Archive for the 'Brain' Category

Apr 09 2009

Galleries of thought – wandering through each other’s thinking

Published by Mike Temple under Brain

From Darren Kuropatwa’s “A difference” blog

Galleries of Thought really got me thinking about what it is we are trying to do in the classroom and I think darren has some great approaches

  • Those that haven’t mastered the material the first time around often do when they have to create content that educates.
  • When kids publish their work online everyone (teachers, peers, parents, others) can peek in at a gallery of their thoughts. Learn from both the mistakes and the exemplary work others.
  • Wading through the galleries of their thought I become a better teacher and they become better learners.

I really recommend reading this through if you are a practitioner looking at web 2.0

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Apr 07 2009

Dyslexia and AEN support

Published by Mike Temple under AEN, Brain

Dyslexia and SEN support

http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/education/scte/sen/ict/ictdyslexia.html

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/downloads/incictprov6_comm_diffs.doc

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/downloads/incictprov5_cognitive_diffs.doc

See also the Becta ICT information sheets on:

Communication difficulties and ICT
Dyslexia and ICT
Hearing impairment and ICT
Physical disabilities and ICT
Speech and language difficulties and ICT
Speech recognition systems

Introducing speech recognition technology for writing to a young person with special needs

Mick Donegan, a teacher at the ACE Centre in Oxford, has been working with a range of students who all have the motivation and need to produce written work. They have a physical disability, speech or learning difficulty, dyslexia, or any combination of these. While Mick’s work is particularly relevant to special needs students, there are still some basic tips which any student might benefit from, and this report provides helpful advice to those involved in using speech recognition technology with students with special needs.

Read Mick Donegan’s advice (pdf – 60 KB)

Voice recognition – getting specific
An update on issues arising out of the ACE Centre publication Voice Recognition Technology in Education – Factors for Success

Voice Recognition Technology in Education – Factors for Success can be ordered from the ACE Centre Publications.

Information Sheets

The ICT Advice web site offers an exciting concept in ICT support and advice to education professionals working in schools.

Aimed at classroom teachers, leadership teams, subject co-ordinators, ICT co-ordinators and special needs co-ordinators, the site is a one-stop shop for ICT education needs, providing access to advice and support that is relevant to your specific professional needs.

The links below will take you to the information on the ICT Advice site.

Technologies | Using ICT in education
Using ICT in special needs education | General issues

Using ICT in special needs and inclusive education

Communication difficulties and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Assessing the provision of ICT for inclusion timesaver

Dyslexia and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Dyslexia and ICT

Emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, and ICT

Gifted and talented children and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in How to use ICT to support gifted and talented children

Hearing impairment and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in How to use ICT to support the inclusion of the deaf child

Learning difficulties and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Learning difficulties and ICT

Legislation for special educational needs and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Legislation for Special Educational Needs and ICT guidance

Physical disabilities and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Physical disabilities and ICT

Special needs and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Assessing the provision of ICT for inclusion timesaver

Speech and language difficulties and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Speech and Language difficulties, and ICT guidance

Speech recognition systems
Information on this topic can be found in What is a speech recognition system?

Visual impairment and ICT
Information on this topic can be found in Visual Impairment and ICT guidance

Dyslexia BECTA

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=as&search_submitted=1&term=dyslexia+and+ICT

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Apr 07 2009

Memory Differences & Autism, behaviour

Published by Mike Temple under AEN, Brain


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Here’s a useful paper for parents and teachers of students with high functioning autism. Researchers began looking more systematically for patterns of strength and weakness in memory.

Students with autism tended to have weakness in spatial memory, and recall of complex visual and verbal stimuli (consistent with common symptoms of sensory overload), but good story memory, associational memory, and verbal working memory.

These findings have obvious implications for the design of educational programs. Neuropsychological assessments of these students need to become routine. It’s absurd to think behavioral checklists tell us anything substantial about individual students’ needs.

Memory Differences and Autism

thanks to Eide Neurolearning Blog

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