Assistive+Technologies+Videos

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It is very interesting what this school is doing to make sure that their students are learning the best they can. It is great to see the research that is being done so that those with special needs can function within a class setting and learn even better with the technologies we have today. IY

This is fascinating research! I am very interested in continuing to follow what is being done to increase the use of " __#|touch screen__ " devices in the classroom as well as other assistive technologies. -EL

This is fabulous! Many years ago (before PCs in many homes ) I worked with special __#|education__ children at summer camp and I can see how much different their experience would have been had these technologies been available to them. I not only see how these applications are beneficial for special education students, but for many of my students as well. I provided options for alternate forms of expression for each assessment or larger assignment in my __#|classes__ last year. I had some students with learning differences and this enabled them to present material in a way that was accessible to them without singling them out. I particularly like the idea of video modeling and see how it could be beneficial, especially in the lower grades. how many times has a student said that they can't remember how they were supposed to do an assignment once they got home? If they had a video model, it would solve the problem.

I have experienced students with fairly severe learning needs taking part in afternoon religious school classrooms. In on way are these teachers prepared to handle the differences presented to them. Even with a shadow, it can be quite a disruption to the rest of the class simply because the training isn't there and the instructional style is not altered. Use of technologies mentioned by Randy Palmer, would help so much in these situations. It would help provide a means to increase student engagement. ~YW

I found this fascinating. Especially the part where they are using ipods instead of extremely expensive communication boards as communication tools for the kids in their programs. In addition by learning about the accessibility functions in Microsoft and apple products, I have been able to adapt some learning tools for my visually impaired daughter. LV