Winnipeg student uses iPad to speak first words

See on Scoop.it – Individual and Special Needs Examiner Eight months ago, seven-year-old Jade Forscutt couldn’t talk to her classmates at Samuel Burland School. Michael MacNeil‘s insight: This is wonderful.  The advantages of technology in assisting those with disabilities cannot be underscored enough. You should see what a colleague of my wife is doing with […]

Heutagogy: Meet the Future Head on.

In the pre-education system era of learning, pedagogy was only one method of providing for learners.  Apprenticeships and, of course, necessity, often took another tack.  Apprentices and others learning crafts arts and practical skills were often left to their own devices and expected to create seeking guidance when it became necessary, but always goal oriented. […]

10 Ingenious Inventions for People With Disabilities

See on Scoop.it – Individual and Special Needs Examiner These adaptive devices help improve the lives of people living with disabilities, and they illustrate how far assistive tech has come. Michael MacNeil‘s insight: Fascinating and useful developments, but this is worth looking at for the Dynavox Eyemax alone.  The ability to successfully communicate must lift […]

Everything old is new again – in its own way

Communications technology, computer, Ipad and other tablets, cell phones, and the internet, are becoming more and more a component of education, and while it must still be remembered that they are simply useful tools for learning, their value cannot be minimized. They are reinforcing pedagogy as teachers and school systems turn to them more and […]

Breaking Down Barriers: iPad helpful tool for special-needs students

See on Scoop.it – Individual and Special Needs Examiner Breaking Down Barriers: iPad helpful tool for special-needs students Pittsburgh Post Gazette The iPad also is a social tool for Nadia, who attends PACE for its emotional support program and whose parents asked that her last name not be used. See on www.post-gazette.com