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24 February 2021 Watch webinar
Special needs and technology
Ally or enemy? Advantages and disadvantages for SEN students in the digital world
Highlights
- Thinking about everybody and not the majority
- Work side by side with families
- Combining technology with effective teaching
Event summary
95% of the participants in the symposium consider technology an ally of SEN children, but 66% admit that the existing technology is not good enough to cater for diversity.
In this event we interviewed the education advisor for ICT and Inclusion Carol Allen. She points out some key aspects to guarantee a more inclusive teaching in our classes, and reflects on how the pandemic and distance learning have affected students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), especially those with ADHD, autism and dyslexia.
The role of EdTech
The expert also gives us some practical tips on the role of technology in personalising learning and how to accompany it with effective and meaningful teaching for the student.
Allen shares some technological tools for the different learning disorders to empower SEN students and help them become more self-sufficient. In addition, she gives us some advice on how teachers can keep up to date with new learning tools and possibilities.
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Speakers
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Carol Allen
Teacher and SEN practitioner, UK
Education Advisor for ICT and Inclusion and teacher since 1980 both in mainstream schools and in schools for students with learning difficulties. She was named as one of the top ten educators for her work in inclusion, #EdTech2018.
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