This presentation defines assistive technology, discusses the law regarding assistive technology, and highlights specific types of assistive technology.
This presentation defines assistive technology, discusses the law regarding assistive technology, and highlights specific types of assistive technology.
PowerPoint presentation for the Assistive Technology Seminar for Block II teacher candidates of Frostburg State University.
Prepared by Jenna Epstein
Edited by Minnie Ladores
References are provided on the last slide of the presentation
The ideas for cellular phones were developed in the 1940s. However, it was not until the microprocessor becomes available that practical commercial solutions are possible.
Today there are more than 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world. In the last few years the increase has been most dramatic in developing countries. Telecoms operators have tried to capitalise on this by offering new services that will generate new revenues for them. Mobile Applications are increasing revenues for the operators while voices revenues are getting less and less. But what are mobile applications?
In this lecture we look mobile.
PowerPoint presentation for the Assistive Technology Seminar for Block II teacher candidates of Frostburg State University.
Prepared by Jenna Epstein
Edited by Minnie Ladores
References are provided on the last slide of the presentation
The ideas for cellular phones were developed in the 1940s. However, it was not until the microprocessor becomes available that practical commercial solutions are possible.
Today there are more than 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world. In the last few years the increase has been most dramatic in developing countries. Telecoms operators have tried to capitalise on this by offering new services that will generate new revenues for them. Mobile Applications are increasing revenues for the operators while voices revenues are getting less and less. But what are mobile applications?
In this lecture we look mobile.
Technology and Teaching: How Technology Can Improve Classroom Instructionngonly
Kevin M. Johnston, Director, Michigan State University TA Programs, discusses a presentation covering some basics of pedagogical theory and teaching principles. He works through examples of classroom presentation methods that inhibit rather than enhance learning and takes a look at slide examples.
2. What is UDL?
Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) is the criterion for
curriculum growth that provides
every individual with the same
opportunities to learn.
3. UDL: Implications for Education
UDL explores three brain networks that access a
variety of skills in each individual. These brain
functions are different for each person and help to
decipher how we all learn in different ways.
By acknowledging and understanding these
differences, educators can better grasp how students
learn.
By accepting these varying learning styles, teachers
can plan lessons according to their students’ best
teaching styles.
4. Implications continued…
By using an assortment of learning tools that tap into
your students’ differing abilities, teachers can better
reach each of their students.
The flexibility embedded in the principles of
UDL, encourage teachers to employ a plethora of
learning techniques and strategies in an effort to tap
into each student’s most effective way of obtaining
new information and applying it.
As a result, education can be far more differentiated!
6. What is AT?
Assistive Technology (AT) refers to the
variety of technological resources
available to students with disabilities.
The different technologies allow
students with disabilities to perform
tasks that would likely be very hard or
impossible to otherwise achieve.
7. AT: Implications for Education
By incorporating technology that can help
students with disabilities, these students will
have a far better chance to succeed.
Technologies associated with AT include, but
are not limited to wheelchairs, mechanisms
that support physically disabled
students, computer programs and resources
that aid in accessing information in new ways
that can reach students with visual and hearing
impairments.
8. Implications continued…
By using adaptive technology in the classroom and
beyond, students who have been pushed to the side
in the past will have the opportunity to succeed.
These technological accommodations allow students
with disabilities to decrease the gap in receiving an
equal education as their peers.
It is a teacher’s responsibility to understand and
implement these technologies so that ALL students
have equal access to education!
10. Key AT Tools (Microsoft Users)
The ribbon from Office 2013 has all
of the commands used in the
program.
Users can use shortcuts by pressing
a few keystrokes instead of using a
mouse to navigate.
11. AT Tools Continued…
For the visually impaired: Shortcuts allow
you to zoom in to get a magnified
image, allow you to use speech activation to
control functions and to hear written text
read aloud.
For English Language Learners, there are
ways to hear foreign texts translated aloud.
For the haring impaired: Shortcuts allow
you to view SmartArt graphics.
12. 2 Additional Resources
Assistive Technology and Universal
Design for Learning: Two Side of the
Same Coin.
http://craigcunningham.com/
Free Technology Toolkit for UDL in All
Classrooms.
http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/
