2. HOW YOU CAN USE THE COMPUTER
AS A TEACHER OR AN ASSISTANT
• Presents Information
-websites, in-class presentations
• Communication
-e-mail, internet
• Manage instructional process
-keeping records, calculating grades, assessing student progress
• Produce material
-papers, graphs, presentations
3. USING MAJOR COMPUTER
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS FOR
TEACHERS
• Word processor
-preparing lesson plans, creating quizzes and tests, writing newsletters
and communication with parents
• Graphic Tools
-create images for handouts, signs for classroom display, designing
class news letters
• Spread sheets
-keeping student records, grade books, entering and analyzing data
4. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS CONTINUED
• Databases
-tracking student performance, building a collection of tests and quiz
questions over material
• Presentation Software
-lectures, presentations, preparing notes or materials that need to be
printed
• Authoring Software
-interactive materials, compiling a teaching portfolio
• Telecommunication
-obtaining up-to-date content on various subjects, communicating
with other teachers, students, and parents
5. USING MAJOR COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY
TOOLS FOR STUDENTS
• Word Processor
-writing papers and other written work, performing pre-writing
activities, typing notes
• Graphic Tools
-creating a graph of data, editing photos for presentations or reports,
making drawings for illustrated material
• Spread Sheets
-entering and analyzing data, creating charts for visual
representations
• Databases
-finding information for assignments
6. USING MAJOR COMPUTER
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS FOR
STUDENTS CONTINUED
• Presentation Software
-making in-class presentations, creating multimedia reports or
projects, compiling multimedia portfolios
• Authoring Software
-developing multimedia reports or projects, creating interactive
materials, creating multimedia portfolios
• Telecommunication
-accessing up-to-date information for researching assignments, using
e-mail
7. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
• Refers to any item, piece of equipment, or product system that is used to
increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of an individual
with a disability
• 5 Types of Assistive Technology:
-Computer Access
-Augmentative Communication
-Visual Aids
-Auditory Aids
-Cognitive Aids
8. TYPES OF ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
• Motor Difficulties
-oversized keyboards, joy sticks, touch pads, touch screens
• Nonverbal or Communication Difficulties
-digital communication, picture boards, type and talk devices, pocket
communicators
• Visually impaired
-enlarging fonts, screen readers, Braille, stand-alone reading aids
• Auditory Impairment
-closed captioning, FM systems, hearing aids
• Cognitive Aids
-computer-based instruction, different multimedia software
