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Assistive Technology in Education

An overview of how assistive technology can better empower teachers and students to achieve equal learning potential among students with disabilities.

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Assistive Technology in Education

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  1. Assistive Technology in education Dynamics and Impact on the Learning of our Students

  2. What is assistive technology? • Any technology that can help close the gap between a student’s disability and their academic potential. • Can be in the form of a device or service.

  3. What are the goals of assistive technology? BROAD GOALS SPECIFIC GOALS Better communication with peers and teachers Students developing initiative and confidence in academic and social tasks Unrestrictive geography around the classroom for students • Empowering students with disabilities to be… • Productive • Independent • Better learners

  4. What types of assistive technology are available to students? • Commonly used types… • Speech recognition programs • Audio books • Talking calculators • Video magnifiers • Brail text • Graphic organizers • Portable word processors

  5. What should schools and teachers consider when implementing A.T.? • A team and utility built into the special education arm of the school to coordinate A.T. • Monitoringand evaluating to the available A.T. • Making progressive decisions based off quantitative data as to the effectiveness of the A.T. • Training in using A.T. for parents, students and teachers. • Funding

  6. What laws surround the implementation of assistive technology? • A primary legal requirement for assistive technology is IDEA, or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. • IDEA requires the following… - Building of A.T. accommodations into the IEP • Schools must provide A.T. training to teachers, parents, and students • Parents’ rights to request student evaluations for A.T. services • The Assistive Technology Act also provides legal reinforce to A.T. This act supports UDL (Universal Design for Learning) which help build equal learning opportunity into a curriculum including accessibility.

  7. Examples of Assistive technology

  8. A.T. for the hearing impaired • TDD, or telecommunication devices uses captioning to convert verbal language into words on a screen for the student.

  9. A.T. for the seeing impaired • Video magnifiers allow students magnify physical text into manipulative digital text.

  10. A.T. for learning disabled • Alternate keyboards have customable keys. This allows teachers to pair letters and numbers to elements such as colors and patterns.

  11. A.T. for the physically disabled • Eye tracking technology allow students to move objects on screens and make specific selections via preset eye movements.

  12. References Assisstive devices for people with hearing, voice, speech, or language disorders. (2011, December). Retrieved from http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/ assistive-devices.aspx Assistive technology for people with physical impairments. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.gmc-uk.org/ accessibility/ assistive_technologies/ physical_impairments.asp Roblyer, M.D. & Doering, A. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching 6th edition (p. 408).  Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Prentice Hall Stanberry, K., & Raskind, R. (2010, February). Alternative keyboards. Retrieved from http://www.greatschools.org/ special-education/assistive-technology/957-alternative- keyboards.gs The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2010). Assistive Technology: An Overview. Retrieved on [1/20/15] from http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/at/

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