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- May 05, 2016

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Low-Tech Ways for Adapting Books for Fine Motor

- May 11, 2017

By: Teresa Loos , EC-SEAT Scholar Part of teaching children with special needs includes providing them with a least restrictive environment in which they have access to the curriculum, opportunities to participate, and can be supported and accommodated in their education. As an educator, I live by Universal Design for Learning and the National Association of Education for Young Children and the Division for Early Childhood’s Position Statement on Inclusion , which ensures that children with special needs have access, participation, and support. When people think of assistive technology, the assumption is some sort of device they can use. However, according the Assistive Technology: principles and practices, assistive technology is a broad range of devices, services, strategies, or practices that can be implemented to eliminate or alleviate problems of an individual with special needs (Cook & Hussey, 2002). Assistive technology can also be low-tech and does n...

App Review: TouchChat HD

- April 30, 2020

By: Melissa Giconda , EC-SEAT Scholar App Name: TouchChat HD Where: Google Play Store Link: https://touchchatapp.com/apps/touchchat-hd-aac Cost: $149.99 (USD + tax) About the app: TouchChat HD is an app that functions as a communication tool for those with communication impairments. This app is used to help children or students who may be non-verbal. It helps students to be able to communicate without actually being physically verbal . It has many options to edit vocabulary and is limitless with flexibility; you are allowed the opportunity to add familiar people, places, snacks, and much more. It is simple enough for a student who has the ability to read written language but also accommodates students who are pre-reading (or not reading at all) and allows them to select icons based on pictu...

Selecting online games to build literacy skills: Evaluating PBS’ Word Girl, Word World, and Super Why! Games

- November 17, 2016

By: Katie McKay , EC-SEAT Project Scholar In early education, literacy is one of the main goals with significant school instruction time spent on reading skills. Within reading instruction there are five domains: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. All areas work together to create a strong reader according to a study done by the National Reading Panel, which means all of these areas need to be practiced (Armbruster, Lehr, & Osborne, 2006). Below you will find an explanation of each area. Using PBS Kids online games to support early literacy Parents and teachers alike who are looking for an easy way to engage their students in learning about reading often look to apps and websites. Not all literacy and reading apps or online games are created equally however. One source that is renowned for quality children's programming and resources is PBS Kids. The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication releas...