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The 50 Best Videos For Teachers Interested In Gamification - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • Steve Bigaj on 26 Feb 14
     
    Gaming in education is a really big deal, and a very fun way to get students more involved and interested in education.
Andrea MacMurray

Special Education Articles: Assistive Technology Articles: Assistive Technology for Stu... - 1 views

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  • as a tool for teachers to develop, monitor, and provide instructions, and for students to access and engage in learning.
  • AT devices as any item, piece of equipment, or product system (whether acquired off the shelf, modified, or customized) that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
  • seven areas of instruction where AT could assist students with mild disabilities. These areas include organization, note taking, writing assistance, productivity, access to reference materials, cognitive assistance, and materials modification
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  • Organization:
  • Note Taking
  • Writing Assistance
  • Productivity
  • Access to Reference Materials
  • , drill and practice, problem-solving, and simulations. Many of the assistive technologies described previously can be combined with instructional programs to
  • Cognitive Assistance
  • Materials Modification
  • Andrea MacMurray on 06 Apr 12
     
    This was an article desribing how teachers can use AT in their classrooms. AT can be used to "develop, monitor, and provide instructions, and for students to access and engage in learning." AT is a way to reach students needs. Through AT it can assist in the following areas organization, note taking, writing, productivity, access to reference materials, cognitive assistance, and material modification. This article gave me some great ideas to use with my current and future students. Each student learns differently whether they have a disability or not we as educators need to provide them with the most developmentally appropriate learning experiences so that they can be successful. That maybe through AT. AT can enhance and engage students more than the traditional way of teaching.
Andrea MacMurray

Assistive Technology - The Autism Society of Greater Cleveland - 1 views

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  • nonverbal child speaks with the help of an electronic communication aid
  • learning disabilities masters math facts using a computer game.
  • vision problems can benefit from an inexpensive device that enlarges printed words on the computer screen.
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  • speech synthesizers that can be used with computers to convert typewritten words or text into an electronic voice.
  • Andrea MacMurray on 06 Apr 12
     
    This article desribes then and now. It explains how many different disability challenges can be reduced by AT. This a great article for parents or beginning educators who do not know where to begin with AT. It provides some great simple information and where to go next for more detailed information. I plan to use this article myself for basic knowledge and would recomend it to parents when they are seeking ways to help their child.
Andrea MacMurray

Education Week: Assistive-Tech Connections - 0 views

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  • facilitate better communication between parents and teachers of children with autism and provide more affordable, higher-quality education to those students.
  • Autism, a developmental disorder that can impair communication and social-interaction skills
  • struggles in school both academically and socially, forcing schools to find better ways to help them cope.
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  • The idea is that if you can show progress to the parents, and they can see how the child is doing, it creates a more effective communication system and reduces anxiety
  • reduces the amount of time special education teachers have to spend on paperwork,
  • provides a database of resources, lessons, and intervention strategies for teachers of students with autism. “We wanted to use the technology to help the teachers,” says Kevin Custer, the chief
  • “Computers and video games are not going to teach a kid with autism how to interact socially.”
  • “Children with autism like to look at videos and TVs over and over again,” she says, which can be an effective way of conveying information, but, she says, “my fear always with technology is that by the very nature of autism, [the students] find it easier to interact with inanimate things rather than with people.”
  • balance
  • Andrea MacMurray on 06 Apr 12
     
    This article focuses on children with autism. Children with autism typically have communication and social needs. Technology can assist in the communication needs but the author warns against using technology to teach social skills. This is due to the fact that a computer is not a real person. To teach social skills children need to be interacting with other people. It is all about creating a balance. This reitterates the fact that no child autism or not is the same. Not one thing is going to work for all. Through having this resource and using co-workers, parents, etc... as resources we can better meet the needs of all students. Not one particular learning experience will meet the needs of all students. We as teachers need to vary the methods we use to teach depending on our individual students.
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