Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology

As a future teacher, I am sure I will have students within in my class with a disability. There are many different types of equipment that are used to increase maintain and improve the functional capabilities of individuals. These are called Assistive technology.  It is import as a teacher to create an assessable learning environment for all learners and students. As a teacher this means I must modify lessons and activities for students with disabilities.

We had to complete an assignment on assistive technology.  In this assignment we explored Accessibility features for people who are hard of hearing, people who are visually impaired and people who have mobility impairments. I knew Windows had accessibility options but I never knew how many. I learned so many things from this assignment that I can use in my future classroom. We also used the PRINT SCREEN option to take a picture of the screen. I did not know a computer was capable of this at all. It’s kind of like my cell phone screen shot option.

If I have a student that is a low vision computer user, I can adjust the display to high or low contrast depending on what the student needs. I can also use the magnifier to increase the text size of a document.

If I have a student who has a physical disability that makes it easy for them to accidentally engage a computer key I can assign alert sounds to keys to let them know when a key has been accidentally pressed.

If I have a student with a mild hearing impairment, I can set the computer so when a computer sounds an alert a visual one flashes in the window.

All of this info I combined into a PowerPoint presentation

Click here to view the PowerPoint----------- Assistive Technology PowerPoint

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