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1. Can New Technology Enhance Teaching and Learning? And the IDEA Law

   AliyaMalik
2. The Rise of the Internet The Web is causing educators, from pre-school to graduate school, to re-think the very nature of teaching, learning, and schooling Claims have been made that the Web can free teaching and learning from the physical boundaries of classrooms and time restraints of class schedules. Ex-Twitter in the Classroom
3. Does Using the Internet… Make learning more accessible? Promote improved learning? If so, how?
4. Can the Web Make Learning More Accessible? Access to learning simply means making education attainable by more people. That is, providing educational opportunities in the workplace, community, or the home, for those unable to attend school or college because of cultural, economic, or social barriers Until recently, they relied mainly on traditional print instructional materials, and, perhaps, audio and video cassettes, or television
5. That is starting to change now as educators devise new ways to capitalize on Web based technology. Some Advantages of the Web making learning more accessible. An inviting, graphical screen layout, interactive multimedia learning materials, simplified access and searching of databases, exponential growth of new resources around the world, Web are some of the advantages institutions see in the Web to make learning more accessible
6. Web Access for K-12 Education Two growing areas where the Web is facilitating increased access are in home schooling alternative schooling.
7. Home Schooling The Web is becoming an valuable tool for these parents and children to access educational resources and to maintain contact with other parents and children participating in home schooling. As well, the richness of the Web promises to make home schooling an increasingly popular option for parents. Because of the Web, children educated at home will be less likely to suffer from lack of access to quality learning materials and contact with peers, two problems that plague home schoolers. Web sites for parents and children are springing up with curriculum resources, lists of individuals and organizations offering help, and information on legal matters
8. Alternative Schooling A second area poised for growth in Web use is alternative schooling. Students at alternative schools, like their home schooling counterparts, often lack access to quality learning materials as well. This is changing, however, as alternative schools gain access to the Web.
9. Can the Web Promote Improved Learning? As we have just seen, there is promising indication that the Web is a viable means to increase access to education. Evidence on how it can promote improved learning is not as forthcoming. In fact, there is debate in the instructional design literature about whether there are any unique attributes of media that can promote improved learning (Clark, 1983, 1994; Kozma, 1991, 1994).
10. Web Appeals to Students Learning Mode One of the primary advantages of Web use is that it appeals very much to the way our students now prefer to learn. Seymour Papert (Papert, 1993) calls the computer the "children's machine," because students in our public schools and in a good many in colleges and universities do not know a world without the computer It is an integral part of their world. They play, are entertained by, and learn with the computer
11. IDEA LAW The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law enacted in 1990 and reauthorized in 1997 It is designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities by ensuring that everyone receives a free appropriate public education (FAPE), regardless of ability IDEA strives not only to grant equal access to students with disabilities, but also to provide additional special education services and procedural safeguards
12. Special education services are individualized to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities and are provided: small group instruction curriculum or teaching modifications assistive technology, and other specialized services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy. These services are provided in accordance with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), which is specifically tailored to the unique needs of each student
13. Who Qualifies? Children between the ages of 3 and 21, who meet the eligibility criteria in one of thirteen qualifying disabilities and who require special education services because of the disability can qualify for services under IDEA
14. How is the IDEA Law helpful to the child? Children who qualify under IDEA are provided with services and accommodations individualized to their needs. If the child is determined to need special education and related services an Individual Education Plan (IEP) will be implemented based on the specific needs of the child as decided by the team, including parents Once covered under an IEP, students with disabilities are re-evaluated at least every three years and their IEP is reviewed whenever a change in placement occurs, which is often annually as transferring from grade to grade is considered a change in placement. 
15. References Owtson. Robert. The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning. Clark, R. E. (1983). Reconsidering research on learning from media. Review of Educational Research, 53(4), 445-459. http://www.help4adhd.org/education/rights/idea