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Effective Teaching and Learning in Digital Education for Czech Students with Diverse Needs

• Support word • Support word • Creating • Support word
SymWriter • Teach core InPrint • Teach core BoardMaker • Teach core Včelka • Comprehension
naming skllis
naming skllis
communication
naming skllis
tables
vocabulary
support
vocabulary
• Use teaching aids
vocabulary
communication
and worksheets • Creating • Express feelings (spoken or written
language)
• Help students tables usings symbols and • Improve reading
understansd spoken • Creating placeholders skills
or written language teaching aids • ... • Improve writing
• Improve reading and worksheets skills
and writing skills • Express feelings • Support for teaching
• Make instructions usings symbols and foreign languages
easier to follow placeholders • ...
• Express feelings • ...
usings symbols and
placeholders
• ...
Figure 5 Purposes of Utilising Concrete Software and Applications in Inclusive Czech
Environments
al. (1) identify the principle of everyday communication modelling as the
most significant approach to supporting communication while also identify-
ing it as the most challenging. Observation is always beneficial. In an educa-
tional setting, modelling is demonstrated through the act of accompanying
spoken keywords with the relevant symbol or supplementing them with a
sign (Šarounová, ).
The following section outlines the specific purpose of utilising the men-
tioned software, derived from the experience and educational practice of
special pedagogues and those working in inclusive schools. SymWriter is a
valuable tool for individuals who have difficulty with written text, whether
in the act of reading or writing. The software is beneficial for educators and
learners alike, offering a feature that automatically inserts symbols above
the typed word as it is entered. For educators, the software is a helpful tool
for the creation of diverse instructional materials, including visual aids, di-
dactic games for reading literacy development, step-by-step instructions or
definitions, songs, stories, and style exercises with the support of symbols.
In comparison with InPrint, it is more suitable for the composition of longer
texts and is equipped with voice output functionality. The most used soft-
ware for the creation and printing of communication boards is Boardmaker,
which also permits the editing of symbols and the insertion of user-gener-
ated images (Petit HW-SW, n.d.; Pachner, n.d.). InPrint 3 is an alternative to

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