BYOD - Bring Your Own Device - is becoming a popular (or necessary) aspect of many high schools across NSW. I have been speaking to many of my families about making choices for the devices going into next year. However, equally important have been the discussions I have been having with the students themselves to… Continue reading Involving Students in Technology Choices
It's been a while since I have posted an iPad app review, but definitely not a reflection of how much I love this technology. This entry is not so much an individual app, but a suite of apps for any special education educator. Super Duper Publications is an American company who mainly produce items for… Continue reading Super Duper Apps
This week I found a wonderful website to describe how a learning difficulty "feels" in the words of children experiencing these issues. It was such a powerful site. Click here to be taken to Understand.org - an American website dedicated to supporting learners and their families with learning difficulties. This link will take you to… Continue reading Experiencing Learning Difficulties
This week I was discussing ongoing support provisions required in school for one of my students who then described experiences in class, with the stand-out phrase, "Oh dear God, it's double-sided!" This statement was in reference to materials being provided within the classroom on a regular basis during learning activities. In drilling this down further,… Continue reading “Oh Dear God It’s Double-Sided!”
While many teachers and students are celebrating the end of exams or almost finishing up reports I am thinking of how best to utilise this time with my students! Call me boring, a stick in the mud, the fun police … I would prefer to think of it as conscientious, efficient, and responsive! Students with… Continue reading The “Gap” Term
There are some great programs out there to support the “how to” of reading comprehension, where question types are taught (Who? Questions are people pronouns) and strategies to approach comprehension (circle clue word, underline details, find these in text, if not there read sentences before and after, or think about the whole passage). The common… Continue reading Teaching Inferential Comprehension
By now you all know how much I love technology. I bought one of these smart pens when they fist hit the market and used it for a while as a recording device for handwritten notes. As the technology improved I tried the handwriting conversion options to change my handwriting to typed texts. I experimental… Continue reading Livescribe 3 Pen – can this be an aid for teenagers with learning difficulties?
