The use of technology to help students with special needs has been very effective. This article points out the advantages of the use of technology to help all types of students.
I found very interesting the different technologies that are used by students that have a major disability such as hearing impairment or visual impairments. Such devices include:
-Hearing aids
-cochlear plants
- FM
- Touch sensitive screens
- briale note takers
- DVS.
And so many other devices which can be seen on the hyperlink attached.
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October 13th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
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One Response to “Use of technology to help students with special needs”
[...] Sana’s post on the use of the use of technology to help students with special needs raises many ideas I had not considered before. The idea of intellectually mild students using the internet to research topics, and then exchange thoughts and ideas with others in a collaborative environment would definitely help both their learning and social needs. I am sure this article provides fertile ground for ideas to impove learning outcomes for students with special needs. [...]
November 2, 2008 @ 12:41 am