Here are a list of some assistive technology tools that are available for use:
For a complete list of assisitive technology tools follow this link : Assistive Technology
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Accommodating a Special Needs Student
In my future classrooms, there is a good possibility that I will have special needs students. Therefore, it is my duty to accommodate my lesson plans, so that these students are able to participate in the lesson plan normally. In my artifact 5, the lesson plan calls for students searching the internet for information about the immigration process, as well as using Microsoft Word to type an essay on their research. Student with mobility impairments would have trouble doing this assignment, so I must come up with a way to allow these students to do the lesson plan as well. Students with mobility impairments could use an on-screen keyboard so that they can still look up information and type their essay. Also, these students could use, Point-N-Click, which is a virtual mouse. This allows them to use a mouse just like any other students would. I believe that these accommodations would benefit students with mobility impairment.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Enhancing Education Through Technology
Follow this link to view lesson plan:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/gk2/threepigs.html
This lesson plan is focused on the basics of volcanoes and earthquakes and ways people can be affected by physical geography. It's also teaching students that people have to consider their surroundings and the weather before building homes and buildings. The lesson plan is directed at students ages k-2 and covers the Geography standard 2.3 of Social Studies standards which reads as follows:
Geography 2.3 --> Students will locate their community, state and nation on maps and globes; identify major geographic characteristics of their local community; and explore geographic relationships between the physical and environmental characteristics of their community.
I think this lesson plan could be enhanced through technology. A virtual tour and/or videos of actual volcanoes erupting and earthquakes would enhance a student's understanding of the two. With technology, student's could go on a virtual tour of a volcano and could look at real-life pictures or videos of a volcano erupting and see how it can affect the surrounding communities. I think adding videos and virtual tours to this lesson plan would enhance the children's learning.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/gk2/threepigs.html
This lesson plan is focused on the basics of volcanoes and earthquakes and ways people can be affected by physical geography. It's also teaching students that people have to consider their surroundings and the weather before building homes and buildings. The lesson plan is directed at students ages k-2 and covers the Geography standard 2.3 of Social Studies standards which reads as follows:
Geography 2.3 --> Students will locate their community, state and nation on maps and globes; identify major geographic characteristics of their local community; and explore geographic relationships between the physical and environmental characteristics of their community.
I think this lesson plan could be enhanced through technology. A virtual tour and/or videos of actual volcanoes erupting and earthquakes would enhance a student's understanding of the two. With technology, student's could go on a virtual tour of a volcano and could look at real-life pictures or videos of a volcano erupting and see how it can affect the surrounding communities. I think adding videos and virtual tours to this lesson plan would enhance the children's learning.
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