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Apple Info.... 1) Kim Scalice: Apple- iPad: []


 * Inspires creativity
 * Hands-on
 * Students can engage with content
 * Access to library
 * Ibooks
 * Textbooks
 * Apps:
 * Interactive lessons
 * Study aids
 * Three iWork apps
 * Professional-looking documents
 * Presentations
 * Spreadsheets
 * Send notes from iPhone
 * Complete courses
 * Innovative universal access features

Mac: []
 * Apps to create projects
 * iWork
 * Pro applications
 * OS X server
 * Built-in accessibility features for students with disabilities
 * Accommodates people with physical impairments, visual and hearing challenges, and different learning styles.

iPod touch and iPhone: []


 * Screen magnification
 * VoiceOver
 * Screen-access technology for blind and visually impaired
 * Mouse keys, slow keys sticky keys
 * Adapt the computer to the user’s needs and capabilities

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Apple Cheryl Sabins

What amazing products! As other members of my group have stated, the Apple products have much to offer. The iPad does inspire and promote creativity. The iPad textbooks are fantastic! They are extremely interactive, can be updated as opposed to replaced, and are very accessible. The Mac allows teachers to produce multi-faceted lessons and students to create multi-faceted projects. It provides special education accommodations as well. The iPhone and iPad Touch have over 20,000 education apps! On the Apple website, under The Apple in Education area, there is a section on “Accessibility” containing various articles. If you go to-“Using Apple Technology to Support Learning for Students with Sensory and Learning Disabilities”, its appendix contains a chart mapping/matching all Apple products’ features with CAST’s UDL Principles. Here’s the link- []