AEN Information Sheet Eleven: ICT and Speech and Language
Why?
- Facilitates social interaction.
- Assists the production of high quality, well presented documents.
- Can offer privacy in work.
- Opportunities to accommodate different learning styles.
- Can assist pupils in learning to be independent.
- Affords learners the opportunity to work at their own pace.
- Is non-judgmental and allows pupils more control of their learning.
- Can allow pupils to be gainfully employed while the teacher works with others.
- Can motivate pupils into making a greater effort and can provide pupils with extra work
to master basic skills.
- Gives instant feedback to the pupil’s responses.
- Can provide pupils with a safe environment to work in.
What?
- Computer assisted learning.
- Switch technology.
- Digitised speech.
- Tape recorders
- Talking word processors.
- Word processors.
- Overlay keyboards.
- Vocabulary, spelling, grammar programmes.
- Literacy assistance software.
- Communication aids.
- Software
- Digital video recorders.
Software
- Talking Word Processor (textHelp , Write Out Loud).
- Talking Books Don Johnston, Wellington Square, SEMERC)
- Word Processor (Co-Writer).
- Overlay Keyboards (Intellitool) http://intellitools.com
- Vocabulary and Spelling Programmes (Starspell).
- Literacy Assistance Software.(Inclusive Writer.)
- Predictive Text (Co-Writer).
Books and Articles
- University of Dundee – http.//www.computing.dundee.ac.uk
Produce a range of articles, book chapters and conference proceedings.
- Early Education Transformed Abbot and Moylett Routledge
- Learning To Teach in the Secondary School Capel, Leask, Turner Education 2001
Websites
www.afasic.org.uk
www.becta.org.uk
www.scoil.net
www.ican.org.uk
www.ncte.ie
www.talkingpoint.org.uk/
Additional Educational Needs: