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Angela Lepien

Tales of Two E-Reader Pilots: The Classroom Experience (Part 3) | Worldreader - 0 views

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classroom ereader experience

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  • Angela Lepien on 09 Apr 13
     
    At Princeton University there was a pilot for using e-readers where students were able to give input and feedback about using e-readers. Students appreciated the reading part of the kindle and saving paper, but would like to see better functions for note-taking, highlighting, and easier note-taking while using the kindle.
Corynne Farmer

Assistive Technology for Young Children in Special Education: It Makes a Difference | E... - 0 views

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technology assistive teaching children disabilities

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  • echnology can be a great equalizer for individuals with disabilities that might prevent full participation in school, work, and the community.
  • mobility, hearing, or vision impairments,
  • enable subtle motor movements to control mobility devices,
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  • new and more effective means of learning while individualizing instruction to the broad range of student learning needs.
  • Educators are using computers as tools to deliver and facilitate learning beyond drill and practice, to provide environments that accommodate learning, and to ensure enhanced and equitable learning environments to all students.
  • "any item, piece of equipment, or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities."
  • used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities."
  • he benefit of AT is also easy to comprehend when a child who cannot hear can understand his teacher's directions because real-time captioning converts the teacher's speech to text projected onto his laptop computer.
  • "appropriate" education
  • apparent that new technologies can provide the tools to bring more children with disabilities into "regular" educational settings
  • Corynne Farmer on 09 Apr 13
     
    As a special educator it is our job to provide equitable accommodations for all students with disabilities. Assistive technology, ranging from low to high tech provide efficient educational experiences for students to reach their full academic potential  despite any disability. Assistive technology tools provide many opportunities for children with disabilities to learn and for the teacher to be able to provide learning opportunities for his/her students.
Kathryn Shaw

Technology and Education - 1 views

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technology education negative

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  • Technology can easily be overused within the classroom, and this can cause negative effects on the entire
  • learning experience
  • student texting and internet usage (school-related and trivial) during class
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  • plagiarism
  • overall lack of respect
  • not concerned with details
  • There is a general decline in higher-order thinking skills, and an overall re-wiring of teenage brains
  • deeper intellectual laziness
  • 6100 Teaching Positions are set to be eliminated amid increased tech spending, which is effectively eight percent of all teachers in the city.
  • Kathryn Shaw on 09 Apr 13
     
    The problems with technology in education. Includes some of the debate on wether there is a benefit for students future life. Includes some cautions. Searched:"negative effects of technology on education"
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