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
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Myles Pilling
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