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Special Education Goes High Tech

Special Education Goes High Tech | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.special-education-degree.net - September 4, 2013 9:08 PM
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This infographic looks at how technology shaped education for special needs students (in the U.S.). There are many sections in the infographic including:

* A Brief History of Children with Special Education Needs

* The Percentage of Students by Disability (ages 6 - 17)

* Then, Now and the Future

* Devices to Help the Hearing Impaired

* Devices to Help the Visually Impaired

* iPad Apps

* Psychological Effects of the new Technologies

* References

As educators we need to understand the history of Special Education and the needs of our students. This post presents valuable information for teachers across all grade levels and curriculum.

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Shao Lin Lauricella's curator insight, October 30, 2013 8:26 PM

I find this super helpful. There are many more special needs children today than there were back in the day. Also today there is more use in the technology world and we need to accommodate to both. This is helpful because it teaches teachers who has a special needs students the different technology tools that will help those students specifically. 
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50 Popular iPad Apps For Struggling Readers & Writers

50 Popular iPad Apps For Struggling Readers & Writers | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.teachthought.com - September 17, 2012 7:47 PM
Whether you're the parent of a child with a reading disability or an educator that works with learning disabled students on a daily basis, you're…...

Fifty helpful tools - Some will help "educators and students with reading disabilities," others focus on "fundamentals of reading, writing, and spelling." Suggested apps are also provided for reading, writing and spelling.

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TalkTyper - Speech Recognition in a Browser

TalkTyper - Speech Recognition in a Browser | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From talktyper.com - July 2, 2012 9:08 PM

This tool allows you to record your speech within a browser. You may record by pressing the microphone button(suggestion is one sentence at a time). To see your sentence you select the volume control (above the microphone) and your sentence will appear and be read to you. If a word is not correct you may select the icon with the 3 lines and alternate suggestions will appear. The downward arrow will move the text below and allow you to continue to record. 

Once the text has been moved you may copy it to the clipboard, print it, clear the text, email it, tweet it, or translate it. 

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Special Education 101 (Infographic)

Special Education 101 (Infographic) | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From rossieronline.usc.edu - September 25, 2012 11:03 PM

An overview of Special Education that helps to define the term special education, looks at types of special needs, the percentage of students who receive special education services, and much more. In this infographic special education is defined as "specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability."

Today one of the buzzwords in education is personalized learning. As our classrooms move towards this goal it is important to recognize how technology may impact both our special education and our regular education students.

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Steven Blomdale's curator insight, June 6, 2013 12:12 AM

I scooped this info graph to demonstrate to teachers to prominences of the various types impairments in the 21st century. I beleive this is an important issue as teachers need to know as classrooms today are having students with some type of disability or impairemnt. Teachers need accomodate and differentiate the types of ICT skills and devices used within the classroom. The aim of technolgies within the classroom is to allow students to engage confidently with technologies and make informed, ethical and sustainable decisions about technologies for preferred futures including personal health andwellbeing, recreation, everyday life, the world of work and enterprise, and the environment (ACARA, 2013).
CTD Institute's curator insight, November 21, 2014 9:39 AM

Great Infographic!
Victoria's curator insight, June 23, 2015 10:22 AM

@Dennis P. Garland I thought this was a great overview of data on special education.
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50 Must-See Blogs For Special Education Teachers | Edudemic

50 Must-See Blogs For Special Education Teachers | Edudemic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From edudemic.com - August 11, 2012 4:19 PM

A great list of blogs focused on special education. There are six categories:


* Special Education Topic Strategies


* Technology and Assistive Technology


* Special Topics


* Special Education News and Policy


* Special Education Law


* Various Topics on Special Education


Great resouces to be found.

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Dozens of iPad Apps for Young Students on the Spectrum, at Your Fingertips | Emerging Education Technology

Dozens of iPad Apps for Young Students on the Spectrum, at Your Fingertips | Emerging Education Technology | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.emergingedtech.com - June 24, 2012 11:19 PM

Apple's popular tablet can be a great tool for students, parents, and teachers dealing with PDD and Autism Spectrum Disorders, or with other learning disabilities.

This post discusses a number of apps that are geared to students with disabilities and also shares a free app, Autism Apps, that "provides easy access to what appears to be at least a hundred apps that are being used by and with people diagnosed with autism or other special needs. Apps are grouped into dozens of categories and a search tools is also provided, so users can easily search through their excellent database of apps. Each app listed may include screenshots (for both the iPad and iPod if available), reviews, video reviews, and an “Email to a Friend” function. This is really a top notch resource and we highly recommend it."

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