1. Assistive technology can help children to play their potential because it can help to take advantage of their intensity, overcome difficulties, enhance independence and self-reliance of a child although cannot eliminate or heal learning difficulties (Thiyagu, 2014).
2. Based on research of (Cook & Polgar, 2014), assistive technology used in a way that will bring greatly affects the lives of people who use them, and its important ethical issues must be considered, especially when applying it as reference frame in area of no-maleficence, autonomy, beneficence, fidelity and righteousness.
3. (DaCosta & Seok, 2014) maintain that teachers encourage to use the common tools and software for providing students with a variety of actions, expressions,
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Teachers may be difficult to provide assistive technology equipment, identifying the appropriate learning fabrics as well as use different teaching techniques depending on the student's learning needs (Petcu, Yell, & Fletcher, 2014).
22. A study conducted by (Munemo & Tom, 2013) shown that some of the school in Zimbabwe does not provide supportive technical, assistive technology and even does not provide print media, radio, large print materials, talk books and other advanced technologies.
23. (Saleem & Sajjad, 2016) recommended to improve the importance of the use of assistive technology to people with blindness for the purpose of daily life, study, recreation and other.
24. One of the assistive technology is text-to-speech software that can assist students with monitoring and revising their typed work as hearing the text read aloud may assist students in catching grammatical errors that may have otherwise gone unnoticed (Zhang, 2014).
25. According to exploration of (Alnahdi, 2014), assistive technologies serve to increase both the functional performances and the academic success of the students.
26. General and special teachers need to be familiar with instructional and assistive technology so that they can embed the technology under technical guidance to meet the needs of all students (Flanagan, Bouck, & Richardson,
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(Davis, Barnard-Brak, & Arredondo, 2013) state that the process of identifying assistive technology needs varies roles of assisting technical experts who will responsible for evaluation students’ technical devices and
She wrote articles about special education, and mental health problems and solutions. She used her own experience to show that assistive technology is a good resource for students who face challenges in their daily life. Assistive technology has helped her become successful by allowing her to continue with her studies. She shows us that she didn’t give up and found alternatives in order to keep attending school.
One of the professors in the module pointed out that there is a line between remediation and compensation. Schools tend to focus heavily on remediation and that can send a message to the child when they continue to struggle that they can’t learn. Another reason is that assistive technology can improve the functional skills of a student, which helps the student succeed academically. 3. Why is it important to consider both AT devices and services?
Teacher technology support within the XYZ school district is essential to integrate available technology tools into the curriculum effectively (Helms, 2014). While this school district is making considerable progress in incorporating technological resources within the curriculum effectively, a need exists for further development in leveraging technology within the curriculum (GaDOE, 2008). In 21st Century classrooms, electronic hardware and software can support numerous resources for differentiated lessons to students with access to these resources
i. The School and College Administration should be bound to Revise practices, policies, and regulations to ensure complete privacy and information protection while enabling a model of assessment that includes ongoing gathering and sharing of data for continuous improvement of learning and teaching. ii. The School and College Administration should design, develop, and implement learning dashboards, response systems, and communication pathways that give students, educators, families, and other stakeholders timely and actionable feedback about student learning to improve achievement and instructional practices. iii. The School and College Administration Should Create and validate an integrated system for designing and implementing valid, reliable, and cost-effective
In her essay entitled “To Siri, with Love: How One Boy with Autism Became BFF with Apple’s Siri” Judith Newman counter argues the fallacy that technology isolates mankind with the idea that technology can be exceedingly beneficial to people who struggle with psychological disabilities. She elaborates specifically on the function of Siri and how she is a good teacher and friend and because of such impact SRI has been inclined to better improve it ’s capabilities. She begins by explaining how her son with autism became so intrigued with Siri. Gus her son had never before seen or heard of Siri.
Stevie Wonder’s True Story “There’s so much music in the air. You hear this music in your mind first; that 's the way it is for me. Then I go after getting it the exact way I imagined it” said Stevie Wonder (“Stevie Wonder”) To begin, blindness is the inability to tell light from dark, or the total inability to see (“Visual Impairment and Blindness”).
