Paper presented in NCERT in 2009

1. Application of ICT
for
CWSN
in
School Library
Miss Charu Mathur
MR.N.Laxman Rao

2. School Library …….
• Educate and sustain in the students the lifelong
habit learning and practising skills
• shore up and enhance educational goals
• Support all students in

3. Children With Special Needs
(CWSN):-

4. Orthopedic Challenged
Visually Challenged
Hearing Impaired
Medical
Linguistic Background
Social Background
Economic Background
CWSN…..
SOCIAL NEEDS-
PERSONAL NEEDS-

5. Govt. Initiative for CWSN
Integrated
Education of
Disabled
Children
(I.E.D.C.):

6. Helps children learn others PLUS
Assist in developing the socialization skills,
develop literacy skills
Increase the confidence level
develop the positive mind-set
Try to excavate the maximum and concealed expertise by play way
methods and by giving responsibilities
Intention of sharing with contemporaries
School Library for CWSN

7. Communication Tool--- used to remove
communication barriers
Constructional Tool--- To manipulate the
data and generate analysis.
Situating Tools--- creates situations,
which the student experience in real life.
Informative Tool-- audio, video and
documents.
ICT Tools In School Library

8. Amalgamation of ICT and technology used to assist
differentiable people give the birth of new term
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
Assistive technology is technology used by individuals
with disabilities in order to perform functions that
might otherwise be difficult or impossible.
It can be hardware, software, and peripherals that assist
people with disabilities in accessing computers or other
information technologies.
ICT for CWSN

9. ICT in School library for
CWSN……………….
Braille Displays
Screen Readers
Switches and Software
Visual
Enhancements Keyboard
Alternatives
Mouse
Alternatives Cont……

10. ICT in School library for
CWSN…………..
Screen
Enlargement or
Magnification Talking Dictionaries
and Spell Checkers
Speech
recognition or
voice recognition
programs
Text-to-
Speech (TTS)
or speech
synthesizers
Talking and
large-print
word
processors
TTY/TDD
conversion
modems

11. Assistive Devices ensures ALL STUDENTS have access to
RIGHT INFORMATION at RIGHT TIME.
Final Word………..
School library with the help of Assistive Technology can play an substantial role
to understand the need of CWSN
ICT is the best instrument in fulfilling the educative need of CWSN.
An effective use of ICT can make possible for a school library to achieve the
core objective of UEE i.e. Access, Enrolment and Retention.

12. :Thank you:
“To be a part and not stand
apart
To belong and not to be
isolated
To be accepted and not
accommodated
To have opportunities and not
favours
Is to be really included:”