Types of Assistive Technology Team Teal EDIT 780

Types of Assistive Technology Team Teal EDIT 780

Topics 1. What is assistive technology? 2. Assistive Technology in Horry County Schools classrooms 3. Incorporating Assistive Technology in your instructional designs • • • Reading Written Language Listening

What is Assistive Technology? “Assistive technology is any piece of equipment or device that may be used by a person with a disability to perform specific tasks, improve functional capabilities, and become more independent” (Netherton and Deal, 2006, p. 11).

What is Assistive Technology? In other words, “assistive technology is intended to maximize a person’s abilities while minimizing the challenges of having the disability” (Assistive Technology LDA, 2006, p. 1).

Assistive Technology in Schools

Types of Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology in HCS

Assistive Technology in Instructional Design • Reading • Written Language • Listening

Reading Assistive Technologies • Text to Speech • Audiobooks • Highlighting and Contrast • Manipulating Text

Written Language Assistive Technologies • • Adaptive Keyboards Graphic Organizers Speech Recognition Spell Checkers and Grammar Checkers

Listening Assistive Technologies • Personal FM listening systems • Variable Speed Recorders

Assistive Technology in Instructional Design • Reading • Written Language • Listening

Quiz Types of Assistive Technology Quiz

Works Cited Adebisi, R. , Liman, N. , & Longpoe, P. (2015). Using Assistive Technology in Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities in the 21 st Century. Journal of Education and Practice, 6(24), 14 -20. Berkeley, S. , & Lindstrom, J. H. (2011). Technology for the Struggling Reader: Free and Easily Accessible Resources. Teaching Exceptional Children, 43(4), 48 -55. Schaffhauser, D. (2013). Accessibility: Assistive Tech Goes Mainstream. T. H. E. Journal, 40(5), 31 -36.