Assistive Technology. Powerful Solutions for Success
Description
Utilizing the principles of Universal Design for Learning, this program takes viewers into classrooms where low- to mid-tech AT solutions are helping students with disabilities to become confident, independent learners. The video covers auditory process supports (interactive white boards, Inspiration software, and FM Classroom Amplification systems); fine-motor and writing supports (AlphaSmart, MathPad Plus, UltraKey, Franklin Spellers, Ginger Software, and Livescribe's Pulse Smartpen); and reading supports (WYNN software, TestTalker, Kurzweil 3000, Bookshare, the WizCom Reading Pen, and materials from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic).
Runtime
37 min
Subjects
- Effective teaching (271)
- Computer-aided instruction (30)
- Children with disabilities (107)
- Educational technology (286)
- Special Education (37)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c2009
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