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Any device or program that promotes the success of students with disabilities.
What is Assistive Technology?
What grade levels have Assistive technology been implemented to help students?
What is prek- 12 grade?
This item can download many applications including digital storybooks for students to read. This items symbol is an apple.
What is an iPad?
Which subject area do students find most challenging?
In the article what do they say math requires?
What is reading and abstract thinking?
Who must determine that an AT is educationally necessary for a student to benefit from his or her educational program. And must document the student’s needs and how an AT benefits the student?
Who are general ed teachers, SPED teacher, and IEP team?
What is the 2 biggest benefits of AT?
Is it to help students access the curriculum and become more independent?
Students who have trouble holding pencils use this item.
What is pencil grip?
Assitive technology is a tool that can help teachers meet these challenges and improve mathematics instruction to what?
How can we help raise student math achievement?
Math teachers can use AT in assisting students to improve functioning in their what?
What is learning environment?
How often do we monitor the students need for an AT?
Is it frequently?
What are the 2 biggest concerns of AT?
Is it that AT are expensive and can be complex?
Students will speak and the computer will write what is spoken.
What is text to speech?
Akpan and Beard (2013), and Beard, Carpenter and Johnston(2011)identified the AT continuum for instructional purposes as high-tech for what?
What are computer access and electronic devices?
Akpan and Beard (2013), and Beard, Carpenter and Johnston(2011)identified the AT continuum for instructional purposes as no-tech for what?
What is no aids required?
What classification of AT is inexpensive, require minimal student, teacher, or parent training, and typically do not require hardware or software pro- grams.
Is it low Tech?
What category has advantages of making information accessible, compensating for physical issues and is often inexpensive?
What is Computer Access Tool?
This helps students organize their thoughts and map out a course of action.
What is graphic organizer?
Assistive Technology can promote _______ for students by enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly either unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing
What is (greater) independence?
What is a computer software that is used to interactively solve math problems. It is designed for those who are cannot use pencils to write.
What is Virtual Pencil Arithmetic?
or What is Hunter Math?
What has advantages of supporting physical access to environment and supporting motor development and has cautions of high replacement and repair costs?
What is mobility aid?
Which category needs frequent updates and may promote dependence on technology?
What is computer-based instructional support?
Students can use this to control an electronic device. Using a head mounted or gooseneck user interface, or available tubing for a custom solution, the child can control a mouse, joystick or keyboard with ease.
What is sip-and -puff systems?
For high-tech devices what can come through the school system, the insurance provider, or civic organizations?
What is funding?
What enables students to do arithmetic directly on the computer. The program is ideal for students who need help organizing or navigating math problems or who have difficulties doing math with traditional pencil and paper.
What is MathPad?