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=** Beyond the Wow: Managing, Maintaining, & Making the Most of your Apps **= //6/11/2013, 8:30-11:30// This session will provide participants with strategies for the management of mobile technologies in school settings including app acquisition, app deployment, and legalities of using these devices in school settings.

=**Is There an App for That? Finding, Evaluating, and Considering the Educational and Assistive Benefits of Mobile Apps**= //6/11/2013, 12:30-3:30// Apps have created many opportunities for students with disabilities. However, the volume of apps that are already available and become available daily can be overwhelming. This session focuses on strategies to find and sort through apps and models that can be used to evaluate the apps that are found for their potential educational and assistive benefits for individual students. A portion of this session is a “working session” where participants will share and collaboratively add to an app resource bank that allows for easy searching based on critical features.

//**Legacy Sessions:**//

Welcome to PREC-04: Beyond the "Wow:" Managing, Maintaining, & Making the Most of Your Apps!


 * //David Hohulin, M.S., Program Director, UCP-Infinitec// ||  || dhohulin@ucpnet.org ||
 * //Mary Bettlach, M.S., OTR/L, UCP-Infinitec// ||  || mbettlach@ucpnet.org ||
 * //Brian Wojcik, Ed.D., Coordinator, Illinois State University SEAT Center// ||  || bwwojci@ilstu.edu ||


 * WHO SHOULD ATTEND?**

Attendees of this session may include teachers, technology specialists, and related service personnel. Attendees should be familiar with using iPod Touches, iPads, or iPhones, and have an interest in learning about how these mobile technologies can be used to meet curricular goals and compensate for different learning needs. Attendees should be responsible for bringing their own iTechnology (iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad).


 * WHY ATTEND?**

Almost anyone who has used an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad has been impressed with the simplicity of its interface, ease of use, and vast array of apps from which to choose. While these technologies are very engaging for the user, they also come with a host of challenges that this presentation will address, including:
 * Managing your iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad infrastructure, including downloading of apps, the ins and outs of Apple’s Volume Purchasing Plan, insuring devices, and how different schools handle distribution and syncing of devices.
 * Outside requests for use of iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad and specific apps, and legal responsibilities for the maintenance and/or repair of these devices.
 * Educational Impact: Determining if an app or device is an effective instructional or compensatory tool, examining existing resources for determining educational efficacy and impact, and creating a listing of apps tied to Common Core Standards.


 * LEARNING OBJECTIVES**
 * Create a common listing of apps that will address the learning requirements of the Common Core Standards.
 * Discuss how they are implementing these technologies in their districts and learn how other districts are successfully managing similar challenges.
 * Examine an AT Decision-making framework to determine the appropriateness of these technologies/apps for students with specific learning needs.

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