2. What is technology in
Special education?
Technology can reduce or eliminate
barriers to learning for students in
special education.
Its allows them to be more
independent, keep up with their
peers, gain self-confident, and
collaborate with classmates.
3. Assistive technology is
designed to help students who
have learning disabilities.
Whether students have
physical impairments, dyslexia
or cognitive problems,
assistive technology can help
them to function within the
classroom.
4. • Mild Cognitive Disabilities:
Reading:
1. Reading Skill Software – it is a software
that helps students with a wide range of
skills and disabilities improve their skills.
2. Text to Speech Software – is a form of
speech synthesis that converts text into
spoken voice output.
Technology Use in Teaching Learners
with Special Educational Needs
5. • Writing:
1. Voice Recognition and word
prediction software
-Convert voice to text
- Can help a user during word
processing by “Predicting” a word
the user intend to type.
6. • Math:
1.Graphing calculator – is
a handheld computer
that is capable of
plotting graphs, solving
simultaneous equations
and performing other
task with variables.
7. • Physical Disabilities:
Mobility Aid such as wheelchairs, scooters,
walkers, cane, crutches and orthotic
devices.
Technology Use in Teaching Learners
with Special Educational Needs
8. • Visually Impaired:
For blind students – braille writer, braille slate
and stylus, braille books, braille watch, braille
ruler and tape measure, braille calculator,
arithmethic slate, computer with voice
synthesizer, manipulative materials, talking
books tape recorder, braille paper.
Technology Use in Teaching Learners
with Special Educational Needs
10. • Hearing Impaired:
• For deaf students – individual
hearing aid, sign language book,
speech kit wall mirror, speech
trainer, group hearing aid
Technology Use in Teaching Learners
with Special Educational Needs
12. • Target the student’s needs and the
learning outcome
• Examine the technology choices, then
decide to use.
• Create opportunities to integrate
technology with other instructional
activities
• Handle the implementation, and monitor
the impact on the student’s learning
Use TECH to Integrate
Technology
13. • Helping students stay on task by self-
monitoring
• Allowing students to self-correct their work
• Using alarms to remind students to attend
classes or to take medications.
• Using calendars to help organized and
recall assignment instruction and due
dates.
Handhelds can also help
special needs students by …
14. • Utilizing technology available to assist
special education students with the help
of information technology professionals
• Ensuring the technology is appropriate
for curriculum and is integrated into
classroom to benefit special education
students.
• One technology product and the various
ways it can aid a Special Education
students.
Using Technology in Special
Education