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Gradually Releasing Responsibility Using iPads in Early Reading
In this article in The Reading Teacher, Laura Northrop (University of Pittsburgh) and Erin Killeen (Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools, Ohio) note that there are plenty of jazzy early-literacy apps for iPads.
The authors of this article not only provide recommendations of Early Literacy apps but also include a system in using these apps to build early literacy skills. These apps include: iWrite Words, Little Matchups ABC, Abc Pocket Phonics, Word Connex, iCard Sort, Fry Sight Words, Toontastic, Poplet, and Doodle Buddy.
Here is their step-by-step system they believe teachers need to use to get the most out of iPad apps:
• Step 1: Teach the concept without the iPad. Low-tech is the best starting point, say Northrop and Killeen – introduce the literacy concept through direct word-study instruction before letting students near the app.
• Step 2: Explain and model the app. It’s important to be explicit about what the app is going to help students practice and show students how it works, using a think-aloud process to walk them through the steps. A list of guiding questions is helpful.
• Step 3: Have students do guided practice with the app. The teacher checks in as students start working with their iPads in a specific word or skill. “Because hidden misconceptions and difficulties can arise, the guidance and feedback provided by the teacher are crucial,” say Northrop and Killeen.
• Step 4: Have students do independent practice with the app. This might happen during literacy center work or independent work time.
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A new day has arrived for dyslexic and LD students where apps have been created to support the challenges that they have on a daily basis in school. Here is the "Top Ten apps" (with links to iTunes) for them to get started.
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The Momentous Institute, based in Dallas Texas, released a set of three great assistive technology tools designed to help learners regulate their emotions. They are:
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The amazing Luis Perez has posted on his YouTube Channel a few videos focusing on the built-in accessibility features of Apple Watch. He has also shared in his updated book on low vision for Apple users, Zoom In (available as a free download on the iBookstore). VoiceOver, Zoom and many of the accessibility features familiar to users of iOS devices are included in Apple Watch. He has included an extensive description of 7 Apple Watch apps that level the playing field for diverse learners. Thank you, Luis for sharing your expertise on the Apple Watch!
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Join Diana Petschauer this summer as she presents this Free Online PD: "Apps Across the Curriculum! Supporting Struggling Learners on All devices & platforms! Free and Low Cost Assistive Technology Solutions" funded by CTD (Center on Technology and Disability).
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Speech therapy apps for iPad developed with certified speech language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers. Teach Speech Apps creates iPad apps to help teach prepositions, pronouns, and rhyming.
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Teach Speech Apps encourages learning side-by-side with an engaged adult. Benefits of Teach Speech Apps:
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Voice Dream Writer app is truly an app that can level the playing field for a broad range of learners that struggle with writing. Check out the video on this site to discover why it is such a WOW! Here are the features of this new app: Voice Dream Writer reads out loud using text-to-speech, so that awkward sentences, grammatical errors and typos can be easily spotted. Writer helps finding the right words through phonetic search and meaning search. Writer automatically keeps an outline of headings, paragraphs and sentences. The Outline helps writers better structure their writing with an always-on overview.
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Free eBook that will get you started in using the iPad for speech pathology and special education.
's comment December 30, 2014 2:50 PM
I wish all of these resources were available a few years back when I was working with these guys and gals .. Thank you for sharing such wonderful tools!
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This webinar will present several apps and extensions to support literacy and executive function, and they are free to download right in the Chrome web store. If your learners are using laptops (Mac or PC), Chromebooks, or a tablet, Chrome apps and extensions can support them on their device in the classroom and at home. Apps and extensions demonstrated will include text to speech, voice recognition, mind mapping, word prediction, highlighting and research tools, timers, support with reading fluency and comprehension, and more.
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Since this year’s WWDC keynote ended, the focus of any analysis on iOS 8 has been its features — things like Continuity, Extensions, and iCloud Drive. This is, of course, expected: iOS is the operating system that drives Apple’s most important (and most profitable) products, so it’s natural that the limelight be shone on the […]
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Check out all the great iOS 8 Accessibility features in this article. Here are those features that are designed to "level the playing field". > Alex > Speak Screen > Zoom > Grayscale > Guided Access > Enhanced Braille Keyboard > "Made for iPhone" Hearing Aids > Third Party Keyboard API Miscellany. iOS 8 brings with it a few housekeeping changes to Settings.app, where the Accessibility options are located. For example, the Subtitles & Captioning option — which previously was found under Hearing — has been moved to a new Media section, right next to a new Video Descriptions toggle. Furthermore, the Physical & Motor pane — home to such features as Switch Control and AssistiveTouch — has been rechristened Interaction.
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http://www.dart.ed.ac.uk/app-wheel/ DART: development, autism, research, technology
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From the University of Edinburgh, the author of this wheel shares her notes about the development of this Wheel of Autism Apps. "Every app which has made it on to this wheel has been reviewed by me and I can recommend each one. Apps which are merely intended for people with autism are not necessarily featured here. I am not trying to provide a comprehensive summary of available apps, but instead a visual shortcut which brings together the apps I like the best, by function. For this reason, as my collection of app reviews continues to expand, I’ll be updating the wheel at regular intervals."
