Assistive+Technology


 *  Assistive Technology
 * Student || Low Vision || Croatian || Vietnamese || Wheelchair || Deaf || Learning Disabled ||
 * Difficulties Student May Have: || - Accessing visual information

- Being able to access text in various written forms || -understanding English in written and expressive forms - understanding language in oral forms || -understanding English in written and expressive forms

- understanding language in oral form || -mobility issues - may have different gross/fine motors difficulties || - accessing any information auditorially

-understanding expressive and receptive language || - struggle to decode text

-struggle to understand written concepts

- struggle to understand and comprehend text

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- struggle to make inferences in social contexts online, i.e., idioms ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Assistive Technology Solutions: || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-blow up font using copy machine

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-use a computer based program that can read text orally

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-provide zoom text options on computer

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- video magnifiers

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- access to Braille

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- used colored overlays

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- access to different font and/or different color options on the computer depending on specific objectives/needs of student || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">online translation dictionary for students -provide captioning in english.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-provide text orally and written form in native language<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (I think this could be innecesary if the student has the online dictionary and captioning) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-provide visuals online to help support written text <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-give a brief lesson on important vocabulary terms with definitions so students will know ahead of time. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-online translation dictionary for students -provide captioning in english.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- provide text orally and written form in native language <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- provide visuals online to help support written text <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-give a brief lesson on important vocabulary terms with definitions so students will know ahead of time. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-personal computer at workspace

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- able to have a personal mouse and/or personal computer, touchscreen available || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- any auditory information make available in text form- use multiple visuals including: posters, blogs, wikispace, voicethreads, computer games involving text, computer texts, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Smartboard lessons, provide print outs and notes, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- access to kindles/Ipods for books on text, FM system (auditory trainer), access to text telephones- this allows the ability to have conversation over text || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-close proximity to smartboard

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- use visual supported text (pictures)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- use direct modeling on smartboard

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-use a reader to read out loud any text presented in the lesson

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- access to laptops for small group instruction

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- online games for specific skill practice, ability to do projects/assignments in various forms (podcast, powerpoint, wikispace, voicethread, blogs, create website, etc),

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-graphic organizers such as kidspiration

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-talking calculators/dictionaries ||