[nabs-l] iPads and Students

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Brice,
I am a college student, and I use both an iPad Mini and a laptop. I use my 
laptop for my research papers or other writing assignments that require a 
great deal of formatting using Microsoft Word. I also use it for Powerpoints 
that my professors create as well as for creating them myself. I also use it 
for sites in my coursework that require flash or websites that Safari, which 
is the internet browser on the iPad, will not navigate as well, since most 
if not all of my classes are online.
I use my iPad, however, when I need to go out either to campus or anywhere 
else where I will have free time to work on school work. I mainly use it to 
read my textbooks in Learning Ally, since I can read them at home on the 
iPad or take them with me anywhere on the iPad, and it is easier to carry 
around than my bulky Dell laptop. I also use the Pages app to take notes if 
I have a class on campus. I also use it for email, but only when I am out. 
At home, I use my laptop for email, since I use it as my main computer that 
I do everything on, since I don't own a desktop. I can also browse some 
webpages while I am out on the iPad, provided that they work with Safari, 
which most sites do.
I hope this helps,
Misty


-----Original Message----- 
From: Brice Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:04 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] iPads and Students

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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