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 A plan that essentially helps students exceed
in school
 Sets goals for students to achieve during
school year
 Includes any special support needed
 A child who has difficulty learning and
functioning great student for IEP
 Generally delivered in a standard classroom
 Sometimes in a special resource room
 Special school environment for students with
intense special educational needs
 World’s most popular screen reader software
 Developed for people with vision loss and
can’t navigate with a mouse
 Provides speech and Braille output
 Can be used in any environment
 I worked personally with students in Higher
Education
 Students take tests, quizzes, and write papers using
the software
 Grammar, spell check, thesaurus, dictionaries
◦ Assists with the mechanics of writing
 Processing
◦ Allows teachers to make suggestions to student’s
work
◦ Student’s can review each others work
 Motivation
◦ Multimedia capabilities
◦ Variety of fonts and styles
◦ Pictures and symbols can be used
 A visual tools
 Students can use them to organize various
information
 Teachers can use them in instruction
 Mobile digital learning environment
 Puzzles
◦ Used to help students solve things using reasoning
skills
◦ Offer different types of puzzles for students to
practice multiple representations
◦ Address affective barriers to learning
 iPad based app
 Teachers can tell stories for students to
become engaged
 Personal stories always connect the students
 Teachers can use Storybuilder software as
well
 Assistive Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities:
Update 2002. ERIC Digest. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26,
2015, from http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/assistive.htm
 BLINDNESS SOLUTIONS: JAWS®. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2,
2015, from http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products
 LiteracyAccess Online Home Page. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2,
2015, from http://www.literacyaccessonline.org/
 Lyness, A. (2014, September 1). Individualized Education
Programs (IEPs). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/iep.html#
 ISolveIt. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from
http://isolveit.cast.org/home

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Assistive Technology

  • 1.
  • 2.  A plan that essentially helps students exceed in school  Sets goals for students to achieve during school year  Includes any special support needed  A child who has difficulty learning and functioning great student for IEP
  • 3.  Generally delivered in a standard classroom  Sometimes in a special resource room  Special school environment for students with intense special educational needs
  • 4.  World’s most popular screen reader software  Developed for people with vision loss and can’t navigate with a mouse  Provides speech and Braille output  Can be used in any environment  I worked personally with students in Higher Education  Students take tests, quizzes, and write papers using the software
  • 5.  Grammar, spell check, thesaurus, dictionaries ◦ Assists with the mechanics of writing  Processing ◦ Allows teachers to make suggestions to student’s work ◦ Student’s can review each others work  Motivation ◦ Multimedia capabilities ◦ Variety of fonts and styles ◦ Pictures and symbols can be used
  • 6.  A visual tools  Students can use them to organize various information  Teachers can use them in instruction
  • 7.  Mobile digital learning environment  Puzzles ◦ Used to help students solve things using reasoning skills ◦ Offer different types of puzzles for students to practice multiple representations ◦ Address affective barriers to learning  iPad based app
  • 8.  Teachers can tell stories for students to become engaged  Personal stories always connect the students  Teachers can use Storybuilder software as well
  • 9.  Assistive Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities: Update 2002. ERIC Digest. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/assistive.htm  BLINDNESS SOLUTIONS: JAWS®. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2015, from http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products  LiteracyAccess Online Home Page. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2015, from http://www.literacyaccessonline.org/  Lyness, A. (2014, September 1). Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/iep.html#  ISolveIt. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2015, from http://isolveit.cast.org/home