·
Mastering
grade-level content. Assistive
Technology can present
educational materials in audio or visual forms.
·
Improving
writing and organizational skills. Assistive Technology can enable students
with learning disabilities or autism do things like developing a concept map
for a research paper, and write using grade-level vocabulary or words they
otherwise would not be able to use without a computer because of poor spelling
skills.
·
Working
towards grade-level reading skills. The computer can either read texts
digitally or presents it at a lower grade level for students with reading
disabilities or visual impairments.
·
Improving
note-taking skills. Many students with disabilities have difficulty taking
notes in longhand because of poor spelling, writing, and eye-hand coordination
skills.
·
Mastering
educational concepts that would otherwise have been beyond their reach.
Students can experience abstract concepts such as the growth of a flower
through 3-D computer simulations.
What Types of Assistive Technology
Can Help Students in the Classroom?
Computer-based instruction can support other learning activities. There are Assistive Tools or software that gives immediate positive feedback and provide motivation and focus for students with learning disabilities. Some special software can enable students with developmental disabilities to compensate for motor disturbances, organize behavior, and communicate with a minimum of stress, fatigue, and misunderstanding. Talking software can help a child hear the words while at the same time seeing them on the page while reading. Word processing with word prediction helps children with limited vocabularies, as well as children whose use of a keyboard is limited by motor impairments, to express them in writing with far less frustration. Special software can also help a child with attention deficit disorder to reduce the effect of external stimuli, increasing his or her ability to focus on class work. For example, a textbook can be "rewritten" at a lower grade level or shown graphically for students who have reading disabilities.
It can easily be presented in large print, in a different color, or with different backgrounds for students who have visual impairments. It can be read aloud via computer for students who are blind or non-readers. It can even be presented in a different language to students for whom English is a second language.
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