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Fast Forward

Changes in Assistive Technology for Education. Fast Forward. Change. It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. C . S. Lewis . Changes in Our Lifetime. We are living during a consumer technology explosion

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Fast Forward

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  1. Changes in Assistive Technology for Education Fast Forward

  2. Change It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. C. S. Lewis

  3. Changes in Our Lifetime • We are living during a consumer technology explosion • Indoor Plumbing • Telephone • Television • Music/Movies • Cameras • Credit/Debit Cards • Microwave

  4. Changes continued • Air conditioning • Car Safety – • seat belts • air bags, • collision avoidance, • anti-lock brakes, • rear view cameras • Computers • Information

  5. Changes in the Education of Individuals with Disabilities Technology Laws Post-Secondary Education Students with Disabilities

  6. Technology TimelineThe Start of Personal Computers

  7. Technology TimelineMainstream Personal Computers

  8. Technology TimelineThe Start of Computing Today

  9. TimelineComputers Today

  10. TimelineAT LAWS • Programs receiving federal money • “Provide equally effective access to programs, benefits, and services for individuals with disabilities in the most integrated manner possible.” • Definition of AT • Tech Act Agencies • Focus on systems change • Must address needs of students. • Extend civil rights to students not protected by 504

  11. TimelineAT LAWS 1990+ • Shift focus away from determination of disability to provision of needed services • You can look at: • History of accommodations • Report of people working with the individuals - narrative • K- 12 Programs • Free and Appropriate Education • IEP • Least Restrictive Environment • Provision of AT services • Focus on provision of technology • Demonstration • Loan • Reutilization

  12. ChangePost-Secondary Schools & Technology

  13. Change –Students with Disabilities • Students with disabilities are integrated into the classroom and exit high school better prepared academically for college – are qualified to enter college • Students absolutely have a better understanding/level of comfort with technology in general • Students have been involved in meetings in high school and have a better understanding of their disability**** • Students may have some experience with assistive technology in high school and are better prepared to apply assistive technology in college****

  14. AT In Higher Education

  15. Definition of Assistive Technology Any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of children with disabilities.

  16. Definition of Assistive Technology 2 TECHNOLOGY makes things EASIER for everyone. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY makes things POSSIBLE for individuals with disabilities.

  17. Difficulties experienced ….. • (Some) Common Problems experienced by (college) students with disabilities • Attending Class • Taking Notes • Reading Course Materials • Generating Homework • Organized

  18. Stories in Fast Forward

  19. Stories in Fast Forward 1 • Attending Class

  20. Stories in Fast Forward 2

  21. Stories in Fast Forward 3 Standard buses, used by everyone, with specialized accommodation built in for individual with a mobility impairment. • Online courses, used by everyone, everyone uses the same basic interface and the class/instructor may not know about the disability

  22. Attending Class Mainstream Technology

  23. Stories in Fast Forward 4 • Taking Notes • 80’s - Ralph

  24. Stories in Fast Forward 5 • Taking Notes • 2005 – Nathan

  25. Stories in Fast Forward 6 • Taking Notes • 2010

  26. Stories in Fast Forward 7 • Taking Notes • Today

  27. Taking Notes Mainstream Technology

  28. Stories in Fast Forward 8 • Reading Textbooks – the “Old Way” • Kurzweil Reading Machine • RFB/RFB&D – Recorded!!! • CCTV’s

  29. Stories in Fast Forward 9 • Late 1990’s - James • Reading software for the Blind and Visually Impaired • A couple of options • Kurzweil 1000 – scan and read software – operation • Open Book • Keyboard based software (obviously, not a well-developed visual interface).

  30. Stories in Fast Forward 10 • Late 1990’s - James • Reading software for the Blind and Visually Impaired • A couple of options • Kurzweil 1000 – scan and read software – operation • Open Book • Keyboard based software (obviously, not a well-developed visual interface). • Scanning done by wife

  31. A Page from the Users Guide: Kurzweil 1000 opens a full page dialog, showing the image of the page. The image of the current word is highlighted. You can press any of the following: F1Help F5Stop or Start Reading F6Go Back One Reading Unit F7Go to Start of Current Reading Unit F8Go Forward One Reading Unit SHIFT+F6Go to the Previous Region SHIFT+F8Go to the Next Region CONTROL+IInvert colors

  32. Stories in Fast Forward 11 • Early 2000’s - Duane • Literacy Software • WYNN • Kurzweil 3000 • Read ‘n Write gold • Personal scanning of texts • Scanning/high speed scanners

  33. A Page from the New User’s Guide:

  34. Stories in Fast Forward 12 • 2008 - Accessible texts becoming more available • Access Text Network - 2008

  35. Stories in Fast Forward 13 • 2008 – 10 • Specialty readers • Knfb reader • Intel reader

  36. Stories in Fast Forward 14 • What are we doing today???? • iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad • For example – a Learning Ally App allows for reading of audio books from Learning Ally on an iOS device.

  37. Stories in Fast Forward 15 • What are we doing today???? • Access to “real time” reading materials… • OCR with Voice Over • Image to Text • Mobile OCR • Camera is the limitation on the iPad – will get better OCR from iPhone.

  38. Reading Textbooks Mainstream Technology

  39. Stories in Fast Forward 16 • Writing – 80’s • Scribe

  40. Stories in Fast Forward 17 • Specialty keyboards - Tim

  41. Stories in Fast Forward 18 • Dragon Dictate – Dixie – early 90’s • Computer issues – ports, IRQs, memory installation, sound cards • Expensive, consider other alternatives first • $10K Computer, $10K Software, & Training

  42. Stories in Fast Forward 19 • Dragon Naturally Speaking – 1997 – Pam - *** marketing to mainstream *** • Using “Jouse” for cursor control

  43. Stories in Fast Forward 20 • Dragon on iOS – 2011 • This version does the “recognition” part on the internet. • Typically good for short snippets of text…

  44. Stories in Fast Forward 21 • Dragon on Surface Pro – 2013 - Abby • Full version – full features • >$1000 computer • “Premium” level software for $200

  45. Writing Mainstream Technology

  46. Stories in Fastforward 22 • Organization • Calendar – • iPhone • Communication • $7,000 dedicated communication aid – dynamic touch screen – • Proloquo2Go on iPad $200 + $500

  47. Mainstream Technology

  48. AT becomes Mainstream Over the last 25 years, we have seen a move from expensive “disability” technology to the use of “inexpensive” mainstream technology to accommodate disabilities.

  49. Mainstream Technology means 1 Universal Design?

  50. Mainstream Technology means 2 Mainstream Technology = Self-Accommodation?

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