Tuesday, February 15, 2011

HelpKidzLearn = WOW!

I am so excited about this website that I stumbled across last week!
http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/index.html
It is filled with WONDERFUL activities for students who use switches to access a computer. I especially love the "splat the clowns" activity under the games tab...it reinforces switch timing in a fun way that is easy to understand. There are plenty of games, stories, and activities for all types of student needs and levels, including mouse learning activities. These would be fun activities for switch and non-switch users to play together--the non switch user can simply use the keyboard (space bar).
To access a computer with a switch, you will need a switch interface with a simple jelly bean switch (or similar). Each of our self contained classrooms already have these on one of the classroom computers. If you have an adapted mouse (the type with the holes on the side) you can plug a switch into that and use it instead of a switch interface.

Have fun switching!