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CALL Scotland - Provides specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties, in schools across Scotland.
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Another excellent resource from CALL Scotland. The book includes chapters on:
It aims to support readers who are not necessarily technical specialists and who want to use the iPad with children or adults with additional support needs, special educational needs or disability.
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Another update for our "There's a Special App for That" posts. Here are 6 apps for creating social stories plus a great resource!
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Another thank you goes out to inov8 educational consulting for providing an update on 6 apps to create social stories. Social stories can be used for behavioral support, for describing and teaching social interactions, to ease transitions, and to teach new adaptive skills (among many other uses!). Check out these 6 apps (some free and some cost $).
> Pictello > Story Creator and Story Creator Pro: Make Stories, Photo Albums, Scrapbooks, Collages and more > 30hands: Create & Show What You Know > Widgit Go > Explain Everything > Popplet
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Children with learning disabilities sometimes have social and behavioral challenges. These mobile apps may help them learn and practice connecting with others.
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"Children and teens with learning disabilities sometimes have a hard time with social skills and behavior, including reading or communicating nonverbal signals. The following mobile apps may provide your child or teen with some high-tech support. Although we did extensive research on available apps, we also learned that just because “there’s an app for that” it doesn’t mean that it’s right for everyone." Darla Hatton and her teenage daughter have reviewed these 10 apps in Apple products for you to try out. > iEarnedThat > Hidden Curriculum for Kids > Model me Going Places > Tap to Talk > Verbally > Middle School Confidential 1 > Middle School Confidential 2 > Cyber Bullying > Angry Octopus > Your Turn - Kid Timer
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April 27, 2014 7:42 AM
Some of these look really promising. I think you could use some of these apps with all kinds of kids, especially younger kids! |
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On the occasion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) this week (May 19th), I created an infographic using Piktochart to highlight some of the iOS accessibility features that can benefit a wide range of diverse learners, not just those who have been labeled as having a disability. This post is an alternative representation for those who cannot…
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Share this wonderful resource created by Luis Perez with educators everywhere!
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Reviewed by Jo Booth OTR/L: "It was intended as a tool to help kids on the spectrum, their families and caretakers identify both sensory styles and compensatory techniques so that they could open up a dialogue to communicate and share experiences. This little app however, has a much more powerful impact and reach. I consider it an essential app for all classrooms and families who deal with sensory issues, and not limited to those on the autistic spectrum alone."
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May 23, 2016 2:50 PM
Great activities for individuals with autism.
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Use QR codes, AR apps and posters, and iBeacons to get students moving and engaged while bolstering their executive functioning and comprehension skills.
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How do you create a learning environment that is filled with purposeful, motivated, strategic, goal-directed learners? One way to create this type of learning environment is with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, which aims to develop expert learners. In addition to removing barriers and making learning accessible to the widest varied of learners possible, UDL addresses many of the metacognitive and self-efficacy skills associated with becoming an expert learner, including:
Discover from Luis Perez and Kendra Grant the tools that can help develop the expert learner.
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November 2, 2017 6:20 PM
How do you create a learning environment that is filled with purposeful, motivated, strategic, goal-directed learners? One way to create this type of learning environment is with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, which aims to develop expert learners. In addition to removing barriers and making learning accessible to the widest varied of learners possible, UDL addresses many of the metacognitive and self-efficacy skills associated with becoming an expert learner, including:
Discover from Luis Perez and Kendra Grant the tools that can help develop the expert learner. 
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August 28, 2022 11:29 PM
How do we engender expert learners?
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According to neuroscience and the Universal Design for Learning theory, there is no one right way to learn. Fortunately, the latest crop of tech tools offers a variety of ways for students of all learning styles and preferences to engage, receive information and express their learning.
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Luis Perez and Kendra Grant have compiled and described how 27 tools can be used by learners to help them become expert learners. They outline the tools under the three principles of Universal Design for Learning so that educators can relate to how each tool can support learners in more flexible and personalized ways. This is an excellent resource that should be shared far and wide among all educators that want to support the diversity of learners in their classrooms.
Ressources pour les cours d'anglais's curator insight,
September 5, 2015 3:22 AM
Une appli pour les élèves malentendants est également proposée.
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Here is a significant update of the Padagogy Wheel developed by Allan Carrington. Here is what he has to say about what is included in the update:
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We asked special education teachers, OTs and SLPs to recommend their favorite apps for autism, speech, language, reading, writing, auditory processing disorder, executive functioning and more.
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Check out this great list of apps from "A Day in Our Shoes". They include the 75 best apps for special education, special needs, speech and language, reading and writing, auditory processing disorder. Share this with schools and friends!
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In this post we discuss why we're re-thinking speech recognition, and resources for the implementation of speech recognition technology.
