2.  1. High school students with disability – verbal and
 non-verbal in a self-contained classroom
 2. Higher functioning high school students with
 disability in a resource room

3. Technology is used in regular education classrooms through programs such as
Learning
 Focused Schools (LFS) However, for students with disability, the
 technology used reinforces and utilizes the research-based and promising
practice strategies
 for students with disability.
 1. Discrete trial training
 2. Social Stories and video modeling
 3. Joint action routines
 4. Applied Behavioral Analysis
 (Simpson, 2005, p.146)

4.  Video modeling ---- This continues to have efficacy in our
classroom.
 This works especially well if the people in the video model
are student teachers or high school volunteers who remain
in touch with the classroom.
 Video example (Moravian College Students).

5.  Many applications (or
 apps) are free or low
 cost $1.99.
 Classroom example for
 Farm Sounds
 Classroom example:
 The U.S. States and
 Capitals: The format
 for this itouch
 application is discrete
 trial training!

6.  100% accuracy for 50 states within 3 days.
 80% accuracy for 13 targeted states within 6 days !
 iTouch APPLICATION:
 THE U.S. States and Capitals

7.  Making social modeling look “Normal
 Opportunities to customize lessons
 Used for group and individual lessons Any sound recording
 software could be used to make “Podcasts
 Making official “Podcasts

8.  Constant Modeling
 Rotating Topics
 Classroom Announcements
 User Friendly
 Eliminates Classroom Clutter
 Student Focused
 Include student photos (with
permission)

10.  Learning from classroom
Events
• Captures actual emotions
•Helps students analyze
• Must have student/parent
• Permission
• Images should not be
• duplicated or shared Analyze both positive and
negative behaviors.

11. •Bowling and
• Golf with Wii
• Sports • Wii Music

12. •Continued use of Wii
•Continued use of Wii for Social Modeling
•Continued use of Wii for motivation and
enjoyment of school.
•Work with the occupational therapist to create
and implement a program for a student with self injurious
behaviors (SIB)
•Collaborate with physical education teacher

13. LCD PROJECTOR CLASSROOM
APPLICATIONS
•Discovery Education
www.discoveryeducation.comvideos on the wall
(Discovery Education videos for teaching.)
Any video is displayed on the wall.
Social Stories prepared via PowerPoint are shown
on the wall. (Example)
PowerPoint presentations prepared by a student
are shown on the wall. (Example)

14. SOCIAL STORY

16. Definition: A "Web Quest," as implied by the
name, is an inquiry-based, on-line learning
activity. (Wikipedia Web Quests can be
individualized, if you want to learn how to
create one: http://webquest.org
This website has lists of prepared Web
Quests.
Regular education teachers may use Web
Quests as inquiry- group based lessons.
One example of a teacher created Web
Quest Decimals for an individual student in
my classroom.
Examples:
http://webquest.org/searchindex.php
http://www.gecdsb.on.c/d&g/DP/locatorp.a
sp

17. • Google Documents
• Skype
• Wordle
• Prezi
• Survey Monkey
•You Tube

18. Inclusion courses currently use this service Shared use at home and
school Profile customization and creation struggles
Programs:
Documents
Spreadsheets
Presentations
Drawing

19. • Endless classroom
• Video Chatting
• Instant Messaging
• Sharing files

20. Wordle Prezi Easy creation of word walls
Creative Manipulation of text Free No
membership necessary www.wordle.com
User friendly presentation software Free
membership for educators Innovative way
to present information Capable of
downloads for non-online use
www.prezi.com

21. Both free and paid services available Free is
suitable for my classroom needs
Anyone can participate Allows for direct
student information (Student monitoring &
classroom decisions) User friendly!
www.surveymonkey.com

22. iPad
There are many other technologies that for
use in classrooms of a range of cognitive
levels.
EXAMPLES: iPad, MP3 players, personal DVD
players, QUICKEN, and other emerging
technologies.

23. Here are a few ideas: Apply for a grant
Fundraisers Mini-Business Budget for next
year

24. http://www.discoveryeducation.com
products/streaming/ purchase.cfm
http://www.discoveryeducation.com
index.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
WebQuest www.googledocs.com
http://www.apple.com/itunes
www.prezi.com
www.skype.com
www.youtube.com

25. Simpson, R. L. (2005). Evidence-based
practices and students with disability
disorders. Focus on Disability and Other
Developmental Disabilities, 20(3), 143-149.
Retrieved October 20, 2009, from the EBSCO
database.
www.surveymonkey.com
www.wordle.com
www.surveymonkey.com