A Few Ideas On Using Multimedia
with
Special Needs Students
Some ways to use Hyperstudio
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To help students learn to manipulate the mouse,
take pictures of the students, scan them, and use the images to create
Hyperstudio pages. Create buttons on each picture that make sounds
and ask the students to move the mouse to where the button is and click.
When the student clicks on the button, the feedback is immediate.
The great thing about Hyperstudio is that you can adjust the size and location
of the buttons very easily, and adapt your work to the ability level of
the student.
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Once you have learned how to use Hyperstudio,
you can create templates that allow your students to create their own work
in Hyperstudio. It is like the concept of backward chaining, you
can create a project that the student can add the last information and
work your way back towards the beginning.
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Students with poor reading and/or writing skills
can use Hyperstudio to create book reports and other visual presentations.
You might also create reading activities using matching, fill in the blank,
or cloze approaches.
Using a camcorder and VCR
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Camcorders are great for teaching
social skills. Set up role plays and video the students.
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Use video to record field trips,
trips to the grocery, recreation activities, trips to the post office,
any shopping trip, or any activity that can suppliment and reinforce learning.
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It is now easy to edit and produce
your own videos with tools like Avid
Cinema. Check out the web site for more information. The
software is not expensive and easy to use. The software does require
specific video hardware (standard on a Mac G3) for PC's.
Digital Cameras are great if you
have access to one. There is a new Sony Mavica camera that records
MPEG's on floppy disc - amazing!
You don't always need to have the latest
greatest computer technology to use multimedia with students. Check
out www.mudpie.org for lots of ideas.
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