Technology for creativity and planning

In this video, Peter Rainger talks about the way he uses concept or mind mapping to plan projects. Visualising ideas as diagrams or graphical maps has often been mentioned as helping those with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties but if they are to be used in general learning and teaching situations they need to be made accessible. There is a tendency to share them as a image or use applications that do not work with keyboard access, screen readers or text to speech. Some companies have addressed this issue for example MindView AT and ClaroIdeas.

Other accessible and creative ways of planning using technologies

Try screen based sticky note type applications like Padlet as mentioned by Sarah. The company is currently working to make Padlet more accessible.Just Press Record is an Mac OS, iPhone / iPad and Apple watch app that works with the VoiceOver screen reader and offers unlimited recording time. You can use your phone for other activities whilst it is still recording and a transcript can be produced in several languages and offering text transcription in several language (iOS, Apple Watch). Smart Recorder for Android has no restrictions about the audio length and tells you the space you have available.If you are a list maker, need reminders and like to share ideas with others Remember the Milk may be a good option and this application works across several operating systems and portable technologies. You could also try Google Keep or Microsoft OneNote. Both allow you to save notes, lists, photos, and audio versions of your ideas which automatically sync across devices and are available free in multiple languages and across platforms.

Share with us any apps or programs you have encountered that enable creativity and planning?

You may also be interested in other related resources which can be accessed from the ‘See also’ section at the bottom of this page.

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