008

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iProcrastinate

• Homework notebook • Break complex steps down into tasks • ShareWare • For Mac OS 10.5 • http://www.craigotis.com • Also available as iPod Phone/Touch App

Journler

• Notetaking tool • Information manager • Integrates with other Mac products • Sort, organize and easily find entries • FREE • http://www.coolmacapps.com

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Speech to Text Options

• Dictate by MacSpeech – Powered by Nuance – Live speech to text dictation – limited computer voice control – http://www.macspeech.com – $199.00

• MacSpeech Scribe – Transcript audio voice recordings – $149.00 – http://www.macspeech.com

Note Taker/Note Share

• Literally an electronic notebook • Contains features such as highlighting, recording, embedding files (doc, pdf, etc.) note clipping, time stamping, etc. • Can share notebooks or publish to the web • 30 day trial version available for download • Academic pricing = $39.95 • http://www.aquaminds.com

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• Electronic homework planner/assignment notebook • Ability to sort and organize assignments, classes, tests • Gives the teacher the ability to class cast (publish assignments to the web) • FREE download • Google to download from a variety of places OR • http://www.coolmacapps.com

Voluminous - Internet Librarian

• finds free public-domain books on the Internet • downloads books, formats for easier reading and manages your book collection • free trial • http://voluminous.wooji- juice.com/ • about $30

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Accessing PC Software or Linux on a Mac

• Boot Camp (Part of OS 10.5 & 10.6) – http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

• VWare Fusion ($79.99) – http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

• Parrallels (79.99) – http://www.parallels.com/

Boot Camp

• Boot Camp released with Leopard (10.5) & Snow Leopard (10.6) • Allows you to reboot your computer to run Windows (XP/Vista) applications • Requires a copy of Windows - $$ • Hold down option key on start up to choose your operating system

VMware Fusion

• Run windows operating system on your Mac • Switch between Mac and Windows applications quickly using Expose • Minimize windows applications to the Mac Dock • free trial available • $79.99

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Parallels

• Run Windows without rebooting your computer • Share work between systems • Free 6 month subscription to antivirus software • USB 2.0 support • Synchronize iPhone data with Outlook • Free 30 day trial • $79.99

iPod, iPhone & iPad

• Touch displays • Easy to use • Lots of Apps • Cost – iPod $199-399 – iPhone $99-299 • Requires contract – $499-699

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Mac Resources

• Apple Discussion Board – http://discussions.apple.com • Apple Downloads Page – http://www.apple.com/downloads • AssisiveWare – http://www.assistiveware.com • Cool Mac Apps – http://www.coolmacapps.com • i Education App Reviews – http://www.iear.org

Mac Resources

• iHome – http://www.ihomecomputer.com • iLounge – http://www.ilounge.com • Mac OSX Hints – http://www.macosxhints.com • Mac Fix It – http://www.macfixit.com • Mac Life – http://www.maclife.com

Mac Resources

• Macworld – http://www.macworld.com • Pure Mac: Software for Macintosh – http://www.pure-mac.com • Razor Pro Solutions – http://www.razerpro.com • The Unofficial Apple Weblog – http://www.tuaw.com • Think Geek – http://www.think-geek.com

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Thank you

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