internet pedagogy
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Course overview for graduate course called Internet Pedagogy at the University of ManitobaTRANSCRIPT
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Technology
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly!
by
Al Stacey
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The Ugly
Recent News Headlines: • 15 year old boy dies after running away from home
following a dispute with his parents over his obsession with online gaming.
• "News of the boys disappearance brought to light the
secret fears many parents harbour over their children's video gaming habits."
Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, November 15, 2008
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The Bad • cyberbullying• cyberstalking• online gambling• online gaming• child obesity• unsupervised children• plagarism• pornography• identity theft• inappropriate advertisements• ...just to name a few...
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Elementary Teacher's Role:
• introduce, demonstrate and use appropriate computer applications (photostory, powerpoint, webquest)
• model ethics and responsibility• discuss and model with our students "Acceptable Uses
for technology" and "Divisional Acceptable Use Policy" • inform and educate parents about technology.
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A Continuum Model for Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum
How Do We Get There?
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The Good
Augmentative Alternative Communication: • An area of clinical practice that attempts to compensate either
temporarily or permanently for the impairment and disability patterns of individuals with servere and expressive communication disorders.
International Society for Augmentative & Alternative Communication (ISAAC)
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AAC benefits the following students: • students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Aspergers Syndrome• students with cerebral palsy• students lacking verbal communication skills• blind and visually impaired• deaf and hard of hearing• students with cognitive disabilities
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One Example of AAC:
Pix Writer
• a picture-assisted writing tool that would benefit the following students:o beginning writerso students with fine motor difficultieso students with limited writing vocabularyo students with memory difficultieso students with communication difficulties o students who require visual scheduleso students who require communication books
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Science Sample
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Science Sample
Note: Each words matches a symbol
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Student sample for Communication Book
Note: Symbol matches a phrase
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Visual Student Schedule
Helps prepare students for transitions
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Student or teacher can modify symbols
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Other Examples of Augmentative Alternative Communication
• Writing with Symbols
Program includes many different graphics for frequently use vocabulary
o teacher creates experiential stories with pictures for students to read to themselves or with an adult
o social stories for autistic children to help them process concepts (i.e. identifying and understanding emotions)
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Writing with Symbols
Symbols are made using different styles so students have images that meet their understanding
mayer-johnson.com
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Other examples of Augmentative Alternative Communication
• Co-Writero word predicting programo students have some spelling skillso program predicts upcoming wordso e.g. student types "th" and the following words may appear:
the, these, there, those...and the student chooses the correct word.
o appropriate for students with fine motor difficulties
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Challenges Facing Educators
• Cost of Technology • Training teachers to use the technology
• Access to the best technology to meet student needs
• Resources - Lack of Speech and Language Clinicians,
Occupational Therapists and Computer Augmentative Specialists
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Conclusion:
• Technology has greatly improved the lives of students with
disabilities allowing programs to be designed to meet specific learning needs.
• Technology has allowed indivuals to move forward in
education and to develop independent living skills