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inov8 Educational Consulting has provided important insight on speech recognition software and the process to implement it with learners. They point out an ATIA presentation, “Speech Recognition for Writing: A Complete Guide,” by Kelley Key and Daniel Cochrane who talked about a process for speech recognition and included a link to their guidelines. Additional resources are included in this all important article on speech recognition.
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Did you know mobile devices come with accessibility features that can help with learning and attention issues? Here's an overview of these built-in features.
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Did you know that most smartphones, tablets and other devices have built-in technology that can help with learning and attention issues? The range of assistive technologyfeatures varies among brands. But iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android devices and Windows phones all have features that may make life easier for people with learning and attention issues.
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Join Diana as she walks you through the built-in accessibility features of the iPad and demonstrates the apps live for you to view and follow along. You will see the features of the apps, along with the gestures and how to use the apps. Learn realistic implementation methods to use immediately with students. Via Diana Petschauer
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Don't miss this incredible resource that Diana has put together for learners that struggle in reading, writing and math. This is a must resource for every school on the planet!
Diana Petschauer's curator insight,
September 15, 2014 9:16 PM
In today’s workshop you will learn about the best iPad apps for students who have difficulty with reading and/or writing, including challenges with math! Apps that are useful for related therapists such as OT, SLP, and Reading Specialists will also be demonstrated. For students who struggle with a print disability due to Dyslexia, specific LD, executive function, difficulties processing, low vision, blindness, or physical disabilities, you will learn about apps to help students be successful with:
Apps will include: text-to-speech for books, documents, and PDF's with annotation, word prediction, note taking, object and money identification, graphic organizers and mind-mapping, magnification, voice recognition, audio recording, math support, Scanning with OCR (Optical character recognition), support while browsing the internet and researching, foundational literacy skills, digital story creating, and more. Apps demonstrated can be utilized with students from elementary school through post secondary education as well as adult learners. OUTLINE Apps for Reading:
Apps for Writing and Completing worksheets/ Handouts/ Assignments:
Apps for Executive Function:
Apps for Low Vision and Blindness:
Apps to Support Math skills and instruction:
OBJECTIVES
ABOUT THE SPEAKER Diana Petschauer, M.Ed., ATP is a RESNA certified Assistive Technology Professional and Founder/ CEO of Assistive Technology for Education, LLC. and Access4Employment LLC. Diana is an accessibility specialist and certified ATP who provides AT assessment, training & consultation for students to access education and for adults to access employment, home and the community. Diana manages the AT consultants and trainers who work for ATE and A4E. Previously Diana was the AT Specialist at the University of New Hampshire. She presents/trains locally & nationally, including at larger conferences such as ATIA, CSUN, Closing the Gap, & OTAP. A DVD recording of the webinar can be purchased here: http://www.pesi.com/ECommerce/ItemDetails.aspx?ResourceCode=RNV047770
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CALL Scotland - Provides specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties, in schools across Scotland.
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This 'wheel' of AAC Apps by Sally Millar and Gillian McNeill of CALL Scotland, provides a categorised guide to iPad Apps for people with complex communication support needs, who may need to use some form(s) of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
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These apps are designed to help learners with dyslexia develop literacy skills at a manageable pace.
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Discover 7 Apps that can make a difference for learners with dyslexia. They include:
> vBookz PDF Voice Reader > SoundLiteracy > openWeb > ModMath > Dyslexia Quest > Oz Phonics > Inspiration Maps
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Apps to improve organizational skills for students with learning disabilities - but we wanted to add 9 MORE for students with learning disabilities.
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A special thanks to inov8 Educational Consulting in posting 9 additional apps to improve organizational skills for learners with organization and planning challenges. They have included a great review and screenshots for each of this apps. Check them out:
> Photomind > Visual Schedule Planner > Doozy > Quickvoice Recorder > Audio Memos > PaperHelper > Notability > Inkflow > Sticky Notes
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Staff at CALL Scotland have produced a helpful Wheel of Apps guide for iPad that may be useful for students with dyslexia or who just need some additional support with reading and/or writing diffic...
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This iPad app wheel includes apps for reading, writing, memory, organization and numeracy. There is a link to acquire the PDF version on this site.
Ra's curator insight,
March 31, 2014 4:14 PM
Looking from a SENCO perspective as a resource that can be used by teachers to get them thinking about using apps for those students with high learning needs. Student voice and autonomy could be increased by having them explore the apps indicated as being useful and give feedback on how and why they think the app would fit with their learning needs. 
Erin Schettler's curator insight,
August 14, 2014 6:47 AM
This is an AMAZING compilation of apps to aid struggling readers! |
This article from the Reading Teacher provides a few simple ideas for using iPads in early reading.
Carol
Great advice on apps AND a systematic approach for how one goes about integrating the iPad into ealry literacy instruction.
A guided approach for using apps. It is nice to see support for a low-tech first approach. Understanding before application enhances the learning process for any age.