Technology Tools for Hypersomnia iPad/iOS & Google Tools

Gigi Whiteside, Ed.S. Fulton County Schools [email protected] iOS 8 Accessibility Features • https://www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/#learning Speak Screen Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Speech Speak Screen Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Speech Speak Selection Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Speech

• Tap and hold to select specific text and then select “Speak” to hear it read aloud. Speak Selection Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Speech Speak Selection Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Speech Siri Settings -> General -> Siri Siri Settings -> General -> Siri

• Siri, Apple’s intelligent assistant, helps you do the things you do every day. All you have to do is ask.

• Say something like “Tell mom I’m running late” or “Remind me to work on my social studies project.”

• Search the web for “Unitary Government”. Siri Settings -> General -> Siri

• Siri can send messages, place phone calls, schedule meetings, and even turn on and off Guided Access and Invert Colors.

Siri can function as a student agenda! • Create Note: My Agenda • Update my agenda note: Math homework – study for tomorrow’s test • Update my agenda note Social Studies homework – complete the first 2 steps of my project • Read my agenda note Dictation Settings -> General -> Keyboard Dictation Settings -> General -> Keyboard Dictation lets you talk where you would type. Dictation Settings -> General -> Keyboard

• Tap the microphone button on the keyboard, say what you want to write, and your iOS device converts your (and numbers and characters) into text.

• So it’s easy to type an email, note, or URL — without typing at all. Predictive Text Settings -> General -> Keyboards Predictive Text Settings -> General -> Keyboards

• Tap to choose the perfect suggestion for your next — predictive text adjusts results based on who you’re talking to and what you’ve said before. Predictive Text Settings -> General -> Keyboards Keyboard Shortcuts Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts

• If there’s a word or phrase you frequently use, create a custom shortcut — and iOS will type it out for you.

• For example, “appt” can expand to “appointment” or “cyl” to “Call you later.”

• Keyboard shortcuts make it easier and faster to type student names, frequently used content specific vocabulary words, the name of your school, or any other text that you commonly type. Keyboard Shortcuts Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts Keedogo Plus - Keyboard for education

• Say you’re reading an article on astronomy and are stuck on some terminology. Just look it up — dictionary definitions are integrated into iOS.

• Get quick access to definitions and commonly used phrases to help with spelling, pronunciation, and grammar. Safari Reader

• For some students, navigating the web can be a sensory overload.

• Safari Reader reduces the visual clutter on a web page by removing distractions. Safari Reader Safari Reader Safari Reader

• It strips away ads, buttons, and navigation bars, allowing you to focus on just the content you want.

• And Safari Reader works with Speak Selection and VoiceOver, to provide auditory reinforcement for what you're seeing. Safari Reader Free Writing Apps Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad

• Typed and/or free hand notes

• Built in voice recognition to capture ideas and notes by speaking

• Convert scanned documents from camera/photo - OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

• Cloud service

• Audio page by page

• Access and share using favorite cloud storage services

• Album into editable text with Nuance OmniPage Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Paperport Notes for iPad Intro to Google Chrome

•What is google chrome OS? Google Chrome

• Overcome barriers to access • Differentiation • Gmail and that’s it

(Did I mention it’s FREE?) How do you access google chrome?

• Gmail login from anywhere • Access all your apps/extensions • Share documents • Across platforms • ios and microsoft Google Docs •Collaboration & Sharing - SHARE: Click blue share button Comments: Select text, Right-Click •Immediate feedback - Comments •Research feature - Tools…, research •Revision History - File…, revision history Google Docs cont…

•Google Calendar - Create a class calendar –and share with students, add quizzes, homework assignments as calendar entries. Upload documents (MS office and Google) into a calendar entry.

•Students can create individualized calendar notifications of upcoming assignments. But wait, there’s more!

•Google forms •Google sheets •Google slides •Google draw •Google drive General Websites

•Google accessibility •Chrome AT Toolbox site •Google community •Supporting struggling learners Chrome Features •Chrome accessibility •Google drive features •Google forms and connecting •Google docs has accessibility already Google Apps (software)

• Picto4Me: AAC • Wheelmap: maps of wheelchair accessibility • Dictanote : speak to text • Voice Recognition:allows for sending via email • Natural Reader : text to speak • Fluency Tutor: reading & assessment tool • App launcher: quickly access Chrome apps Web browser extensions

• Read & Write Google: makers of Read & Write Gold

• Bookshare: works “read now” feature

• Lingo: ELL vocabulary development

• PDFescape: better than Paperport

• Speechpad: voice recognition

• Announcify: margin bar merges readability with TTS

• Chromespeak: text to speech Just because they are cool… •Google translate: dictation to translation •Speech logger: claims-best •Read&Write for Google - Offering a Free 1 Year Gold Account to Teachers. •Open Dyslexic: open source font Q & A