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Using iPad Applications as Classroom Supports
iPad Learning Series
Description:
The iPad’s accessibility, reasonable cost, and plethora of available applications make it an incredible support for students with complex needs to learn the general education curriculum. This workshop will explore the many uses of the iPad to support learning goals and objectives, including how it can foster communication, written expression, mathematical concept development, and reading skills. All participants will have access to an iPad during this session.
Series Description:
Since its release, the iPad has been an important tool in achieving educational success for all students, especially students with disabilities. Its accessibility, reasonable cost, and plethora of available applications make it an incredible resource for both students and teachers. This series will address the basics of operating an iPad as well as how to:
- Teach with an iPad.
- Manage iPads in a school.
- Use applications (apps) for specific disabilities and activities.
Workshops are limited to 25 registrants.
Who Should Attend:
General education teachers, special education teachers, speech pathologists, paraprofessionals, and others are encouraged to attend.
Sponsored by ATinNH
Presenter(s): Laurie Lambert, M.Ed.
Having come up through the education ranks as a paraprofessional, Title 1 tutor, general education teacher, special education teacher, and inclusion facilitator, Laurie Lambert, M.Ed. brings a wide variety of experience, perspectives, and expertise to the education of children with disabilities. Laurie has had significant training in the many areas of educating students with disabilities, and holds graduate certificates in Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Laurie has also done significant work in the Beyond Access for Students with Disabilities project, the Beyond Access for Assessment Accommodations project, and the Gaining Access to What Student with Cognitive Disabilities Know project, the National Center and State Collaborative Community of Practice, and the National Inclusive Education Initiative, research projects at the UNH Institute on Disability.