Ipads in Special Education

Ipads in Special EducationMegan Gallagher

• Communication Devices

• Educational Tools

• Motivational Learning Tool

• An outlet for personal expression

Uses for Ipads

• Ipads have “talking” programs for children who are non-verbal.

• Hundreds of dollars cheaper

• Give children a voice

• Help them develop their own vocabulary

• Incentive to begin speaking

• Possible negative - Misuse in the home

Communication Device

$500-2,000 $200-500

• Teach New skills

• Practice and Develop skillso Fine Motor

(pointing, tapping, spinning, pinching)o Hand-eye coordination, accuracy and timingo Reading - Audio Books (Raz Kids)

Educational Tool

• Fun

• Exciting

• Different

• Challenging

• Helpful

• Entertaining

• Engaging

Motivates Learning

• Movies

• Cartoons

• Stories

• Drawing

• Photos

Outlet for Creative Express

Counting, Number Identification, Fine Motor Skills

Patterns, Fine Motor

Writing, Letter Identification

Fine Motor(Stylus)

Identifying Colors, Math terms (more and less) Spinning vs Still

Introduces letters (Upper and lowercase) Sounds, words songs, matching and sorting games, puzzles.

• Games change based on the students answers (becomes more difficult or gives more prompting)

• Stories can be read, or students can choose single words to be read to them

• Games have individual users

• Use of pictures and words, oral and written

Differentiation

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Choose an activity...

Find one thing that you like about the app and share it with a friend.

Activity

O MAC&Toys. (n.d.). : Bugs and Buttons, Oh My!. Retrieved April 8, 2014, from http://macandtoys.blogspot.com/2012/12/bugs-and-buttons-oh-my.html

O Bugs and Buttons app for Windows in the Windows Store. (n.d.). Bugs and Buttons app for Windows in the Windows Store. Retrieved April 8, 2014, from http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-nz/app/bugs-and-buttons/2222a60f-c389-4646-b000-362ff02db1f2

O Alltogether. (n.d.). Alltogether. Retrieved April 8, 2014, from https://alltogether.wordpress.com/tag/prc/

References