The ASHA Leader - September 2014 - (Page 44)

On tHe jOb app -t i t u d e Welcome to Science Class Not comfortable in the chem lab? No worries. Apps can help you wow students with science in a controlled, language-based way. By Sean Sweeney Star Chart Move your device across the sky, and the app uses augmented reality technology to display the stars and planets above. Leafsnap Do speech-language pathologists need to be science experts? No, of course not. But using science in your work with students is a double bonus, helping them develop language strategies and science knowledge simultaneously. By using science, we scaffold students' success in the classroom (which is, after all, why they receive our services!). With "curriculumrelevant therapy," as it's called by SLP and educational-relevance maven Barbara Ehren, SLPs can use science contexts to teach the "language underpinnings" of the 44 Sep tember 2014 | tHe ASHA Le ADer curriculum: vocabulary, descriptive schema, text structure such as lists and sequences, and complex syntax (see bit.ly/ashascienceslps). That's where apps come in. Their interactivity provides a hands-on science- and language-learning experience that is simple to plan. Leaf-IDing and chemicals reacting Take Leafsnap (free for iOS, http:// leafsnap.com), which has been on my and many others' list of best science apps for several years. The app is an electronic "field guide," allowing you to snap and "scan" a photo of a leaf to identify a tree. In a recent lesson with a social cognition group, we used this app to emphasize social concepts before going out to collect leaves, and schematic language aspects (such as the difference between a flower, bush and tree). Through the fun experiences of exploration and scanning, this app provides great visuals of leaves and tree parts to develop observation skills and descriptive language. Tying science to real life can also be very helpful for students http://bit.ly/ashascienceslps http://leafsnap.com http://leafsnap.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The ASHA Leader - September 2014

The ASHA Leader - September 2014
Contents
Inbox
From My Perspective
Glimpses
News in Brief
Research in Brief
Blogjam
People
In the Limelight
Policy Analysis
CMS Releases Proposed 2015 Rules
Medicare TEP Policy Hurts Providers, Patients
At a Glance
On the Job
Bottom Line
Make It Work
School Matters
Student's Say
App-titude
Four on the Core
In Private Practice
Taking Measure
ASHA News
ASHA Calendar
Posted
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Careers/Job Openings
First Person/Last Page

The ASHA Leader - September 2014