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Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Learners

Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Learners. How to make a difference. Communication Participation Literacy issues Pace Independent learning Assessment issues. The Challenges - Learner. Create a deaf aware and deaf sensitive environment Actively involve the deaf learner

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Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Learners

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  1. Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Learners How to make a difference

  2. Communication Participation Literacy issues Pace Independent learning Assessment issues The Challenges - Learner

  3. Create a deaf aware and deaf sensitive environment Actively involve the deaf learner Improve communication Improve delivery and access to information Address literacy and differentiation issues Adapt, create and make use of existing appropriate resources Pace sessions appropriately Structured resources with scope for non-linear learning Assessment issues Alternatives to traditional paper based assessment The Challenges - Practitioner

  4. The Environment Consider ambient noise light source seating arrangements general deaf awareness

  5. Prepared resources electronically stored and accessed Hard copy resources for learners and support workers Adapting resources and differentiation Access to e-learning materials for independent follow up Text light – graphic information Layer information animation in PPt. or OHTs. Use the screen in Smart Notebook) Technology generated and stored resources

  6. Subject clearly established Aims and objectives stated Uncomplicated language – key words Clutter free style Images that explain/support learning Use of colour to highlight relevant text Quality sound files for those who would benefit Signing boxes – BSL or SSE Presenting information

  7. Data projector Interactive whiteboard Wireless tablets, keyboards and mice Digital still, video and web cameras MP3 players and microphones Useful Hardware – the basics!

  8. Microsoft Office Hot Potatoes Clicker ClozePro Word Bar ? Useful Software Look especially for content free software that allows you to work with images.

  9. Deaf awareness training Take and gather curriculum relevant digital images Ensure that all tutors can insert images into Word, PowerPoint or other popular software Give all tutors of deaf and hard of hearing learners access to a data projector and training in how to use it. What to do – the basics!

  10. Demonstrate how resources can be modified …….. examples Demonstrate how they can be used interactively ………examples Establish how information can be given to or accessed by support workers and learners before or after sessions Get tutors to save annotations Give tutors relevant skills Next

  11. PowerPoint Images and text boxes Video Sound Animation Hyperlinks Screen tips Interactive text boxes Have a go (at no extra cost!)Exploit the potential of Microsoft Office suite

  12. Word Images and text boxes Drag and drop Form Fields Video (insert – object - media clip) Sound (as above) Hyperlinks Coloured text and highlighter pens Have a go

  13. Smart Notebook (free download) Images and text Written to typed text Drawing Fixing objects on page Dragging text and images around and the page and between pages Inserting files, shortcuts to files and hyperlinks to the web Sound and video Coloured text and highlighter pens Have a go

  14. JCross JQuiz JCloze Check learning without asking for a written response Hot Potatoes

  15. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/ http://www.rnid.org.uk/ http://www.becta.org.uk/ http://www.blueskiesproject.org.uk/ http://www.batod.org.uk/ http://www.inclusive.co.uk/infosite/itforhi.shtml Useful websites

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