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Apps for Literacy Support:
m-learning tools for students who struggle with literacy
Greg O’ConnorEducation Services Manager, Spectronics
"Ball point pens will be the ruin of education in our country. Students use
these devices and then throw them away. The
virtues of thrift and frugality are being
discarded. Business and banks will never allow
such expensive luxuries.”
Project Tomorrow &The Horizon Report
• use social based learning for learning and personal lives
• access to untethered learning• digitally rich learning using
relevancy-based digital tools, content & resources that allow for self directed learning
The road ahead:
EnablingEngaging
Empowering
The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, EmpoweredHow Today’s Students Are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning (2011)
Remediation vs Compensation
Differentiation
Universal Design for LearningMultiple Means of
• Representation
• Action and Expression
• Engagement
Universal Design for Learning
CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology
http://www.cast.org
National Center on Universal Design for Learning
http://www.udlcenter.org
SOS
Assessment
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Representation
Student - How we gather facts and categorize what we see, hear, and read.
Teacher - Present information and content in different ways
Reading Tools
Accessibility Features
•VoiceOver•Zoom Magnification•White on Black Display•Large text
iPad Reading Apps
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/apps-for-literacy-support
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Action & Expression
Student - Planning and performing tasks. How we organize and express our ideas.
Teacher - Differentiate the ways that students can express what they know
Writing Tools
iPad Writing Apps
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/apps-for-literacy-support
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Engagement
Student - How we get engaged and stay motivated. How we are challenged, excited, or interested.
Teacher - Stimulate interest and motivation for learning
“Every new literacy changes the way we think about the world. The alphabet did this to oral cultures. Cheap books did it after Gutenberg. Mobile, interactive multimedia technologies are doing it in our time. As educators are we up to the challenge?”
Pat Clifford, Galileo Educational Network
SAMR Model (Ruben Puentedura)
4-level approach to selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement
Substitution
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
Augmentation
Technology allows for significant task redesignModification
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivableRedefinition
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement
Substitution
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
Augmentation
Technology allows for significant task redesignModification
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivableRedefinition
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement
Substitution
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
Augmentation
Technology allows for significant task redesignModification
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivableRedefinition
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement
Substitution
Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
Augmentation
Technology allows for significant task redesignModification
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivableRedefinition
Transformational • Differentiation / UDL• Portability• Convergence
Gray & Silver-Pacuilla (2011) Breakthrough Teaching and Learning
Thanks.
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http://www.spectronicsinoz.com
Email: grego@spectronics.com.au
Phone: +61 7 3808 6833
22nd - 25th May 2012Jupiters Gold Coast Convention Centre
Queensland, Australia
www.spectronicsinoz.com/conference/2012