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ICT'S

Visual Impairment

A video outlining assistive technologies used for students at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. Although this is in a senior high school context, these technologies could be used in the primary school context.



























http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLaUx7BJ4r0

Autism



A list of apps from Autism Speaks:

http://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-apps

List of apps used in the AT4ASD Study:

http://www.theremleproject.org/technology/apps-used-in-at4asd-study/



A list of apps incorporating Blooms Taxonomy:

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html







Social Skills

Video Conferencing:



http://community.polycom.com/t5/Polycom-Education-Blog/bg-p/Polycom_Education_Blog is an education blog designed to share information and strategies for video conferencing in Special Education to improve social skills.

Visit 

​​https://www.seeshareshape.com.au/share/VC/default.aspx to get more information on their video conferencing programs. 



Video Modelling:



Below is an example of a social skills modelling video​​​





























http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZdl9Drl5GY



Below is the video that has been used in Cari Parr's (A special education teacher) class to teach her students social skills:

























This video was made through the program Xtranormal 

http://www.xtranormal.com

Here
​Literacy & Numeracy
 

 

Literacy:

The education blog http://www.alltogetherwecan.com/ recommends using Digital Books for special education classrooms. They recommend the digital bookshelf http://www.magickeys.com/books/.



http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ is an online story book creating device that can be used in a Special Education Classroom exposing students to Digital texts. 



The use of audio, touch, and interactive functions are beneficial for students with special needs



Numeracy:



Using the interactive whiteboard to teach math involves auditory, visual and kinesthetic engagement which is used in this software for students with special needs. You can watch a demonstration of this software here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdxdW4vhIQ



Other interactive whiteboard games for Numeracy:



http://www.turtlediary.com/math-games.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=2





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