Technology is a huge part of my daily life. This list is the top ten tech tools that I can not live without.
1. iPhone
2. iPad
3. Laptop
4. Facebook
5. Twitter
6. Pinterest
7. YouTube
8. Email
9. Glogster
10. Wiki
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Week 6 - Mobile Apps
The following iPad apps can be used with special needs students.
1. ArtikPix
ArtikPix has flashcard and matching activities to address articulation difficulties. The activities include features such as recorded audio, voice recording, and data collection to help children with speech sound delays. Children use ArtikPix to practice sounds independently, with a speech-language pathologist or their parents.
ArtikPix has a total of 14 decks with 40 cards in each (560 total cards) for the following sounds: th, f, v, ch, sh, k, g, s, z, l, r, s-blends, l-blends, and r-blends.
In the flashcard activity, the sounds are organized by beginning, middle and ending position of words. The flashcards are arranged in an easy-to-use flick album. In the matching activity, the words are randomized in easy (3 pairs), medium (6 pairs), and hard (10 pairs) levels. The matching involves a fun game with animated sounds and motions.
2. ACT Spell
An education and therapy tool, Accessible Curriculum Tools - (ACT) Spell - has large implications for the special needs community, enabling facilitators to build custom user programs targeting specific vocabulary and assisting motor, visual and neurological skills. Clean and clear compared to many existing games and educational apps, it provides brilliance in its simple functionality and return to basics, where many in the special needs community need to start to train their motor/visual/executive function systems to align and work together.
3. Choiceboard Maker
ChoiceBoard Maker is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards.
It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication device via this easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are as much as your creativity can go.
4. Sentence Builder for iPad
Sentence Builder is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the english language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammer of all children.
1. ArtikPix
ArtikPix has flashcard and matching activities to address articulation difficulties. The activities include features such as recorded audio, voice recording, and data collection to help children with speech sound delays. Children use ArtikPix to practice sounds independently, with a speech-language pathologist or their parents.
ArtikPix has a total of 14 decks with 40 cards in each (560 total cards) for the following sounds: th, f, v, ch, sh, k, g, s, z, l, r, s-blends, l-blends, and r-blends.
In the flashcard activity, the sounds are organized by beginning, middle and ending position of words. The flashcards are arranged in an easy-to-use flick album. In the matching activity, the words are randomized in easy (3 pairs), medium (6 pairs), and hard (10 pairs) levels. The matching involves a fun game with animated sounds and motions.
2. ACT Spell
An education and therapy tool, Accessible Curriculum Tools - (ACT) Spell - has large implications for the special needs community, enabling facilitators to build custom user programs targeting specific vocabulary and assisting motor, visual and neurological skills. Clean and clear compared to many existing games and educational apps, it provides brilliance in its simple functionality and return to basics, where many in the special needs community need to start to train their motor/visual/executive function systems to align and work together.
3. Choiceboard Maker
ChoiceBoard Maker is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards.
It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication device via this easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are as much as your creativity can go.
4. Sentence Builder for iPad
Sentence Builder is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the english language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammer of all children.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Week 5 - Digital Citizenship
It is important to be a good digital citizen because what you do online and how you use technology has the potential to affect everyone. This is why it is important to practice good online habits.
Life online is what you make of it just as in real life. It is important to ensure that you have a safe online experience. Internet safety is key.
Maintaining a good online reputation is important as well. People will read what you post on the internet and use that information to make judgments about you. It is important to have a good online reputations because many job recruiters routinely use online reputation information when considering job applicants. In many cases online reputation is counted as one of the top selection criteria.
Life online is what you make of it just as in real life. It is important to ensure that you have a safe online experience. Internet safety is key.
Maintaining a good online reputation is important as well. People will read what you post on the internet and use that information to make judgments about you. It is important to have a good online reputations because many job recruiters routinely use online reputation information when considering job applicants. In many cases online reputation is counted as one of the top selection criteria.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Week 4 - Material Generators
Desktop publishing software
My students often use this material generator in their ACCESS classes. They are often times required to make brochures and use Microsoft Publisher to do so. We use Microsoft Publisher for other types of projects as well.
Whiteboard activity software
I use this material generator to provide visuals to my students while teaching. I always use the notebook on the smartboard to relay information to my students.
Worksheet and puzzle generators
I use this material generator to create worksheets or fun activities for my students as a review of skills that I have taught them. These help me to determine if the students understand the skills or if they need more practice.
My students often use this material generator in their ACCESS classes. They are often times required to make brochures and use Microsoft Publisher to do so. We use Microsoft Publisher for other types of projects as well.
Whiteboard activity software
I use this material generator to provide visuals to my students while teaching. I always use the notebook on the smartboard to relay information to my students.
Worksheet and puzzle generators
I use this material generator to create worksheets or fun activities for my students as a review of skills that I have taught them. These help me to determine if the students understand the skills or if they need more practice.
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