Blog of the hour..

Posted on September 14th, 2007 in General by fweep2  Tagged , ,

edublogs have this site listed today, as one of the sites of the hour, and i agree! Its got lots of downloadable / interactive resources, grouped by curriculum area, some of which have good application to special education. I’m putting the blog site in my links down belw, but here it is in case you are desperately keen to get there and cant wait to scroll down the page!

Free resources from the Net blog

Also, one of the links i explored is below – a page of freeware software for PC, Mac, Linux etc that teach basic skills.

Basic Skills software

Animation 3…

Posted on September 11th, 2007 in General by fweep2

I came across this video, seemingly produced as part of an e-twinning project between special schools, which i really like the sound of! Because our students are in and out at different times, we’ve struggled to get any kind of “e” project up and running, although i would love to give our students the chance to meet, virutally, others from around the world. Anyone out there who’s interested. please get in touch!!

Anyway, i really liked the animation and am going to show my ICT students this clip to get them going on their own animation projects this year!! Have a look..

Animation Shorts:

Drum Crazy

Posted on September 10th, 2007 in General by fweep2

I like this too – a lnk to a drum web blog, featuring some work done at a SLD school

Drummers

A parent’s blogsite

Posted on September 10th, 2007 in General by fweep2

Hi all,

“Parenting a Special Needs Child”

This site belongs to a parent with a son with complex needs. The site itself is quite interesting, but the most recent video post really cracked me up – it certainly rang some bells here!!

PKU – what is it?

Posted on September 2nd, 2007 in Learning Difficulties Info by fweep2

PKU stands for Phenylketonuria, a rare genetic disorder which affects a persons ability to convert certain amino acids in their body.  The unconverted amino acids are toxic to the central nervous system, and result in brain damage, epilepsy and other problems.

If children with PKU are identified within the first few weeks of life, they can be placed on a special diet that eliminates proteins.  This prevents the occurence of brain damage and allows the child to develop normally.  Undiagnosed children develop severe learning difficulties.

There seems to be evidence to suggest that symptoms of PKU will be reduced if a strict diet is followed, even for adults who have been diagnosed late in life andhave already suffered neurological damage.  Most of the benefits seem to be around behaviour and immunity to disease.  There is some suggestion that a mild form of PKU may cause similar symptoms to ADHD / ADD, resulting in possible mis-diagnosis.

Find out more on PKU here…