Mobile Technologies for the Dyslexic Learner
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Transcript Mobile Technologies for the Dyslexic Learner
Myles Pilling
Specialist ICT SEN Consultant
for Wiltshire Council
Aims
To give an overview of what mobile technologies are
out there in schools
To give you an opportunity to try some of the ICT
solutions yourself
To understand the value of word prediction as part of a
strategy to support the Dyslexic learner
What Mobile Technologies are there?
Mobile phones – Apple & Android
iPods
iPads
Tablet PC’s – Apple & Android
Smart Pens
Kindles
Pen & Paper
Smart Pens
Echo smart pen
Write
Record Audio
Save and Playback
Transfer to PC
Send and share to social network sites eg Evernote.
Kindle Fire, Kindle, Kobo, etc
Good for reading in
any
lighting condition
Kindle Fire combines a range
of apps
Cheaper alternative to iPad
...but essentially a media tool,
books, films, a limited range of
apps
Tablets - Windows Surface
Great for secondary schools as Office built in
BUT.. It’s a cutdown of Windows 8!!
Light , portable and FAST!
Starting price £399 for 32 gigs of memory
iPad, iPad2,iPad3, iPad4, iPad minis!
Bewildering !!
iPad2 is reasonably priced for schools now
As long as you have the iPad with a camera tool that is
great.
iPad3 has better screen display – really sharp and the
addition of a microphone on the keyboard.
iPad4 – only improvement is better speed 2X faster than
previous iPads!!
iPad minis are more portable – but more confining to use
the keyboard.
Free apps for your iPad/iPod
Free apps for your iPad/iTouch
Cloud On
Dragon
Art Studio Lite
Notes
Evernote
Dropbox
Free apps for your iPad/iTouch
Power of 3D Story writing
The labyrinth
Dream:scape
Epic Citadel
http://www.timrylands.com
Paid Apps
iWriter - £2.49
Voice Dictation - £0.69
Paid Apps
PuppetPals HD Director;s Pass
Dyslexia Quest
Dyslexia Quest - £1.49
Explain Everything - £1.99
Puppet Pals Director HD - £1.99
Zen Tap Pro - £1.99
Explain Everything
Top Tips
Organise your apps into groups so practise skills eg
Phonics, Spelling, etc
Ensure you use apps like PuppetPals, Explain
Everything
Try before you buy – lite versions of the app
Look at apps that are tools as well
Audioboo for sound recording, Voice Recorder
iWriter - better keyboard with word prediction built in
Explain Everything - for combining and moving
images,video,text into stories , factual information
“There’s no point buying cars
if you have no road for them to
travel on!”
- Paul Hutton, BETT 2013
Things to consider
“Bring your own device into school” (BYOD) – have
policies in place for there use
Wifi in the school – these devices work best on Wifi
– some apps are Wifi dependent eg CloudOn
Mobile Device Management software – how will lots
of devices be managed?
How do you pay for apps? – Credit Card? Gift Card?
Volume Purchasing License
What about Android?
Android are catching up
Range of devices offered are greater!
Drawbacks are the same as iPad. Not school system
friendly
Dyslexia apps that are good – word prediction is good
on Android. Eg swiftkey and swype
What ICT tools to use?
Software
Grid selection software - Clicker 5
Word prediction software – WriteOnline, Co-Writer6
Speech recognition software – Dragon Dictate 11 premium
Skill Practise software – nessy, numbershark, wordshark
Mindmapping software – inspiration, communicate ideas, mindgenius
ICT suite of tools – texthelp read and write gold
Workshop Resources
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Contact:
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Solutions
Myles Pilling
Specialist ICT SEN Consultant
AccessAbility Solutions
Website: http://aas123.wordpress.com
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