Adding Content to Your iPads To Support Students With Learning
Support Needs In Mainstream Classrooms
May 2012
Marc Prensky 2012 Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom
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...inhabiting a world with tools so well fitted to us
that when they are with us they become transparent...
Marc Prensky 2012 Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom
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... technology should be like oxygen: ubiquitous,
necessary, and invisible...
Chris Lehman - quoted in ISTE White Paper “Technology, Coaching and Community”
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Multiple Means of
Representation
Action and Expression
Engagement
Representation
Action and Expression
Engagement
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Teachingsee, read, hear
Learningact &
express
Eco-Systemengage
Apps for Literacy Support ListBy the Spectronics Consultancy Team
Multiple Means of
Representation
Action and Expression
Engagement
Multiple Means of Representation
Universal Design for Learning
• vBookz• Write&Say• Knowtilus Pro• ClaroSpeakAU• Texthelp Web Apps• Prizmo• Explain Everything• QR Code City• Qrafter
There’s an app for that!
QR Codes
Multiple Means of
Representation
Action and Expression
Engagement
Multiple Means of Action and Expression
Universal Design for Learning
• WritePad• Clicker Docs• Clicker Sentences• iReadWrite• AppWriter• 7notesHD Premuim• Typ-O HD• SoundNote• MyScript Notes• DropVox• ShowMe
There’s an app for that
Multiple Means of
Representation
Action and Expression
Engagement
Multiple Means of Engagement
Universal Design for Learning
How do we ensure the technology in our classrooms is being used to enable, engage and empower our students?
letting go
iPad – Reimagine
more than accessibility.... our focus needs to be on meaningful engagement
SAMR Model 4-level approach to
selecting, using, and evaluating technology
in education
(Ruben Puentedura)Substitution
Augmentation
Modification
Redefinition
Workflow
• Engaged students• Teacher as instructor • More then one app - pathways• Deeper thinking
Workflow
Possibilities
12.30 -1.30 ! Lunch 1.30 - 2.15 " iPads to support students with an autism spectrum disorder 2.15 - 3.00 " Students and teachers as authors
3.00 - 3.30 ! Break 3.30 - 4.00 " Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater! 4.00 - 4.30 " Taking your learning further
#SpeccosiPad@Spectronics
www.facebook.com/groups/ipadmelbourne2
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