Looking for a way to use the iPad and Smartboard with special education students?  Splashtop remote will do that.  I have used this for a student with a visual impairment.  The class would complete activities on the Smartboard, which of course was hooked up the the computer.  The student was able to see everything we were doing on the iPad which he could hold at a much closer distance.  The user can also interact with the iPad, thus the Smartboard, without getting out of their seat!  This is handy when you have students with physical disabilities or students in wheelchairs.  If you want do to the reverse, use the app Reflection.  This will show whatever is on your iPad on the computer and therefore the Smartboard.  If there is a particular app you wan the whole class to interact with, all you need is Reflection.  *
Both apps require WiFi.
Reflection App- www.reflectorapp.com
Splashtop App- www.splashtop.com

Here's a short screencast describing how to set Chrome to let you search Google using speech recognition.  It's a very simple process of setting your home page in Chrome to: http://www.google.com/#.  Watch the demonstration and then give it a try.  You can also search Google on your Android devices with your voice.  Use the Google Search Widget, or the microphone on the browser.

iOS (iPads/iPods/iPhone) has a new feature with the recent update to iOS6 called Guided Access.  This allows teachers or adults to ‘lock’ the device into a program.  For example, if you have a students using the iPad as a speech generating device, you can lock it so that the students may not exit the program.  To do this, click on Settings, General, and then Accessibility on the right.    After you turn the feature on, it will ask your for a PIN.  Once that is set up, go to the program you want the student to use and ‘triple click’ the home button.  Choose your settings, and then it will lock the program.  There are a couple caveats.  One is that it will not work on older devices (such as iPad 1).  The device must have the newest iOS update (v 6 or 6.0.1).  Also, there is a known bug that in some programs, it will not let you out of the program.  To remedy this, you need to reset by holding both the power button and the home button for 15-20 seconds until the device shuts off.  When restarted it should be back to normal.  Want a  tutorial? bit.ly/guided-access