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Any thoughts on doceri and splashtop. I have one iPad. I'm trying to decide between the two. I've used doceri a few times. It seems good. Is splashtop any different?
How does apple software and technology benefit certain classes? and how is it used in these classes?
by AutismClassroom.com
Apr 10, 2012
Integrating Educational Apps and Classroom Lessons for Students with Autism and Special Needs...
A 100 book give away may bring autism educational apps to a lesson plan near you.
Educational Apps have been showing great success with many students with special needs and autism. They are motivating learning tools. Although, the nu...See MoreIntegrating Educational Apps and Classroom Lessons for Students with Autism and Special Needs...
A 100 book give away may bring autism educational apps to a lesson plan near you.
Educational Apps have been showing great success with many students with special needs and autism. They are motivating learning tools. Although, the numbers of users of mobile tablets are increasing by the hour, most educators and parents are struggling with where to start when it comes to choosing apps.
Companies like AutismClassroom.com would like to help. “The best we can do is share some of the apps we find useful in a learning situation,” says S.B. Linton, owner of AutismClassroom.com, the online resource for parents and educators. Educational apps that have the ability to be linked to classroom discussions and classroom lessons are very useful since many school systems are buying tablets such as the iPad for their classrooms. “We developed our Autism Classroom app and our other mobile apps for educators and parents to learn more about teaching children with autism, however, we shop for apps that are educational for kids,” she added. Parents and educators need to look for apps that have a high interest value to the student, are reasonably entertaining, and are appropriate for the child. Having the app match up to the theme or unit that the class is working on is an extra bonus.
AutismClassroom.com’s book, Lesson Ideas and Activities for Young Children with Autism and Related Special Needs: Activities, Apps and Lessons for Joint Attention, Imitation, Play, Social Skills & More (2010), matches apps to the actual instructional lesson. The book already provided teachers and parents with over 100 starting points and beginning places for creating meaningful activities for pre- school and elementary-aged students with autism and related special needs. Each theme unit provided activity based ideas specific to Joint Attention, Imitation Skills, Communication, Self-Help Skills, Independent Skills, Pre- Vocational Skills, Social Skills, Play Skills, Sensory Involvement, Basic Concept Mastery, Vocabulary/Literacy, Fine Motor, and Gross Motor. However, just recently, the newly added “Apps” chapter highlights ten educational apps in each skill area. The over 100 highlighted apps can be easily incorporated into lessons and activities for young children with autism and special needs.
“Take the area of self-help, for example, to incorporate an app into a lesson, a teacher or parent teaching a lesson about going on a vacation or about summer vacations, can use the app My Little Suitcase by Moms With Apps. ™ The adult can have the students practice “packing” the suitcase on the app, then pack real items in a real suitcase,” says Linton. “When you do this, you address communication skills, following directions, folding clothes, identifying items, and various other skills.”
This April, in honor of Autism Awareness Month, AutismClassroom.com would like to give away 100 Lesson Ideas and Activities for Young Children with Autism and Related Special Needs: Activities, Apps and Lessons for Joint Attention, Imitation, Play, Social Skills & More (2010) books to families, community support personnel and school teams who are working with children with autism. According to the rules of the contest, 25 books each will be given to four school, organization or family teams. Teams can share the 25 books with other members of the school team and with student’s families. “As always, we want everyone, no matter how much funding their school or household has or doesn’t have, to have access to fun educational ideas for students with special needs,” said Linton. “We also want to make it easy,” she added “to enter the contest, please go to [link removed] . ###
by Kylie Erichson
Apr 11, 2012
How can you use an ipad in your classroom to benefit your students?
Hello My school is considering purchasing me an ipads for me to use in class. I have used the class set of them before to go on line to use Edmodo and the sock puppets app bug would like some feedback to other apps and uses of it so i can write up a justification for it
As summer break comes to an end, I found myself looking for good lesson plans. I have searched free lesson plan sites, however I always felt that they ended up lacking in content and were super hard to search. I stumbled across [link removed]!
I need to make a directory of family names and addresses from data in an excel spreadsheet. I also need an index at the back of the directory that lists the page number where the student is listed. I am looking for software, preferably open source, that I can use to create this. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
What are some strong “apps” to use on an iPad to engage students at the elementary level with the subject matter: science or math?
Are there any interactive games/fun quizes on the Ipad or Iphone that may help elementary students with their geography or overall social studies skills?
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On 3/19/12, renee wrote: > Any thoughts on doceri and splashtop. I have one iPad. I'm > trying to decide between the two. I've used doceri a few > times. It seems good. Is splashtop any different?