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Using ICT to support SEN. Why use ICT?. Motivate reluctant workers Aid ability to work Support Independence Activities at their level. Is ICT the most appropriate support?. Things to think about
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Why use ICT? • Motivate reluctant workers • Aid ability to work • Support Independence • Activities at their level
Is ICT the most appropriate support? Things to think about • Why do you want to use ICT to support the child and for what purpose? E.g. to finish written work quicker, all other solutions have failed. • What is working well for the pupil? • What is not working so well? • What are the needs you wish to target? • Why is the pupil having problems?
IWB and Multimedia IWB allows you to: • Change the background colour • Change the text font • Change the size • Interactive – child can have a go Multimedia: • Bright – catches attention • Engaging – catches attention • Interactive - child can have a go
Useful Websites • Smartboard Technologies offer a number of games and resources to use on the interactive whiteboard at http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0 • The SWGfLhttp://www.swgfl.org.uk/ offers access to a number of multimedia websites, free for our school as part of the South West Grid. • Here is a list of other websites that may be of use: • http://www.school-clip-art.com/ • http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/default.aspx • http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/ • http://www.pics4learning.com/ • http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ • http://www.schoolsworld.tv/ • http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6081830&s_cid=RESads_TTVvideos
Clicker 6 specialist word-processing software package • allows teachers and TAs to create word-banks and sentence grids to support writing. • quick to create grids form websites or documents without the need to insert every word. • See Clicker Website http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/tools/clicker/home.aspx
J2E – Infant Toolkit Similar to clicker Packages include: • Write • Paint • Turtle • Chart • Pictograms • Animate • Mix
Sound Recording and Video • 3 in 1 cameras • Easi-speak microphones • Recordable Whiteboards • Video cameras • Tablets
Other ways to support children • Predictive Software • Text to speech • Screen magnification • Change of colours (background and text) • Change of text • Change of text font
Other software to support SEN • 2Publish – publishing (leaflets etc) • 2Create a Story – Multimedia presentation software similar to Power-point but simpler • 2DIY – A useful selection of tools to create different things (good for children to use and for resource making) • 2Infant Video Toolkit – similar to the J2E software available through Merlin
Other useful sources • Mathletics • Spellodrome • Bug Club (online reading) • Oxford Learning Tree – http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ (free reading and mathsebooks ) • Kent Trust Web SEN ICT - http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/senict/default.cfm?sectionid=1 (useful information on how ICT can support specific areas of SEN need and resources)