Active support has been trialled in different settings with people with severe learning difficulties and has been successful in encouraging participation in everyday tasks, not just ‘big’ one off activities such as visiting theme parks and going to the seaside. This model implements a more independent view to involving people with learning disabilities in an ‘ordinary life’. Inactivity, boredom and lack of interaction for people living in care homes with intellectual disabilities significantly reflects the enthusiasm and performance of staff (Landesman-Dwyer,Sackett, & Kleinman, 1980; Rice & Rosen, 1991). Staff mediate access to, and use of, the opportunities presented by the home and community through the way they provide help and encouragement.
The use of assistive technology (AT) to enhance learning has been an effective approach for many children to experience success in school, and eventually work. Students with learning disabilities often experience greater success when they are allowed to use their abilities/strengths to work around their limitations/challenges. This paper will explore and discuss the following: What are AT’s for learning disabilities; what are the roles of AT in helping children with learning disabilities; What types of learning problems does AT address (i.e. listening, math, organization and memory, reading, and writing); What kinds of AT tools are available for children (i.e. abbreviation, alternative keyboards, audio books and publications, electronic math
Accessibility is a concept that essentially applies to the customization of products, services, appliances and environments in a way that enables them to be used by people who have various types of disabilities. Effectively speaking, these products and services are designed in such a manner that enables people with special needs to gain both ‘direct’ as well as ‘indirect’ access to them. At the same time, the benefits of accessibility also extend to a wider category of individuals such as senior citizens and medical patients. Assistive technology is a term that is closely associated with the concept of accessibility. For instance, the application of assistive technology is what makes electronic equipment such as computer screen readers accessible to all categories of end users, including those with disabilities or special needs.
Educational Technology Annotated Bibliography Kozma, R. (2003). Technology and classroom practices: an international study. Journal Of Research on Technology in Education (1539-1523), 36(1), 1. The author of this article, his name is Roboer B. Kozma, is now working for the Technology in Learning center, the name of the center is SRI International. In this article he explores all of the findings of research that was done by many researchers on how the technology is affecting our classrooms.
Classroom Observation Reflection Abrar Hilal University of Oklahoma Tuesday, February 12 Classroom Observation Reflection Special Education Classroom Report The special education classroom that I observed, included the main teacher, two teacher assistants, and ten students with Developmental Delays. The main teacher uses technology to aid the students to learn easy and faster. A smart board is present in the classroom, but the teacher doesn 't use it often as she prefers to use her own handouts and her specially created activities. I think this is effective as she can modify activities better and so that the students benefit from that personalized touch.
In the classroom, technology can encompass all kinds of tools from low-tech pencil, paper, and chalkboard, to the use of presentation software, or high-tech tablets, online collaboration and conferencing tools, and more. The newest technologies allow us to try things in physical and virtual classrooms that were not possible before. Today, I cannot imagine how difficult it is to teach without technology and how hard it is to learn without it. Technology plays a major part in our lives as students.
Use and need of assistance was combined into one categorical variable with four possible answers – “person has but needs additional assistance”, “person has assistance and does not need any additional assistance”, “person has no assistance but would need some”, and “person has no assistance and does not need any”. The same applied for the third group, where the use of assistive devices related to mobility (e.g. crutches, adapted vehicle), seeing (glasses, lenses), hearing (hearing aid, TV with subtitles), work (elevator, comfortable chair), education (scanner and printer, laptop), home (door
As a result of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), special needs students are now included in general education classrooms more than ever. However, differentiating for students with disabilities can be challenging, especially for new teachers with little training on disabilities and Individual Education Plan (IEP). The role of the general education teacher has progressed from lecturing to the average student, to practicing evidenced-based interventions while differentiating for each individual student. Consequently, numerous competencies in special education are crucial for the general educator to assure students reach their academic potential.
Once, if people who have dyslexia or some physical disabilities, they relied on “note-takers”, but they can use smart pens because technology had developed. In addition, the University of Limerick started a state-of-the-art Educational Assistive Technology Centre to educate the options of assistive technology software and hardware. Because of these supports, the number of students with disabilities had increased. However, the increase of such supports can cause other problems. According to Carl O’Brien, the number of students with disabilities has more than tripled in a decade and because of the growth of funding per individual students has dropped.