Technology and the Teacher of Special Education Learners
Teaching is a often considered a vocation. And in many ways it is, especially when it involves students who require extra support or needs. To help these students learn as well as demonstrate their learning, teachers can utilize technology as well as hardware and software.
View the following video and consider some of the qualities necessary of teachers who might teach in such an environment.
View the following video and consider some of the qualities necessary of teachers who might teach in such an environment.
Types of Assistive Technology Available for the Special Education Teacher
Hardware
SMART Board with Senteos SMART camera Video Camera Digital Camera Voice Recorder Headsets Microphones Sound Field |
Software
DragonSpeak Kurzweil WordQ Frames 5 (see brochure below for more detail) Pixie 3 SMART Ideas Clicker 5.28 (see brochure below for more detail) |
There are a whole host of other software examples available at the Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory's website OSAPAC.
Here's a brochure outlining 2 examples of assistive technology.
Here's a brochure outlining 2 examples of assistive technology.
Assistive Technology and the New Teacher
Below is a manual designed to support a new teacher integrate teacher in to their classroom with special education students.
wray_le2_et9_special_education_manual.docx | |
File Size: | 7331 kb |
File Type: | docx |