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Mobile Technologies for Dyslexic Learners

This workshop provides an overview of mobile technologies in schools, an opportunity to try ICT solutions, and emphasizes the value of word prediction for supporting dyslexic learners.

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Mobile Technologies for Dyslexic Learners

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  1. Mobile Technologies for the dyslexic learner Myles Pilling Specialist ICT SEN Consultant for Wiltshire Council

  2. 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

  3. What Mobile Technologies are there? • Mobile phones – Apple & Android • iPods • iPads • Tablet PC’s – Apple & Android • Smart Pens • Kindles • Pen & Paper

  4. Smart Pens Echo smart pen • Write • Record Audio • Save and Playback • Transfer to PC • Send and share to social network sites egEvernote.

  5. Kindle Fire, Kindle, Kobo, etc • Good for reading in any lighting condition • Kindle Fire combines a range of apps • Cheaper alternative to iPad • ...but essentially a media tool, books, films, a limited range of apps

  6. Tablets - Windows Surface • Great 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

  7. iPad, iPad2,iPad3, iPad4, iPad minis! • Bewildering !! • iPad2 is reasonably priced for schools now • As 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.

  8. Free apps for your iPad/iPod

  9. Free apps for your iPad/iTouch • Cloud On • Dragon • Art Studio Lite • Notes • Evernote • Dropbox

  10. Free apps for your iPad/iTouch Power of 3D Story writing • The labyrinth • Dream:scape • Epic Citadel http://www.timrylands.com

  11. Paid Apps • iWriter - £2.49 • Voice Dictation - £0.69

  12. Paid Apps PuppetPals HD Director;s Pass Dyslexia Quest • Dyslexia Quest - £1.49 • Explain Everything - £1.99 • Puppet Pals Director HD - £1.99 • Zen Tap Pro - £1.99 Explain Everything

  13. Top Tips • Organise your apps into groups so practise skills eg Phonics, Spelling, etc • Ensure you use apps like PuppetPals, Explain Everything • Try before you buy – lite versions of the app • Look at apps that are tools as well • Audioboofor sound recording, Voice Recorder • iWriter - better keyboard with word prediction built in • Explain Everything - for combining and moving images,video,text into stories , factual information

  14. “There’s no point buying carsif you have no road for them to travel on!”- Paul Hutton, BETT 2013

  15. Things to consider • “Bring your own device into school” (BYOD) – have policies in place for there use • Wifi in the school – these devices work best on Wifi – some apps are Wifi dependent egCloudOn • Mobile Device Management software – how will lots of devices be managed? • How do you pay for apps? – Credit Card? Gift Card? Volume Purchasing License

  16. What about Android? • Android are catching up • Range of devices offered are greater! • Drawbacks are the same as iPad. Not school system friendly • Dyslexia apps that are good – word prediction is good on Android. Egswiftkey and swype

  17. What ICT tools to use? Software • Grid selection software - Clicker 5 • Word prediction software – WriteOnline, Co-Writer6 • Speech 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

  18. Workshop Resources http://aas123.wordpress.com/online-resources/

  19. Contact: Myles Pilling Specialist ICT SEN Consultant AccessAbility Solutions Website: http://aas123.wordpress.com Email: accessability123@gmail.com or myles.pilling@wiltshire.gov.uk AccessAbility Solutions

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