email with questions and/or comments: jessica.wills@morrisville.org 

Our challenge we agreed to accept:

Work as a partnership to support students with special needs using the IPAD in order to increase student independence, access to general education, support basic skills instruction, self-regulation, self-awareness, and social understanding.  Write an action research project on what happened when we put iPads in students' hands. What did students teach us? Can iPads make individualized services more effective and less time-consuming? Oh yeah, and present at Dynamic Landscapes, oh yeah and we are going to video tape your presenation!

Even though we have only had the IPADs for three weeks at this point, we are excited to share what we have learned, learn from others and continue to work as a team increasing student success with technology. 

Jessica Wills; Consulting Teacher

Leah Belitsos; Consulting Teacher

Rita Angione; Speech and Language Pathologist

Marcy Pelkey; Occupational Therapist

Dr. James Calhoun; School Psychologist

As a participant today you will NOT be expected to hang onto every word, instead please use your time wisely.  We have limited experience to share but are excited to do it.  You are welcome to check out our page, come take a look at our IPADs and try out apps that you may not have and PLEASE offer up your experiences to the group as this is a learning journey for us that has just begun.  

     Our prezi talks about

• apps for math, literacy and social skills
• apps for multiple areas of Speech and Language 
• apps for occupational therapy 
• executive functioning and how to use the IPAD for students with cognitive deficits 
• apps for self regulation with pre and post assessments 
• Direct link to prezi presentation: http://tinyurl.com/chj7n4k  
• Action Plan...please know this is a work in progress and not complete:  TeacherInquiryPlanTemplate.doc

CHECK OUT THESE APPS:

They are the most engaging for my 2 year old and she can do and show knowledge that she hasn't been able to show me in other situations.

http://myfirstapp.com/MyFirstApp/Home.html                                                                                                 

Relevant YouTube videos:

This video shows an app for the IPAD for students who cannot access the IPAD due to lack fine motor control.   

This video is for parents and/or education professionals that supports the Individualized Education Program process and forms.  First Special Education App to be created.

IPAD Articles:

Innovation of the Year for Kids with Disabilities:

http://www.care2.com/causes/the-ipad-autism-apple.html  

10 Revolutionary iPAD Apps to Help Autistic Children

http://thetherapeuticresourcesblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-revolutionary-ipad-apps-to-help.html

Theraputic and Educational Apps List:

IPAD apps list.pdf (when you open it-click on the page to open through pdf file to see all 10 pages!)

Ideas for Lessons that include the IPAD

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-integration-classroom-andrew-marcinek

Blogs:

Occupational Therapists Blog: All About the IPAD!

http://hosmerot.blogspot.com/

CHECK THIS OUT! SLP's using IPADs and IPODs with students can get support with assistive technology!

http://www.getatstuff.com/