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Technology in Special

Education

By: Alexis Atkins, Julie Crane, David Coupland, Daniel Faust, Dayna Wilkins

Concepts

Universal Design for Learning

 Technology Integration Strategies for Special Education

Interactive and Multimedia Presentations

Writing Programs

Use of Digital Devices and Computer Systems

Use a digital camera to take pictures of items to use with PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)

Closed Circuit Television for Sensory Disabilities                

IMovie for MAC

Analog System   

Use an optical character recognition software to scan and translate print into a word-processor.

               

How technology can be used in communicating, collaborating, conducting research, and/or solving problems for special

education.

 Use a blog to collaborate with fellow special education teachers.

Tools to convert printed information

Coin- U- Lator

Problem Solving Projects

How to use Productivity Tools for Special Education

Use a word-processing program to create a classroom newsletter for parents.

Business Multimedia System

Teach Visual Literacy

List and share online resources with and between students

Provide low cost applications for students to use at school and within their homes for extra practice

Multi Media Tools

Select an interactive story to help a student with attention problems or poor reading skills from Clifford Interactive Storybooks

Books on audio

Smart Boards

Projectors

You Tube

Adaptive and Assistive Devices

Attach an adaptive switch to a computer so students with limited physical abilities can use the computer.

Canes and Sensor Technology

Joystick

Switches

Alternative Keyboards

How teachers and students can practice different resources                   

Interactive Story Books

How to follow copy right laws and guidelines

 Reference the site by its URL and owner name.

How an existing TrackStar or WebQuest can be used as an

activity

WebQuest - Who I Am

Track Star- Hip Hip Hooray for Hands

Track Star- Fun Brain

WebQuest- Figures and Shapes

WebQuest- Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Instructional Software

Millie's Math House

Compu Thera

Ed by Design

Orion Systems

Reader Rabbit

Tele Communicate and Tele- Research Projects

Square of Life

Pen Pals

Two great tele communicate website http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/telenet.html and http://communitydisc.westside66.org/HTML/colette/telecom/telecom.html

Rubrics

Journal Writing

Multimedia rubric for video project

On line History Project Rubric

Power Point Creation rubric

Team work evaluation

Integration Idea of Appropriate Lesson Plans

Csun.edu

Provides teachers with less plans and teaching strategies

Shows specifically how to integrate an idea into the lesson plan

Summary

All of these examples could be used in a Special Education classroom.

By using these examples the students will better learn the concepts being taught in the classroom.

It enables them to actively learn.