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Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology. MW 9:30 Spring 2011 Anna Wittmer. What are assistive technologies?.

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Assistive Technology

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  1. Assistive Technology MW 9:30 Spring 2011 Anna Wittmer

  2. What are assistive technologies? Assistive Technology is the use of technology to assist people both in the classroom and in every day life. While all students can benefit from assistive technologies, they are most important to students with disabilities. Assistive devices can help children carry out their daily routines with more independence.

  3. Technologies for: • Physical Disabilities • Vision Impairments • Hearing Impairments • Learning Disabilities • Cognitive Disabilities

  4. Apple has included several features in their computers to make computers accessible to more people. TTS Technology VoiceOver Screen Magnification Closed Captioning Sticky Keys Slow Keys Mac computer features

  5. Assistive iPod apps Glucose Buddy SoundAMP iASL iSpectrumColor Blind Assistant Pillboxer

  6. Apple Ipod apps in the classroom • Proloquo2Go • iCommunicate • Time Timer • Answers – Yes/No • Speak It! • Going Places

  7. “Portable devices such as PDA’s, iPods, and iPhones also allow students to use, as needed, video prompts to learn new skills and complete learned skills across novel settings with relative ease.” -Diana Hammond and Abigail Whatley (pg 2) iCommunicate and Going Places are examples of video modeling that can be used in and outside of the classroom.

  8. Activity • VoiceOver • Screen Magnification • Screen Flash Alerts • Sticky/Slow Keys • Going Places • Yes/No • Time Timer • Speak It! • iASL • iCommunicate Mac iPod Touch

  9. Works cited Coleman, Mari Beth. "PowerPoint" Is Not Just for Business Presentations and College Lectures: Using "PowerPoint" to Enhance Instruction for Students with Disabilities." TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus6.1 (2009): From ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. Hammond, Diana L., Whatley, Abigail D., Ayres, Kevin M. and Gast, David L. “Effectiveness of Video Modeling to Teach "iPod" Use to Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities.” Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, v. 45 issue 4, 2010, p. 525-538. From ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. Skylar, Ashley A. "iPod "Teach": Increased Access to Technological Learning Supports Through the Use of the iPod Touch." Journal of Special Education Technology 23.2 (2008): 45-49. From Education Research Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. http://www.apple.com/education/special-education/

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