Special Education
ICT'S
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.
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:
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
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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