Assistive Technology Presentation

1. Assistive Technology
Presentation
Beth Minton

2. Students with Special Needs
● Need individualized instructional content,
processes, and products
● Need instruction to be differentiated
everyday for every lesson, not when it is
convenient for the teacher
● Need to be monitored and evaluated to
assess growth

3. When creating a differentiated lesson for a class with
student disabilities you will need to include:

4. Resources and Instructional Practices
TodaysMeet is a web source that gives the students in your classroom the
chance to express themselves. This is a great source to use for special needs
students with auditory and ADHD disabilities because it is a back channel
source. Back channeling allows for conversations to go alongside teacher
presentations, assignments, and video watching. Students with the ADHD
disability need to be moving, and by giving them the opportunity to type their
responses will keep them focused. Students with auditory disabilities are able
to read the classroom discussions instead of struggling to hear what everyone
is saying.
https://todaysmeet.com/

5. Resources and Instructional Practices
Fidget tools are affordable devices that help students with ADHD focus. Fidget
tools can be made or purchased to allow students to manipulate while learning.
They have also been proven to reduce stress, anxiety, and increase tactile
awareness. Some fidget tools include Bendeez’s, Chopstick Pencil Toppers,
Squishy Balls, Play-doh, and so much more.
http://www.therapyshoppe.com/category/8?category_template=374

6. Resources and Instructional Practices
Every teacher will have many different forms of disabilities
in their students. Here is a great resource with many
examples of assistive technologies for different disabilities.
http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/assistive-technology-
education

7. Reference
E Stein. (2013, May 14). Chisel a Teaching Masterpiece [Web blog]. Retrieved
from http://www.middleweb.com/7574/chisel-a-teaching-masterpiece/
Cennamo, K., & Ross, J. (2014). Technology integration for meaningful
classroom use: A standards-based approach (2nd ed., pp. 137-159).
Belmot: Wadsworth.