The iPad as RTI Intervention Toolkit While waiting for the iPad to arrive in my reading intervention classroom, I’ve had a lot of time to think and plan how I will use the device. Ground Rules I don’t want hundreds of apps. I don’t want more drill and kill. I want the iPad to help me run my intervention program like a gifted enrichment program, providing the spark that interests students in learning and helps them apply skills that they should not be learning in isolation. My Favorites and How I Will Use Them Dragon Dictation While the iPhone 4S eliminates the need for Dragon Dictation because it integrates dictation whenever the keyboard appears, the iPad becomes magical with the addition of the free Dragon Dictation app. This is of great use for students for whom the process of writing or typing is too much of a chore to allow for the creative expression of their ideas and those whose spelling gets in the way of their completing sentences. iMovie Students can create movies about anything. Pages Storykit Dropbox Need more Apps?
Prizmo: Scanning & OCR app for iPhone — About Watch Prizmo Video Trailer > Optimized for latest iOS. Prizmo 4 supports iOS latest features like Handoff, Extensions, and access to Documents (input / output). Prizmo 4 supports Handoff and lets you seamlessly continue editing from one device to another. It currently works on iPhone and iPad, and it's coming soon to your Mac too! Prizmo also offers a variety of extensions: Crop and Cleanup, Capture Text, and Read Text. Finally, Prizmo 4 adds support for Documents: you can import images or export results to any cloud file systems installed on your iPhone or iPad (including iCloud Drive). Universal Scanning Experience. Want to scan text documents, process business cards or images using your iPhone or iPad? Take a picture, choose the document type, and use the powerful image cleaning and enhancement features (like cropping and perspective correction, text readability...) to improve the picture. Last but not least, you can interact with the OCR engine like never before. iCloud.
Using UDL to Support a Diverse Classroom - nhinstitutes Introduction If you look at the makeup of most any classroom you will find students with different talents, learning styles, interests, and levels of engagement. As educators it's our job to provide lessons that meet the needs of all our students. Universal Design for Learning or UDL can make this task less daunting and create learning activities that all students can benefit from. Read on to explore how UDL can support a diverse classroom. Please note: If you are new to UDL, please check out the Introduction to Universal Design for Learning Institute, UDL - What is it and How Does it Work? Getting Started Let's start by reviewing what Universal Design for Learning is. Click here to read about the UDL Curriculum on the National Center for UDL website. Click here to learn about UDL and Expert Learners. There are links to additional information that you can check out as well. You can learn about the UDL Guidelines and the three principles in this video from the National Center on UDL.
iPad Apps for Autistic Students Apps on portable devices such as the Apple iPad can help non-verbal children to communicate basic needs. Intuitive apps that employ colorful images and sounds can also hold a child's attention long enough to learn and offer effective tools to build vocabulary and reinforce word knowledge. The following iPad apps are designed to augment self-expression among children with autism spectrum disorders and other cognitive impairments. Becoming more comfortable with language may also encourage more safe social interaction among family members and classmates. 1. Autism Xpress Apple iTunes Store Autism Xpress is a free app that encourages people with autism to recognize and express emotions. 2. Grace is a picture exchange system designed to encourage independent social interaction among people with autism. 3. iConverse iConverse is designed for children with autistic and other communicative disabilities who have not yet mastered basic speech. 4. 5.
Learning and Teaching with iPads iPhone | DocScanner Take a picture of a document with iPhone’s camera, email it as PDF. DocScanner has got industry leading (link to a benchmark test) image processing algorithms which automatically turn the picture to look like you have scanned the document with a flatbed scanner. Document gets automatically recognized within the view finder in real time. Using custom algorithms DocScanner takes most of the iPhone’s camera and corrects perspective, whiteness, noise and other parts of the image to produce beautiful and clear scans. Use DocScanner to capture whiteboards and receipts, digitize your Moleskine notebook to a PDF-file or Evernote. DocScanner is not limited to paper documents only. Search text within your document library. DocScanner has an internal OCR-function that recognizes text and turns the documents you have captured with the camera to searchable text. Use Evernote as your second brain. Drop your documents to your Dropbox. WebDAV and Google Drive.
50 Useful Apps For Students With Reading Disabilities Whether you’re the parent of a child with a reading disability or an educator that works with learning disabled students on a daily basis, you’re undoubtedly always looking for new tools to help these bright young kids meet their potential and work through their disability. While there are numerous technologies out there that can help, perhaps one of the richest is the iPad, which offers dozens of applications designed to meet the needs of learning disabled kids and beginning readers alike. Here, we highlight just a few of the amazing apps out there that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing, and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity, not a struggle. Helpful Tools These tools are useful for both educators and students with reading disabilities alike, aiding in everything from looking up a correct spelling to reading text out loud. Speak It! Fundamentals Reading Writing Spelling
Preposition Builder | Teachers with Apps Preposition Builder, by Mobile Education Store, is another feather in Kyle Tomson’s hat! This dedicated dad has been developing solid speech & language apps for quite some time and Preposition Builder moved him into the mainstream. This app is a wonderful learning tool for all kids at some point in their development. We found this app especially helpful with ESL students, of all ages. During play, the student is presented with an image and must drag a preposition to complete a sentence about the image. ” The choices are: in – on – under, and the picture shows the cereal in the bowl, when the child puts the word on in the blank the picture changes and shows the cereal on the bowl. This app contains nine different sets of prepositions starting with in – on – under and ending with more abstract concepts of across – past – over and with – about – for. We encourage all parents, teachers, and speech pathologist to jump on board with this app!
iPaddiction iPhone/iPad Apps for AAC Home Support Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) Looking for the Apps for AAC list by Jane Farrall? It is now hosted on the Jane Farrall Consulting website What is AAC? AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and it relates to all the tools and strategies that we use with people who have little or no speech. AAC tools can be low-tech options, such as symbol boards and communication books, as well as no-tech options such as Key Word Signing. With so many AAC apps available through the App Store, the Spectronics Consultancy Team would like to provide you with some tips and tools to help you find the right app. Top tips for successful AAC implementation: Choosing the right AAC app When considering AAC apps, you may want to consider: For more information and tools to help you match the right features for AAC apps, check out this blogpost App feature matching: an essential step. Spectronics APPraised AAC Apps Proloquo2Go Top 5 Features: Website links: Touch Chat Sonoflex TapSpeak Sequence
iOS Apps List for Middle/High School & Adults with Learning Disabilities iOS Apps List for Middle/High School & Adults with Learning Disabilities Looking for iOS apps for adults or middle school through post secondary students with learning disabilities? Check out this app list out. Create with middle/high, post secondary students and adults in mind, this list includes basic apps to support individuals with learning disabilities. Lists like these are always a work in progress – check back for revisions! Here is a downloadable PDF of the OTs w Apps Basic App list for LD 7-28-2012. More for your OT iTool Kit if you work with adolescents and adults with learning disabilities. Carol Like this: Like Loading... About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP OTR/L with 30 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation.
Vocabulary iCues: Trading Cards I have been a huge fan of Read Write Think’s interactives for some time. Naturally, I was ecstatic when they started releasing app versions of them. One of my favorites is the FREE Trading Card app. Trading Cards app Vocabulary Bulletin Board Vocabulary Connections: One of my English teachers here at Hill Country MS, Dixie McGrath, used this app with her students to demonstrate their knowledge of the week’s vocabulary. Below are a few student examples: WME050 - Student Created Books in the iClassroom 600+ iPad Lessons Pinned HERE! Did you know TechChef4u had a FB page? Contact TechChef4u: lisa.johnson@techchef4u.com