A slideshow about assistive technology for teachers

1. Assistive Technologies Available To Teachers
By: Brittany Stanchio, Daphnie Pugh and Amber Warren

2. • Many students, in school, have diverse needs.
• Assistive technologies cater to the students needs of
• Some examples:
• A student may be deaf or not able to hear well.
• A student may be blind or not able to see well.
The Importance of Assistive
Technologies

4. Apple iPad/iPhone
• Have many useful controls and apps for a vision impaired student.
• VoiceOver control
• Speaks to you before you click on an app
• Easy to remember shortcuts, helping students use the i-Pad, without looking at it
• Evernote (downloadable app)
• Supports VoiceOver
• Stores voice notes, photos and text so they can be accessed over any device.
• LookTel Money Reader (downloadable app for iPhone)
• Announces the exact value of paper money, by taking a picture, using the camera on an iPhone or iPad
• For more useful apps, check out this link:
• http://appadvice.com/applist_ipad_client_view/apps-for-the-visually-impaired

5. Braille Note Takers
• Useful tool for the visually impaired
• Can connect to a computer using a USB port
• Helps identify which letter is which, by the use of the braille
keyboard
• For more information about Braille Note Takers; checkout
the link below.
• http://www.humanware.com/en-
usa/products/blindness/braillenotes

6. Personal Frequency
Modulation (FM) System
• Useful technology for
• hearing impaired students
• students who have trouble concentrating with background noise
• Consists of the following:
• a transmitter microphone for the speaker
• pair of headphones that receives the information from speaker
• Receiver (headphones) can connect to hearing aid, if necessary
• great way to include every student even if they don't have a disability.
• http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/FM-Systems/

7. Other Technology for
Hearing Impaired Students
• Visual or Text-Communication Devices
• Speech to Print Software
• Some apps for this type of technology include:
• ListNote Speech-to-Text Notes (Googleplay App)
• Dragon Dictation (iPhone App)
• For more information on apps, see the link below:
• http://atcoalition.org/news/top-10-iphone-apps-people-who-are-
deaf-or-hard-hearing