Mobile Technologies for the dyslexic learner
Myles PillingSpecialist 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 & AndroidiPodsiPadsTablet PC’s – Apple & AndroidSmart PensKindles Pen & Paper
Smart PensEcho smart penWrite Record AudioSave and PlaybackTransfer to PCSend and share to social network sites eg
Evernote.
Kindle Fire, Kindle, Kobo, etcGood for reading in any
lighting condition Kindle Fire combines a
range of appsCheaper alternative to
iPad...but essentially a media
tool, books, films, a limited range of apps
Tablets - Windows SurfaceGreat 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 nowAs 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
The labyrinthDream:scape Epic Citadel
Power of 3D Story writing
http://www.timrylands.com
Paid Apps
iWriter - £2.49
Voice Dictation - £0.69
Paid Apps
Dyslexia Quest - £1.49
Explain Everything - £1.99
Puppet Pals Director HD - £1.99Zen Tap Pro - £1.99
Dyslexia Quest
Explain Everything
PuppetPals HD Director;s Pass
Top Tips Organise your apps into groups so practise
skills eg Phonics, Spelling, etcEnsure you use apps like PuppetPals, Explain
EverythingTry before you buy – lite versions of the appLook at apps that are tools as well
Audioboo for sound recording, Voice RecorderiWriter - better keyboard with word
prediction built inExplain Everything - for combining and
moving images,video,text into stories , factual information
“There’s no point buying carsif 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 useWifi 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 upRange of devices offered are greater!Drawbacks are the same as iPad. Not school
system friendlyDyslexia apps that are good – word prediction
is good on Android. Eg swiftkey and swype
What ICT tools to use?SoftwareGrid selection software - Clicker 5Word prediction software – WriteOnline, Co-
Writer6Speech 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:
Myles PillingSpecialist ICT SEN Consultant
AccessAbility SolutionsWebsite: http://aas123.wordpress.com Email: [email protected]
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