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Technology Products Available for Special Education Students in Reading and Writing

Technology Products Available for Special Education Students in Reading and Writing. Carla Lombardo http://www.angelfire.com/planet/lombardo. Initial Thoughts…. Click to view. Introduction. Assistive Technology opens doors.

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Technology Products Available for Special Education Students in Reading and Writing

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  1. Technology Products Available for Special Education Students in Reading and Writing Carla Lombardo http://www.angelfire.com/planet/lombardo

  2. Initial Thoughts… Click to view

  3. Introduction • Assistive Technology opens doors. • Ever hear of a highlighter-sized device that reads printed text? • Imagine what students with disabilities could do!

  4. Introduction Continued • ReadingStruggles – seeing print, reading level, etc. • WritingStruggles – physical, poor spellers, etc.

  5. Summary – Reading • Sample Product Types: -Text to speech -Audio books -Magnification

  6. Summary – Writing • Sample Product Types: -Word processors -Alternate input devices -Word prediction software -Speech recognition software

  7. Findings in Reading p.1 • Outspoken – text to speech software • An Open Book – print to electronic format then text to speech software

  8. Findings in Reading p.2 • VERA – text to speech • Portable Reading Pen – dictionary & thesaurus support, pronounces words

  9. Findings in Reading p.3 • Audio books – Readings for the Blind & Dyslexic at www.rfbd.org, American Printing House for the Blind at www.aph.org • Magnification

  10. Findings in Writing p.1 • Alphasmart – portable word processor • Intellikeys – alternative keyboard

  11. Findings in Writing p.2 • Word prediction software – Aurora for Windows & CoWriter • Dragon Dictate & Via Voice – speech recognition software

  12. Follow-Up Action Plan • More research on LD Online:www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/techguide.html

  13. Follow-Up Action Plan • Special Education Technology Center:http://www.cwu.edu/%7Esetc/ldtech/software.html • Special Education Technology British Columbia:http://www.setbc.org/setinfo/setequip.html

  14. Is it for your students? • Consider: disability, interests, & current materials • No one-size-fits-all approach! • Consider the student before the product!

  15. Final Thoughts… Click to hear • Internet Address Book – click here • Research Paper – click here

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