This video is about the many new technologies that students with special needs are using in school.
This video is about a new website called geekspeaks.org. Geekspeaks.org is a site that allows you to donate you old, ipods, ipads, and others smart devices so they can be loaded with programs to be used for children with special needs.The first article that I read is called 8 Top Apps for Autistic Learners. The title pretty much explains what it is about. It allows you to look through a slide show that lists the top eight applications that can be used for autistic learners. Not only does the article list the applications, but it also explains what the different applications are capable of doing. My favorite application that this slideshow talks about is called My Horse. It allows the student to get a horse as a pet and take care of it. I think it will help them learn a sense of responsibility. This article is written by an author of the website. It is up to date with the technology. I think that this article is good because it can give you an idea of where to start looking for resources if you have a student with special needs.
The Second article is called Special Technological Possiblilities for Students with Special Needs. This article list many different technologies that can be used for students with specail needs. It gives different types of computer software, different types of devices, and a few other products that can be used. This article was written for a what appears to be textbook. The article was copywritten from 2001 so it is a little out of date but it is still a good article about special needs children and the technology they can use. I think the article is interesting and is another good starting place for people with children with special needs.
I think it is interesting that there are so many ways to use technological devices for students with special needs. My favorite site that I found is the site that is talked about in the second video above. It is called geekspeak.org. I find it intersting that it was started by a father of a student with special needs and has taken off and becoming such a large operation.
References:
http://www.geekspeaks.org/howitworks.html
http://ed551.com/Special%20Needs%20Students.pdf
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/12/05/Apps-for-Autistic-Learners.aspx?Page=1
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