Tag Archives: iPad minis

Visually Impaired Students Find Independence Through Mobile Devices

This gallery contains 2 photos.

One way of disseminating information about this project is through the success stories that Higher Education for Development (HED) and USAID ask us to develop. Here is one of our success stories related to Kenyatta University students with visual impairments finding independence through the … Continue reading

More Galleries | 1 Comment

Providing More Kenyatta University Students with Visual Impairments Access to Text

This gallery contains 22 photos.

This week we worked with six more Kenyatta University students who have visual impairments to teach them how to use iPad minis and wireless keyboards to be able to read and create documents, read and send email messages, navigate the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Working with the NI3C on Assistive Technology

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Some members of the Syracuse University team are partnering with the National ICT Innovation and Integration Centre in Kenya (part of the Ministry of Education) to  support secondary students with visual impairments to have access to text materials by using … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

More Work with Students with Visual Impairments and iOS Equipment

This gallery contains 10 photos.

On Saturday, June 29th we worked with four Kenyatta University students with visual impairments who were using iPods we had brought in June 2012. This time we brought iPad minis to exchange with them. The women were very happy to … Continue reading

More Galleries | 5 Comments

iPad Workshop with ICT Champion Teachers and NI3C Staff Members

This gallery contains 27 photos.

On January 3, 2013, Syracuse University professor Alan Foley led a workshop on exploring iPads with approximately seven ICT Champion teachers (teachers who have been trained to integrate technology in teaching and learning and who work with teachers in their constituencies … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

iPad Minis as Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments

This gallery contains 32 photos.

Building on the work we did in June 2012 to train four Kenyatta University students with visual impairments to use iPods and keyboards to read and create documents, we had these four students train 10 additional students with visual impairments … Continue reading

More Galleries | 1 Comment