SPED 706 class technology tools/apps presentation using MI, UDL, Blooms' digital taxonomy, etc.

1. Technology
Applications
SPED 706
Dr. Rosemary Talab
Kansas State University

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Social Media Counter
Questions
Some Neat Tools and Resources
Blooms’ Digital Taxonomy
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Multiple Intelligences
Choice: Universal Design for Learning
Choose a Tool, Idea, Website, etc.
Share With Class

3. Neat Tools
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Symbaloo (organizer)
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http://www.symbalooedu.com/
• iPod and iPad Resources in Education pre-K-12
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/36989
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iPads as Assistive Technology: 30+ Apps
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http://ipadacademy.com/2010/12/ipads-as-assistive-technology-30-apps-for-augmentative-and-alternative

4. More Tools
• Co-sketch.com (collaboration) multi-user online whiteboard
• Slatebox allows you to markup ideas on embeddable "slates"
and collaborate in real-time
• Five Technology Tools for UDL in the Classroom
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcYFbV3kEo
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Natural Reader (Text to Speech)
PowerTalk (Text to Speech)
Spellingcity.com (resources, games, language arts, etc.)
Flashcard Machine (flashcards and games)
Webspiration (visual thinking and outlining)

5. Megan Mallon
• One device, many hands: Techniques for managing classroom
technology (Mallon)
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http://prezi.com/a1mzrpacny4r/one-device-many-hands/
Introduction
Whole Group Work
Management Ideas
Instructional Tips
Small Group/Partner Work
Management Ideas
Instructional Tips
Independent Work
Other Ideas
• Email: megomallon@gmail.com
• Twitter: @mallon3

6. Megan’s Suggestions
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“Kathy Schrock’s iPads in the Classroom” (website)
http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html
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“Educational Literacy Apps” (website list)
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/literacyapps/
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“Tips for a 1 iPad Classroom” (blog post)
http://heidisongs.blogspot.com/2012/09/tips-for-one-ipad-classroom-and-free.html
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“Literacy Journal: 1 iPad in the Classroom” (blog post)
http://eskymaclj.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/only-1-ipad-in-classroom.html
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“Daily Free Apps” (websites)
http://www.bestappforkids.com (iTunes)
http://www.nookforkids.com (Nook)
http://www.amazon.com (Kindle/Kindle Fire)
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“Bloom’s Taxonomy of Apps” (blog post)
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

7. Megan’s Suggestions
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Top Free Apps for Kids” (article)
http://www.smartappsforkids.com/top-10-free-apps-1.html
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“Free eBooks” (website)
http://www.wegivebooks.org/
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“Acceptable Use Policies for iPads” (blog post)
http://soaringthroughsecond.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/acceptable-use-policies-forkids.
html
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“Apps in Education” (website)
http://www.appsineducation.com/index.php?/app-catalog/category/upper-grades/
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“Teaching in the 1 iPad Classroom” (blog post)
http://thinkshareteach.blogspot.com/2012/02/teaching-in-one-ipad-classroom.html
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“Apps for Every Classroom, Even 1 iPad” (slideshow)
http://www.lexrich5.org/webpages/kogen/files/apps%20for%20every%20classroom.swf

8. Megan’s Latest
• See.Touch.Learn
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/see.touch.learn./id406826506?mt=8
Free Version & Pro Version ($39.99)
Flash cards for special needs and autism spectrum

9. Megan’s Latest
• Injini: Child Development
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/injini-child-development-game/id452962000?m
Suite Version ($29.99)
• *A suite of learning games
• early-ed students with cognitive,
• language, and fine motor delays
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10. Megan’s Latest
• Dexteria
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dexteria-fine-motor-skill/id420464455?mt=8
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*$3.99
*Fine motor skill development:
builds strength, control, and
Dexterity

11. Megan’s Latest
• ScreenChomp
• *Free
• *Whiteboard app; students work out math problems, write
sentences, etc. and record their voices explaining concepts
• *Easy interface is simple for SPED students

12. Megan’s Latest
• Math Minis: Addition & Subtraction
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-minis-additionsubtraction/id484467236?mt=8
• *Free (4 levels)
• *$.99 to unlock all levels
• *Fact practice with picture problems
• Students with delayed reading skills

13. Blooms’ Digital Taxonomy
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Schrock:
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Pyramid Style:
http://faculty.indstate.edu/spenney/bdt.htm

14. Multiple Intelligences
• Explains it and provides a test
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Eight “intelligences”
Chart to show strengths and weaknesses
Learn to teach to others’ strengths, too
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ic
t/multiple_int/

15. Universal Design for Learning
• CAST: Universal Design for Learning. (n.d.). CAST: About UDL.
Retrieved November 10, 2013, from http://www.cast.org/udl/
• CAST LessonBuilder
http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/

16. Choose
• Choose a Tool, Idea, Website, etc.
• Learn about how to use it to teach

17. Share
• Choose a way to share:
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Speaking
Writing
App Use
Something else