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Enhancing Learning with iPads for Dyslexic Students

Learn how iPads and specific apps can support dyslexic students in reading, writing, and learning skills. Discover tools to aid reading, writing, and creativity, promoting a more inclusive educational environment.

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Enhancing Learning with iPads for Dyslexic Students

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  1. iPads and Dyslexia Paul Nisbet, CALL Scotland University of Edinburgh

  2. Dyslexia Dyslexia can be described as a continuum of difficulties in learning to read, write and/or spell, which persist despite the provision of appropriate learning opportunities. These difficulties often do not reflect an individual's cognitive abilities and may not be typical of performance in other areas. The impact of dyslexia as a barrier to learning varies in degree according to the learning and teaching environment.

  3. Supporting Reading - techniques • eBooks and Digital Books • Change font, font size, colours, line spacing • Text-to-speech • Recorded Audio • Audio books • Study aids (extract, save, highlight; annotate; organise)

  4. Supporting Reading – apps1 and apps2 ClaroPDF, 69p plus £1.49 for extra voices. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/claropdf-accessible-pro-pdf/id633997623?mt=8 Voice Dream Reader, usually £6.99, currently £2.99 buy it now! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/voice-dream-reader/id496177674?mt=8

  5. Supporting Reading – apps1 and apps2 Word for iPad Pages 1 Application: Accessing resources created by teachers ClaroPDF Notability

  6. Digital workflow The teacher marks and provides feedback using Adobe Reader or their own iPad with ClaroPDF, PDF Expert or iAnnotate and sends it back to the learner The teacher creates the resource in Word and saves as PDF The learner uses ClaroPDF to read with text-to-speech and type, draw or record audio answers

  7. Supporting Writing – apps1 and apps2

  8. Contextual example: National Literacy Assessment “In relation to the National Literacy Units at all levels: • exemption from demonstrating any of the four assessed skills of reading, writing, listening or talking will not be a reasonable adjustment and • (ii) using human readers and scribes will not be reasonable adjustments where reading and writing abilities are being explicitly assessed.” http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/64702.html

  9. Reasonable Adjustments “In order to minimise the disadvantage faced by some disabled learners in attaining the National Units in Literacy, the use of word processors and other assistive technologies such as screen readers, spell checkers or speech-recognition software would be acceptable as reasonable adjustments.” http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/64702.html

  10. Example: write an article about someone you admire Pages Inspiration Co:Writer Book Creator

  11. Supporting Learning – apps1 and apps2

  12. Supporting Creativity – apps1 and apps2

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