[blindkid] Elementary School iPad Experience

[Kristie L. Dugan]

We also have an iiPad for each student at the high school. Our daughter has some sight and doesn't use Braille, but the iPad has been absolutely wonderful! We would recommend the app called Notability!! The apple products are built so the visual impaired may use their products. The iPad also has the VoiceOver that will read whatever is on the screen. She also uses it as a calculator and magnifying device. 
Great technology!
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On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric,
> 
> wow look pretty questions lol.
> 
> I will try and answer each one.
> 
> Is she in a public or private school?
> 
> Abby is in pubic school
> 
> Are iPads used in all the grades?
> 
> The iPad are brand new they are in the three new school the district
> openend in August.  (so the two other elementary schools don't have ipad
> for every single student) The iPads replaced teh computer labs.
> How does she interface with the iPad (visually, via VoiceOver & hand
> commands, or via a braille display device or BrailleNote?
> 
> All of the above. (we she doesn't have a braillenote)  LOL  Abby has some
> remaining vision so she can see some things on the iPAD and the screen is
> great to bring really close to your face and the screen is pretty school.
> She can't read text and uses a braille display.
> 
> What kind of training did she & you get?
> 
> none lol  I am not kidding. Abby and I have been playing with a braille
> display with her at home ipad and she knows some things and we shared with
> the school what we knew.  Her TVI has reached out the other sources since
> and is learning more.
> 
> Can she take it home?
> 
> She can't take the school iPad home. I am sure if she didn't have a home
> one they would have purchased a home iPad for her.  She brings the braille
> display back and for  from school and home.
> 
> How is she & the other kids using it?
> 
> The are using it for different programs.  Different classes are using it
> for different things.  They use it for educational games (non
> are accessible and she uses her vision which doesn't really work that good
> but she likes to have the option to play them )  she has started to use it
> for writing a story with her TVI and is doing a great job with that.  Her
> class is using an app call Raz-Kids Its a reading app. Again not
> accessible. I didnt' make a big deal of it because she really needs
> practice with paper books and her two handed reading.
> 
> I think it would be enlightening & very interesting for many of us if you
> could share more on your daughter's iPad experience.
> 
> Abby likes having the ipad because its such a great product for a blind
> student BUT she is frustrated with the inaccessible programs.  I am very
> concerned about iPad use.. I head our school board improved replacing the
> Algebra 1 text books with iPads in the high school.
> 
> -Penny
> My Blog - visionfora.blogspot.com
> 
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:25 PM, DrV <icdx at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Penny,
>> I changed the thread title.
>> You mentioned that your daughter is in 3rd grade and that all the students
>> in the school have iPads.
>> Is she in a public or private school?
>> Are iPads used in all the grades?
>> How does she interface with the iPad (visually, via VoiceOver & hand
>> commands, or via a braille display device or BrailleNote?
>> What kind of training did she & you get?
>> Can she take it home?
>> How is she & the other kids using it?
>> I think it would be enlightening & very interesting for many of us if you
>> could share more on your daughter's iPad experience.
>> Sincerely,
>> Eric
>> 
>> 
>> 
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