A Blogger's Insight:
Technologies that Address Visual-Spatial
and Motor Control Issues
We have looked at different kinds of apps that can be implemented into a children daily life to enhance their mathematic skills. Now let's take a look at different types of technologies that can address students with visual-spatial and motor control issues.
The following are characteristics of visual-spatial disabilities:
√ has difficulty telling the difference between similar printed letters or
figures; i.e., p & q, b & d, + and x, or square and rectangle
√ often loses place when copying from a book or the chalkboard
√ often loses place when copying from a book or the chalkboard
√ has difficulty telling the difference between different colors, shapes, and sizes
√ confuses left and right
√ fatigues easily with schoolwork
The following are characteristics of motor disabilities:
√ difficulty with fine motor tasks such as buttoning, zipping, tying,
knitting, sewing, playing games with small parts, closing ziploc bags
√ difficulty with handwriting; hard to read, takes a long time to write
√ difficulty with handwriting; hard to read, takes a long time to write
√ frequently drops items
√ difficulty lining up numbers correctly for math problems and/or balancing a checkbook
√ hums or vocalizes while concentrating on a task
To support these students, here is an additional resources that is
available and recommended to use:
MATH TALK
Math talk is a speech recognition software that helps students with their homework, create/write math problems using their voice, and a scientific math notebook used to record their problems and work.
To view a video on the tool CLICK HERE!
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