How prepared are you to engage in each type of learning (Carpe
Diem vs St. Mary’s)?
Choosing a type of learning style over another is a tedious process
as there is no such thing as “the best learning style”. At least in my class, I
tend to use Carpe Diem simply because it’s a hands on approach to learning. As
explained in the webinar, students spend some time on the computer exploring
while the teacher maintain close guidance. My students use tailored Ipad apps
to learn Social Support, Behavior, Data, Visual Supports, and Functional
Communication Training. I teach
special needs students and the Carpe Diem approach helps students
retain attention, focus, and improve communication skills and motor skills. I
however, interchange Carpe Diem with other traditional ways of learning where I
have to let my students do book reading, worksheets, and some vocational work.
At St Mary’s Ohio, students learn through use of smart phone. It seems that the
smart phones have to be disabled of several apps to avoid student distraction.
St Mary’s is an interesting idea but I am not yet ready to use it.
Provide specific examples
including devices and apps or software, of what you are currently doing in each
model if you are teaching.
In my
class, I use Ipads for instruction. Here are the Apps that I use. Note that
most of the Apps come free.
Social Support:
Hidden Curriculum for Adolescents
Hidden Curriculum for Kids
Everyday Social Skills HD
Initiating Social Skills HD
Model Me Kids Going Places
Behavior:
i-reward
Preference and Reinforcement
Assessment
Behavior Tracker Pro
Autism Tracker Pro
i hour glass
Data:
Sym trials
Super Duper Data Tracker
Data Analysis
ACB Data
Video Modeling:
My video schedule
Model Me Kids Going Places
My Picture Talk
Pictello
Video Scheduler
Visual Supports:
My video schedule
First and Then visual Schedule
Choice Board Creator
Time Timer
Scheduler
Popplet
Picture Card maker
Pictello
Picture Scheduler
Stories2 Learn
Custom Boards
Answer Yes/No
Step by Step
Iprompts LX
Functional Communication Training:
Look2Learn AAC
I Click I Talk
My First AAC
Grace
Proloquo
SLP Pocket
Tap to Talk
Tap to Talk Uploader
iCommunicate
My Talk Tools
AAC Speech Buddy
Sono Flex
Writing:
Letter Lab
Coloring Pictures by Fingers
ABC
ABC Lite
Early Literacy:
ABC Alphabet Phonics
Alphabet Fun
Pocket Phonics
Reading / Sight Words:
Sight word flashcards
K-3 sight words
Kids Learning Sight Words
Sight Words
Sight Word List
ABC Study Words
Letter Lab
See Read Say
DTT:
ABA Problem Solving (3 apps)
ABA receptive ID (4 apps)
DTT Autism (colors, letters, numbers,
shapes, words)
ABA Flashcards
ABA Flashcard Apps (actions, ABC,
emotions, fruit, nouns, musical instruments, sports, things that go together,
animals, clothing, zoo, famous places, shapes, things you play w/)
ABA Flashcards and games
Self Management:
Sosh lite
Voice Meter
Calm Counter
Goal Tracker
Reinforcement:
Talking News
Talking Tom Cat
Feed Me
Goal Tracker – token economy
I Hear EWE
Game iscream
Big sticky story game
Academic Math:
Counting Money
Dinosaur Kids Math
Telling Time free
Flash to Pass Math Flashcards
My Math app
Math kid
My math Flashcards
Rocket Math
Master the Math
Tell Time
IEP Support:
Goal Tracker
Language / VB:
Language Builder
Question Builder
Sentence Builder
Story Builder
My Day with WH words – Social Story
Question Lite
Speech journal
Describing Words
Other:
What’s next / Patterns
e-books 4 u
Bob Books Reading Magic #1
i-books
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
Talking News
Special Education Edition
Kid Fun Kit
Amazing Match Lite
Autism APPS
What
would you recommend in terms of a school wide initiative to improve teaching
and learning at this point if you were in a position to do so?
My recommendations will be that, technology need to be taken
seriously as a instructional tool and a s a tool. I would recommend
implementing virtual classrooms. Instead of my school having snow days, this
could be replaced by virtual classes. I would explain to my principal and
parents how virtual classes save money to both the school and parents. Parents
may save on cutting trips to drive their kids to school, while the school
serves on supplies and amenities that they will cut if students are not taking classes
on site.
A
mixture of the 2 models (Carpe Diem vs St. Mary’s) is probably in everyone’s
future. How do you see executing your version of the blend in your field?
I will use both models
but leaning more on Carpe Diem. So far, Carpe Diem is successful in my class so
I intend to improve it. St Mary’s may not work for the population that I teach.
Smart phones may be more of a distraction to my students.
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