Technology strategies for Middle and High school students with Special NeedsROBERT HUGHES
TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
[email protected]
502-647-0210 X 286
Student engagementReviewThinking/Problem solving
FUN!!!!
Math: Kahn Academy
Addition to Calculus
Video tutorials
Good data
“flipped classroom”
FREE!
Notebook app (SMART Board)
Draw
Text
Pictures
Shapes
Import other Notebook files
Educreations, ShowMe
Example 1
Book Creator
Pictures Text Sound (Library or record
directly) Colors, grids
Videos
Video lessonsDiscovery educationBrain POPYouTube
BandwidthFiltering“ Flipped Classroom”
Making videos
SMART board recorder Cell phone video??? Picture of whiteboard
Allow student to review at home Created review for assessment,
EOC
Note taking “Evernote”
Camera
Upload photo
Sound file
Text (iPad 3 or 4 you can use speech to text)
Annotating text
HighlightSticky notesUnderline
Note taking “Typo HD ($14.99)
Word prediction (3 levels of assistance)
Says predicted words
Speech to text
Background, font
Speak Text
Settings General Accessibility Speak selection
Restrictions
Restricts “what” a student can view, add, delete
Setting
General
Restrictions
Guided Access
Locks students to a certain app, or place in an app General
Accessibility
Guided access
Dragon Dictation (speech to text)
Drop Box: file upload from any mobile device
Lync, Skype, face time
Free books
Other favorites