My students need different ways to express themselves and Dash and Dot offer a new and interactive way to practice communication skills. The students get practice with conversational and functional skills when using Dash and Dot.
My students come from a variety of backgrounds and all have different amazing abilities. The students I work with have severe special needs. We use a variety of methods to work and learn in ways that will best meet the needs of each student.
Some of the students in my class are nonverbal and cannot communicate in the typical way that their peers do, and therefore require some extra support and tools to be able to express wants, and needs.
My Project
Dash and Dot are robots that can be controlled through an app on the iPad where students can make them talk, move, and create sequences of multi-step directions to follow.
The students I work with need practice in using fine motor skills which are utilized in order to navigate the robots as well as making a path for them to follow.
They also do best following directions in non-conventional ways which are used in coding activities to do with the robots on the app.
Another area that they need extra practice in is conversational skills. Dash can be programmed to say and ask things which will promote the students using multi-exchange conversations.
More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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