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Welcome to Academia’s Special educational needs and disability (SEND) library.

OUR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY (SEND) LIBRARY

The purpose of the library is to hold a range of FREE material on:

The built-in accessibility features of the iPad

An overview of some useful apps for the SEND classroom

Activity ideas for the SEND classroom

Case studies of how Apple technology is used within the SEND classroom

We would like to create a SEND community and encourage people to share their experiences and useful material that they currently use.

We would like to create a SEND community and encourage people to share their experiences and useful material that they currently use.

CONSTRUCTING THE LIBRARY’S CONTENT

WORKING CLOSELY WITH PAUL HUTTON

Academia has worked closely with Paul Hutton on constructing the initial content for the library. Paul is a highly experienced teacher across all ages and phases. He is passionate about inspiring and enabling quality learning and quality teaching, exploiting creativity and thinking differently. He enables users to make highly effective use of technologies in different contexts.

 

In addition to teaching in the UK, he has taught in France and in Australia. He has led ICT development, worked in leadership teams and has been a school governor.

WORKING CLOSELY WITH PAUL HUTTON

Academia has worked closely with Paul Hutton on constructing the initial content for the library. Paul is a highly experienced teacher across all ages and phases. He is passionate about inspiring and enabling quality learning and quality teaching, exploiting creativity and thinking differently. He enables users to make highly effective use of technologies in different contexts.

 

In addition to teaching in the UK, he has taught in France and in Australia. He has led ICT development, worked in leadership teams and has been a school governor.

PAUL HUTTON’S BACKGROUND

For a decade Paul worked as a Learning and Teaching Consultant mapping the curriculum with teachers to maximise ICT opportunities, jointly teaching in class, leading exciting projects including Gaming For Learning using Myst Exile and Wii.

 

In 2010 he led on the introduction of iPad devices across the local authority and subsequent Mobile Device Management. He worked for four years with the Regional Training Centre at elearning@luton providing cutting edge learning using Apple technologies and the TV studio.

PAUL HUTTON’S BACKGROUND

For a decade Paul worked as a Learning and Teaching Consultant mapping the curriculum with teachers to maximise ICT opportunities, jointly teaching in class, leading exciting projects including Gaming For Learning using Myst Exile and Wii.

 

In 2010 he led on the introduction of iPad devices across the local authority and subsequent Mobile Device Management. He worked for four years with the Regional Training Centre at elearning@luton providing cutting edge learning using Apple technologies and the TV studio.

CASE STUDIES

CEDAR LODGE SCHOOL

“A Special Needs School that has introduced the iPad on a 1:1 basis and seen some fantastic results. The iPad has transformed teaching and learning at the School.”

DAME ELLEN PINSENT SCHOOL

“A Special Needs Primary School that has introduced the iPad on a 1:1 basis. The iPad has provided the students with a flexible learning environment and provided some great successes in teaching and learning.”

TWO MINUTE TUTORIALS

SUPPORTING VISION

“There are many Accessibility features built into iOS 11 for iPad and iPhone. In this video, we will look at the accessibility features that can equip students who may have a range of vision impairments.”

DISPLAY ACCOMMODATIONS

In this video, we look at an accessibility feature called Display Accommodations, which provides support for users who may have a range of vision impairments.

GUIDED ACCESS

In this video, we will look at Guided Access. Guided Access enables an iPad to be locked into a single app. This is very useful in keeping a learner to stay focused on a single task.

BROWSE THE LIBRARY

Academia SEND

Provision

Academia SEND Sample Creativity

App Review:

Green Screen

App Review:

Curator

App Review:

Touch Autism

Reaching All Learners

with iPad

OTHER APPLE PRODUCTS

Explore the physical and motor skills accessibility features built into other Apple products.

Mac

iPad

iPhone

TV

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