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Technology and Special Education

Technology and Special Education. Debora Collins Erin Smialek Christine McCaleb. Technology and Special Education. Affects of Technology technologies have been invented to address society's problems or to fulfill its growing desire for speed and convenience.

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Technology and Special Education

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  1. Technology and Special Education Debora Collins Erin Smialek Christine McCaleb

  2. Technology and Special Education Affects of Technology technologies have been invented to address society's problems or to fulfill its growing desire for speed and convenience. technology for people with disabilities assists, supports, enhances and integrates them back into our society.

  3. Facts About Disability in the U.S. Population Technology and Special Education • 51.2 millionNumber of people who have some level of disability. • 11%Children ages 6 to 14 who have a disability.

  4. Technology and Special Education Infused into curriculum and instruction effectively Educators and curriculum developers make the following decisions: review and analyze enable students to acquire proficiency support the development of lessons & units develop detailed plans

  5. Technology and Special Education Address the needs of low performing, at-risk, and students with learning disabilities Technology applications that provide: individually tailored immediate feedback monitor progress

  6. Technology and Special Education Technology integration at La Cima High Level Alpha Smart WordQ and SpeakQ Smart boards Medium Level Leap Pad books on tape; DVDs and video spelling and grammar checkers electronic dictionaries

  7. Technology and Special Education Technology integration at La Cima Low Level view finder magna doodle calculator white boards Manipulative tools: blocks, letter magnets, poker chips

  8. Technology and Special Education Technology integration at La Cima Focus Teach the technology Make sure its engaging Fosters independence Express knowledge Acquire learning/information

  9. Technology and Special Education Research Evidence Temple (2003) FastForWord Language Training; 100 minutes, five days a week for eight weeks, as part of their regular school day “Students began to function normally and their scores went up on a number of language and reading tests.”

  10. Technology and Special Education Research Evidence Weir (1987) effectiveness of using computers to develop and assess learning strategies Michayluk & Saklofske (1988) described the use of computers as a socializing agent with hyperactive children Goldenberg, Russell, & Carter (1984) provide frequent student feedback motivates learning remain cognitively engaged, particularly when corrective feedback is immediately provided

  11. Technology and Special Education Videos Assistive Technology: Enabling Dreams Assistive-Technology Tools: Keys to Learning for the Visually Impaired Screen Reading Technologies, Speech Synthesizers, & Refreshable Braille Displays

  12. Technology and Special Education Assistive Technology at U of A Supportive Resources Adjustable computer workstations Refreshable Braille displays Braille embossers Alternative mice Alternative keyboards

  13. Technology and Special Education Assistive Technology at U of A Software Resources Screen reader- JAWS Screen magnification- MAGic, Zoom Text Visual outlining- Inspiration Voice recognition- Dragon Naturally Speaking Word prediction- Text Help Read & Write Gold Text to Speech- Kurzweil 1000, ReadPlease, Natural Reader Software

  14. Technology and Special Education JAWS Intended for visually impaired two multi-lingual speech synthesizers outputs to refreshable Braille displays if desired translated into 17 languages information from the screen is read aloud $895

  15. Technology and Special Education Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice activated: use your voice to dictate and edit in any Windows application can turn voice into text to create documents creates email and instant messages with 99% accuracy can even surf the web starts at $99 and includes a headset

  16. Technology and Special Education Kurzweil 3000 Comprehensive reading, writing and learning software documents can be scanned reads the text out loud starts at $1095

  17. Technology and Special Education Natural Reader Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices convert any written text into spoken words convert any written text into audio files for your CD player or iPod helps writers improve by listening to their work FREE!!!

  18. Technology and Special Education WordQ Writing Software predicts what you might want to write displays a list of correctly spelled words choose a word each word can be read aloud

  19. Technology and Special Education SpeakQ Writing Software write by speaking into a mic speech recognition and word prediction choose a word

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