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: accessability123@gmail.com

or myles.pilling@wiltshire.gov.uk

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