Using the iPad in Special Education | School Stories At the Manhattan Children’s Center on the Upper West Side, Christopher, 9, sits at a desk in front of his teacher and an iPad. Diagnosed with autism, Christopher has difficulty communicating. He makes high-pitched sounds, almost like crying, to get his feelings across to his teacher. But today, with the iPad and an application for special education called Proloquo2Go, Christopher may finally have a voice. “What am I doing?” Christopher maneuvered his index finger over the iPad screen, swiping from page to page. “Clapping,” said a male mechanical voice from the iPad. “Good job, buddy!” Christopher quickly moved from screen to screen. “Crying,” said the robotic monotone. The autism spectrum includes a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes.
Accessibility - iPad - Vision Learning and Teaching with iPads Top 10 Mistakes When Using Technology When you use technology with your class, do you think that you are you using it correctly? Or are you unknowingly making mistakes that you should avoid? Now is the time to learn what they are so you can avoid making these mistakes in the future. This information was shared during one of Jerry Swiatek's Teacher Learning Community's Webinars. Top 10 Mistakes Educators Make When Using Technology: 10.) 9.) 8.) 7.) 6.) 5.) 4.) 3.) 2.) 1.) Have you made any of these mistakes? special needs Please can anyone help us? We are looking for hearing devices, for example FM systems linked to hearing aids that can connect directly to iPads. We want to assist children to record the teachers voice in a class on their iPads, so that the iPad can function as a note taking device. We need to record the teachers voice via an FM system over a distance. Toddler Sandbox, formerly known as “Wipe and Learn”, is an early-learning iPad app for K-2 children, which is also highly recommended for children with special needs. “Sandbox” involves children swiping their finger across the screen to reveal a hidden picture. For: Early Childhood Students, Students with Special Needs Cost: $0.99 (Download) Requires WiFi? Further Reading iPads are an excellent way to provide individualized learning materials and re-inforcement for students with a wide range of learning abilities. Differentiating Instruction Scaffolding Learning iPads can be used to scaffold learning for students who need additional support.
Mobile Sync and Backup - Online Storage for Mobile Devices SugarSync provides data security you can count on. SugarSync makes online file sharing a breeze. Whether you are sharing one file, or an entire folder with hundreds of files, a few clicks is all it takes. Share public links Sharing large files and folders just got easier. Learning Disabilities We’ve all been under rising pressure to embrace mobile technologies, such as the iPad or Android tablets, as part of our toolkit to support students, clients and family members. There’s no doubt that these technologies are very exciting but the rapid rate at which this landscape changes can also be a little daunting! For the iPad, there are well over 775,000 apps to choose from and this number is constantly increasing! More and more apps and accessories are being developed every day to support children and adults with autism, intellectual and physical disabilities. There are apps for communication, social skill development, displaying visual schedules and provide positive behavior support. The BIG question is: How do you connect the individual’s needs with the right tool? Let’s explore some of key apps that you might consider as part of your toolkit and, perhaps more importantly, equip you with the resources to evaluate them and stay up to date with the ever-expanding world of apps. Blogs
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