Lauren Meatty gave
a lot of great information in her seminar,
including many apps that assist students with communication and learning in a
fun way.
Learner characteristics: don’t have physical mobility, don’t
have communication skill, kids who don’t engage with other objects or devices,
Challenges: this is not for all students, many of
the communication apps are not programmable for individual needs, certain apps
only offer limited choices of customization, iPads are extremely fragile
devices, students needs to be familiar with the features and commands on iPads
Strengths: typically students will engage with the
iPad, helps develop fine motor skills (touching, pointing, sweeping finger,
hand-eye-coordination) without it being obvious
Age level: Lauren said that she specifically works
with pre-school aged students, but the iPad can be used with any age
Apps: Magic Piano, Duck-Duck-Moose, sign language app, Going
Places (social stories), Yes No, SonicPics, SpeakIt!, Proloquo2Go, Doodle
Buddy, Etch a Sketch app, Monkey Preschool, Lunchbox, Simon Says, Memory Games,
and many more.
I am comfortable with using the iPads in the
classroom, but I would like to know more about using them with older
grades. The communication methods with
adults and students (via: buttons, text to speech, sign language) are a great
use to keep in mind, at any age. Some of the ways to incorporate the iPad into
the younger classroom would be: another way of writing, instructing appropriate
social settings, additional support for classroom activities and concepts
(handwriting, social stories, counting, identifying).
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