Leveling the playing field with apps
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Leveling the playing field with apps
An opportunity to level the playing field for diverse learners has arrived. With the use of mobile devices and a set of apps, barriers to learning can be removed and will set the stage for access to learning for ALL learners.
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Gary’s Top 25 Apps 2011 | Apps For Children with Special Needs

Gary’s Top 25 Apps 2011 | Apps For Children with Special Needs | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

Discover each day what the Top 25 Apps for 2011 for children with special needs will be.  

 

"Apps for Children with Special Needs (a4cwsn) is committed to helping the families and carers of children with special needs and the wider community of educators and therapists who support them, by producing videos that demonstrate how products designed to educate children and build their life skills really work from a user perspective."

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Mobile Learning4Special Needs - Apps

Mobile Learning4Special Needs - Apps | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it


This wiki contains 120 apps categorized into 14 categories for students with special needs.  Included are video tutorials and case studies.

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5 (+1) Apps to develop social skills for students with special needs | inov8 Educational Consulting

5 (+1) Apps to develop social skills for students with special needs | inov8 Educational Consulting | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

In this post, we examine 5 Apps to develop social skills for students with special needs (plus 1 extra!)

 

"Social skills intervention for children with special needs is an area that is growing with new innovations in technology. [See social skills interventions for children with autism from the Kennedy Krieger Institute for a good overview.] It is especially encouraging to note that most of the technology being developed follows evidence-based practices in the development of social skills. Two such examples of research-supported technology are video modeling and social stories."

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