Special Needs Special Needs Students and iPadStudents and iPad

By: Kim WailesBy: Kim Wailes

What does the term special What does the term special needs mean to you?needs mean to you?

We are going to use We are going to use Timed Pair ShareTimed Pair Share: A Kagan : A Kagan Cooperative Learning StrategyCooperative Learning Strategy

1.) Think Time1.) Think Time2.) Face partners, the person with 2.) Face partners, the person with the shortest hair goes first and will have 30 the shortest hair goes first and will have 30

seconds to answer the question. seconds to answer the question. 3.) When the timer dings thank your partner for 3.) When the timer dings thank your partner for

sharing and switch roles.sharing and switch roles.

Jot Thoughts: A Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategy

1.) Divide your paper into 4 sections

2.) You will have 5 minutes to list as many types of special needs as you can, but… Here are the rules!

*Only 1 answer per piece of paper

*All people may go at once, but you must announce what you are going to write before you write it

*Nobody else may put the same answer down

* After your answer is written down, place it in the middle of the table so that your answer does not cover any other person’s answer!

Special NeedsSpecial Needs

Autistic DisorderAttention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

Cerebral PalsyDeafness/Hearing Loss

Down SyndromeEmotional Disturbance

EpilepsyLearning DisabilitiesMental Retardation

Reading and Learning Disabilities Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities

Speech and Language ImpairmentsSpina Bifida

Traumatic Brain InjuryVisual Impairments

Why the iPad?Why the iPad? Cost effectiveCost effective Touch screens are more intuitive than using a mouse, Touch screens are more intuitive than using a mouse,

keyboard or stylus.keyboard or stylus. APPS!!!APPS!!! The cool factor/dignityThe cool factor/dignity Increased motivationIncreased motivation Increased motor skillsIncreased motor skills EducationalEducational TherapeuticTherapeutic

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=8192651http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=8192651

http://www.amsvans.com/blog/3894-ipad-makes-a-difference-in-disabled-boys-life/http://www.amsvans.com/blog/3894-ipad-makes-a-difference-in-disabled-boys-life/

ComparisonComparison

Springboard Lite: Communication Tool $3,000

iPad: Communication Tool, internet, Thousands of specialized apps and much more! $500 plus cost of apps

A Sampling of AppsA Sampling of AppsSocial skills/peer interaction appsSocial skills/peer interaction apps Model Me Going Places 2Model Me Going Places 2 Going PlacesGoing Places

Hearing ImpairedHearing Impaired soundAmp rsoundAmp r

Visually ImpairedVisually Impaired VB Lite (a Braille translator)VB Lite (a Braille translator) Voice Over (reads what you touch)Voice Over (reads what you touch) White on Black (for the partially visually White on Black (for the partially visually

impaired)impaired)

Learning DisabilityLearning Disability Speak it! Text to SpeechSpeak it! Text to Speech Pictello (creates talking books)Pictello (creates talking books)

Educational apps:Educational apps: Idea Sketch (mind maps and organizational Idea Sketch (mind maps and organizational

tools)tools) Math NinjaMath Ninja Animal Farm (math puzzle)Animal Farm (math puzzle) KosmicMathLTKosmicMathLT WordFamiles WordFamiles Magnetic AlphabetMagnetic Alphabet

Your Turn!Your Turn!

Please spend 5 minutes in the app store on Please spend 5 minutes in the app store on your iPad to find an app that you believe could your iPad to find an app that you believe could be useful to a student with a special need in be useful to a student with a special need in your classroom. your classroom. If it is free, please download itIf it is free, please download it If it is not free, you do not need to download it!If it is not free, you do not need to download it! please be prepared to explain please be prepared to explain

what the app does and how you might use it.what the app does and how you might use it. These will be shared in the next activityThese will be shared in the next activity

Inside-Outside Circle:Inside-Outside Circle: A Kagan Cooperative Learning ActivityA Kagan Cooperative Learning Activity

1.) Keep the app you found open on your iPad.1.) Keep the app you found open on your iPad.

2.) Shoulder partners are pairs for this activity2.) Shoulder partners are pairs for this activity

3.) Person closest to the Promethean Board in 3.) Person closest to the Promethean Board in your pair is partner B, person closest to the dry your pair is partner B, person closest to the dry erase board is partner A.erase board is partner A.

4.) Partner B, please take your iPad and form a 4.) Partner B, please take your iPad and form a circle around the room. circle around the room.

5.) Partner A, please go stand facing your partner5.) Partner A, please go stand facing your partner

6.) Partner A gets 1 minute to share what they found: - name of app - what special need it addresses - how it may be beneficial - give a demo of the app if it was free (if there is time) - if you finish early, partner B may NOT share their app, but they MAY ask you questions about your app until time is up!

7.) When the timer goes off, Partner B gets 1 minute to share what they found: - name of app - what special need it addresses - how it may be beneficial - give a demo of the app if it was free (if there is time) - if you finish early, partner A may NOT share their app, but they MAY ask you questions about your app until time is up!

8.) Switch! Outside circle please become a statue and do not move! Inside circle rotates two people to the left and then we will repeat # 6 and # 7.

List of Cool Apps List of Cool Apps

1.) Take your paper and label it 1 through 16 in list fashion.1.) Take your paper and label it 1 through 16 in list fashion.2.) Write the name of your app next to # 1.2.) Write the name of your app next to # 1.3.) Pass your paper clockwise and add your app next in the list. 3.) Pass your paper clockwise and add your app next in the list. 4.) Continue to pass your paper and add your app until you get your 4.) Continue to pass your paper and add your app until you get your

original sheet back. (You should now have 4 apps listed)original sheet back. (You should now have 4 apps listed)5.) Now, the person who is seated at the back, right hand corner of 5.) Now, the person who is seated at the back, right hand corner of

your table group, collect your group’s papers and pass all four of your table group, collect your group’s papers and pass all four of them to the next table group in a clockwise motion. them to the next table group in a clockwise motion.

6.) Give each person in the new group a different sheet and repeat 6.) Give each person in the new group a different sheet and repeat steps 3 – 5. steps 3 – 5.

7.) Everyone should end up with their own paper again that contains 7.) Everyone should end up with their own paper again that contains 16 unique apps that you can download on your iPad and use in 16 unique apps that you can download on your iPad and use in your classroom!your classroom!

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