Moodle 1.9 for Teaching Special Education Children (5-10 Year Olds): Beginner's Guide

Vanesa S. Olsen

Vanesa S. Olsen is a Speech Therapist. She has been working for more than five years at therapeutic centers, schools, and hospitals. She has been applying modern technologies in treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities, and in helping schools to keep their students in the least restrictive environment. Specifically, she has been working with Moodle as an e-Learning platform, Alice, and other tools, combined with the use of Web 2.0 and general-purpose modern hardware such as gamepads, pen sketches, touch screens, netbooks, and joysticks. She enjoys helping children and teenagers to improve their skills.

She lives with her husband, Gaston, and their little son Kevin. When she is not working, she devotes her time to her family and hobbies. She enjoys modeling in cold porcelain, swimming, and researching new technologies and techniques to apply in her treatments.