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iPad holds promise for dealing with autism | Hudson Star-Observer | Hudson, Wisconsin - 0 views

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    Computer developers at Apple didn't design the iPad with autism in mind, but it seems like it, according to parents of children with the disorder.
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  • Freeware! TreePad Lite is an award-winning Personal Information Manager for Windows (and Linux/Wine). It is portable, easy to use, small in size, yet very powerful. TreePad Lite can be used to store, edit, search, organize and browse any type of textual information: notes, emails, articles, links, phone numbers, addresses, scraps pasted from the Web, etc.
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Special Education Teacher Describes Fun Classroom Technology Learning Environment to Te... - 0 views

  • video interview with Education Specialist Rebecca Byers.Video Interview: http://web.teachtown.com/article-byers-042011
  • “The technology enables teachers, parents and specialists to work together to provide consistent instruction. Student data reports guide us to develop more effective IEPs (Individual Education Plans). Consistent instruction and progress data are two primary benefits of computer aided instruction to help all children learn.”
  • TeachTown®: Basics incorporates the latest artificial intelligence and best practices in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Discrete Trial Performance to prescribe individual lessons based on learning styles and student progress.
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  • I also think this program would work well for English Language Learners.
  • TeachTown®: Basics was designed by a team of autism researchers led by Dr. Christina Whalen, PhD, BCBA-D, Chief Science Officer, who co-founded the company while working at the University of Washington Autism Center. The intervention curriculum addresses early childhood learning standards, and uses prescriptive and adaptive intelligence to deliver direct instruction. At appropriate intervals, children are motivated with games and rewards. Teachers can view progress reports online and receive a monthly email report to track accountability. The program contains over 800 On Computer Lessons and Off Computer Activities, and delivers thousands of concepts in six essential learning domains: Mathematics, Language Development, Language Arts, Adaptive Skills, Cognitive Skills, and Social and Emotion Skills.
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Engineering Universal Access for Learning - 0 views

  • “Universal design usually means creating buildings that are physically accessible to everyone, with hallways wide enough for wheelchairs,” he says. “But, in promoting ‘universal design for learning,’ we have to simultaneously confront the technological, social and psychological barriers to equal education.”
  • “Rather than see one person as being blind and another as having dyslexia, we’ve found that it’s most useful to think of both of them as having difficulty processing visual information.
  • some of the most critical issues in educational access remain social rather than technological. As he says, “there is still a stigma that makes some students unwilling to disclose their learning disability.”
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  • Bowie State is collaborating with researchers at the University of Illinois to combine image processing, facial recognition and natural speech to interpret and describe graphic images.
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