[nabs-l] iPads and Students

[Jewel]

On days I don't feel like carrying my laptop, I bring just my iPhone and refreshable braille display. I turn off the sound and type in Pages. I definitely feel it works as well as the laptop for classes where I am just reading and typing notes. However, the laptop is better when I have a slideshow to follow or I need to make graphs or charts. So I guess it just depends on the class. 
Jewel 

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> On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:04 PM, Brice Smith <brice.smith319 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> Do you think tools like the iPad in combination with a bluetooth
> keyboard and a braille display can actually replace the need for a
> laptop or mac book for high school and college students?
> 
> I do not use an iPad and don't have much experience with any of the
> word processing or powerpoint apps on IOS like Pages and Keynote, so
> I'm worried my thoughts are bias. I know iPads are good for email,
> internet and note-taking. Still, I'm thinking that a full laptop with
> Jaws or a mac book with VO would be at least preferable, if not
> required, for completing complex items like conducting heavy academic
> research for a major project or creating and formatting whole papers
> and presentations. What do you think?
> 
> Brice
> 
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