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Visual Learning Tools for Students with Dyslexia and ADHD. Julia Koifman, Beit Ekstein high school, Israel IATEFL Conference Birmingham, UK. 13-16 April 2016
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Visual Learning Tools for Students with Dyslexia and ADHD.
Julia Koifman, Beit Ekstein high school, Israel
IATEFL ConferenceBirmingham, UK.13-16 April 2016
Program• Introduction•Dyslexia and ADHD •Traditional and modern methods•How to catch the students’ attention?•Visual learning tools•Apps for Dyslexia
Introduction
Do you have any students, who• misunderstand your instructions? • have unreadable handwriting?• misspell too much?• misbehave?• answer back to teachers?• daydream during the lessons?• hate studying but come to school because they have no choice?
If you have at least 3 positive questions, you have some students with learning disabilities (LD).
Where do LD Come From?
Learning Disabilities
(LD)
Dyslexia Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)
Traditional methods Modern methods
Teacher centered lesson Student centered lesson
Blackboard Screen
Textbook Smartphones and iPads
Units YouTube and photo sites
Notebooks Blogs
Presentation with pictures Online presentation
Teacher’s instructions Visual messages
How to Catch Their Attention?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2QZgC10Fkw
How to teach LD students?•Many of them good at computers, so we should use educational technology.
•Many of them are visual learners, therefore we should use visual learning tools, such as diagrams, pictures and videos.
Due to educational technology…LD students…• are more motivated• get engaged in classroom activities• are attentive, not disruptive and excited about
learning• check their spelling, grammar and general understanding• develop the skill to process and analyze information
delivered through images.• have learner autonomy• get less frustrated and discouraged
Their teachers…• do more teaching and less behavior management• catch the kids’ attention more easily• can conduct frontal lessons using interactive whiteboard• adapt material for LD students in a variety of ways.
Online Spelling Exercises
Teaching vocabulary online
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsSf0clUGA
Story Telling• enlarges students’ vocabulary• help them learn grammar and sentence structure• using books with pictures or e-books improve their reading skills• seeing English subtitles and repeating the words improves their spelling and
pronunciation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iOlM9XdOYo
Songs• also enhance learning vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure• make your lessons more interesting and motivating.• are perfect to develop LD teenagers’ listening skills• playing songs with images and subtitles enhances their spelling and general understanding
After-reading/listening activities
Tips for LD Classroom1. Remember that every person with dyslexia is not the same2. Repeat directions3. Give step-by-step instructions4. Make sure the students understand you5. Gamify your lessons6. Computerize tests, quizzes and homework7. Use online stories and songs with images and subtitles8. Use English subtitles and repetition to enhance the general understanding9. Give opportunities for learners to present and practice language in different
ways
Apps for Dyslexia• Sight words http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/sightwords• Ghotit Real Writer http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/ghotit-real-writer• Promptoo http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/promptoo• Spy Sam Reading Series http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/spy-sam-reading-series-free• ER Browser http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/er-browser-099• Make Sentences http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/make-sentences-free• Play and Learn http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/play-learn-languages-free• Learn to Read, Write and Spell http://
dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/learn-read-write-and-spell-free• Alphabet Keyboard http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps/alphabet-keyboard-532
Categories Apps
iPad Digital Storytelling Apps • Lego Friends Story Maker• 30hands• Toontastic• ZooBurst
• Puppet Pals HD• Shadow Puppet Edu
• Tellagami• Adobe Slate • TeleStory
Android Storytelling Apps • Tellagami• Story Dice• WeVideo• Animoto• Flipagram
Chromebook Storytelling Apps • Haiku Deck• Storybird
• Powtoon Presentation• Pixton
Web Tools for Digital Storytelling • Little Bird Tales • Zimmer Twins at School
• Storyboard That• Capzles
• VoiceThread• Zooburst
• Animoto Education
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pixton-for-google-chromeb/odepbnabionemkpekcfilpihkkfngnop
