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**Lending Library - Featured Device: iPad Mini 64gb **
Experience the web, email, photos, and video with iPad. Explore 245 educational pre-loaded apps. Categories include Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Composition, Books, Math, Language Arts, Pre-school, Student Data, Science, Reference, Study Supports, Hearing Impaired, Early Literacy and many others. For more information about this device, or to check out this item, click here:  @http://mits.cenmi.org/LendingDetail/tabid/265/LendingItemId/1726/Default.aspx   If you have additional questions, contact the Lending Library at  (517) - 908-3926  or   LendingLibrary@mitsweb.org.

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**Apps and Devices for Schools**
 * written by Richard Byrne and Stephen Byrne**

> || > === The DynaVox T10 featuring DynaVox Compass is communication without compromise! ===
 * ======Just in Time for AAC Awareness Month - __**the DynaVox T10 featuring DynaVox Compass**__ is Here! ======
 * || === The DynaVox T10 combines the style of today's tablet with functions and features essential for individuals with complex communication needs. It is powered by the world's most robust, researched-based communication software available today, DynaVox Compass. === ||
 * **__Google Apps Experts: Ten time-saving features of Google Apps__** http://blog.ditoweb.com/2013/10/ten-time-saving-features-of-google-apps.html?m=1
 * **Fetchnotes for Android Make Task Management Simple**
 * **AK Notepad ** - A free app for students to use to take notes and create to-do lists with reminders.
 * **Try the Write App to Write on Your Android Tablet**- App for handwriting notes or longer documents on your Android tablet. What makes Write stand out is the selection of editing tools that it offers.
 * **apMemo**- Note and reminder app gives you the option to create checklists, handwritten and drawn notes, and typed notes . Each note can be turned into a reminder by setting any date and time by using the custom reminder setting.
 * **Mindomo**- Android mind map app that provides a variety of themes and formats, nine layouts including a web style, circular style, and branching tree style. Supports the inclusion of images and links.
 * **Mind Map Memo - A Simple Mind App for Android** A clean, simple interface for constructing webs or mind maps on your Android phone or tablet.  Free
 * **Simple Mind**- Easy to create mind map app that offers ten color schemes. In the free version all of your mind maps are stored in the app.
 * **Cool Reader - Find and Read Free eBooks on Your Android Device**- A free Android app for reading a variety of ebook formats including ePub, .mobi, and html. Browse for books in public collections or import your own books. Features include bookmarking pages, clipping text, searching for text, and skipping to chapters.
 * **Google Play Books Update Includes a Read Aloud Feature**
 * **Take Screenshots on Your Android with Dolphin Screen Cut **
 * **Use Kitchen Timer App to Keep Yourself and Your Students on Track**
 * **Use Kitchen Timer App to Keep Yourself and Your Students on Track**

** Written by Med Kharbach **
 * =====**Educational iPad apps for Teachers -** by category.=====
 * =====** VideoNot.es ** Easily add notes to YouTube Videos - posted in ** Educational Technology and Mobile Learning **=====

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 * ** Taking Penultimate Notes ** - An Evernote product that allows the user to hand-write notes and draw mind-maps. Posted February 14, 2013
 * ** 10 Great Apps for a Teacher's New iPad **
 * ** How to Use Google Docs Offline **
 * ** A Teacher's Guide to Google Drive for iPad ** posted on iPad Apps for School by Richard Byrne. Download available at this website or view online.

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==Free Resources From the Net for Every Learner==

by Paul Hamilton

 * ** Apps to Support Learners Who Struggle with Reading and/or Writing ** – Updated Annotated List. Posted November 9, 2012
 * Read & Write for Docs: a Free Study Skills Toolbar with Text-to-Speech and More
 * ** Abbreviation Expansion ** in iOS5 - instructions video demo on how to activate and use this feature to save keystrokes. Dec. 12, 2011
 * ** PaperPort Notes ** app now allows you to use your iPad's camera to photograph text and import it as editable text. December 4, 2012



iPad Academy
A place for you to learn about using the iPad, apps and accessories, led by a teacher who’s been helping others to make sense and make use of technology for more than 25 years.
 * **iPad Tutorial – How to Load and Open ePub & PDF eBooks On Your iPad** Posted January 2, 2012 by Dr. Andy Brovey.
 * ** Free Course Offers Just-In-Time Learning Guide for Professional Development ** An iTunes U course and accompanying iBook. Posted March 1, 2013 by Dr. Andy Brovey.




 * __**ComLink ProSlate** **4**:__ is dedicated speech generating device built on the Apple iOS platform. It includes a wearable SoundPOD voice output module that alllows the user's voice to originate from their body, The device is loaded with various AAC communication apps. For more information about this device, or to check out this item, click here: http://mits.cenmi.org/LendingDetail/tabid/265/LendingItemId/1724/default.aspx
 * __**Speak Selection**__ **iPAd** accessibiltiy feature needs to be turned on. Tap word in a sentence chose either "select" or "select all" and then touch "speak" to head tect spoken aloud.
 * 5 iPad App Students Can Use to Record Audio Notes
 * **17 iPad Apps We Explored Using With Post-High School Graduates**

**Lon's blog is for posts and comments on children, disabilities, assistive technology and education. Please share your thoughts, questions and opinions.**


 * **Adapted Stylus** - November 19,2012
 * **iPad Apps List for Dyslexia: University of Michigan** - posted November 30, 2013
 * **Reading Apps: Subtext App Will Read to You** - Posted December 6, 1012
 * **Text and Writing Tools, Apps and Supports** - posted on April 4, 2013



Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technologies Blog

 * ** Transfer Images and Video Between iPads - ** posted April 30, 2013 by Charlene Cullen
 * ** iPad Basics 101 - ** a webinar for anyone starting out on the iPad from ** Spectronics **
 * ==** Multi-tasking Gestures for the iPad - ** a video tutorial from ** Spectronics **==
 * ==** Guided Access - ** video tutorial from ** Spectronics **==
 * ** Apps for Autism ** - by Amanda Hartmann, January 7, 2013
 * ** Apps for Speech and Language Development ** - by Amanda Hartmann, December 20, 2012
 * ** Everybody Say "Cheese!" ** - using a switch to take a photo or video on the iPad by Charlene Cullen, Dec. 18, 2012
 * ** How to Use a Switch with iPads **by Jane Farrall, February 27, 2012
 * **How do you set up a switch interface with the iPad?** by Charlene Cullen, October 13, 2012
 * **What do I do when Guided Access freezes on my iPad?** by Greg O'Connor, November 1, 2012

==Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs by Kate Ahern - Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs. The following posts are specific to iOS tools:==
 * ** Calendar and Advanced Visual Schedule Apps for Students With Special Needs - **P osted February 13, 2013
 * **Picture Symbol Support on the iPad** - Posted December 12, 2012
 * **Virtual Manipulatives for Math **- Posted November 13, 2012

__FINDING APPS__

 * **Awesome Android Apps -** All things Android slide show from a presentation by Richard Byrne
 * **Moms With Apps -** focus on early childhood. Sign up for email alerts.
 * **Is There an App for That?** A Delicious Tag Bundle filled with resources to help you locate Apps to meet your specific needs.
 * ** Free Apps for Educators ** from Karen Janowski
 * **AppsGoneFree -** App to alert you to free daily apps. Must remember to check daily as most expire within 24 hours (use Alerts in Settings). Focus on gaming and productivity.
 * **Autism Apps** - App that provides a comprehensive list of apps that are being used with and by people diagnosed with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs.
 * **Discovr Apps** - Awesome Tool To Find New Apps On iOS $1.99