Lisa Wahl wrote an encouraging article regarding assistive technology in the classroom. With advances in technology we are now capable of allowing a kindergarten student with cerebral palsy to participate in classroom activities, a high school student with a reading disability is able to listen to the computer read aloud, a student with extreme dyslexia uses a word processor to take notes, and a student with one hand uses a customized keyboard. Lisa Wahl explains that assistive technology is not always a computer or electrical device, but it also includes a variety of tools for students. This includes a triangular pencil grip that allows the student to properly grip the writing utensil, another student uses a transparent yellow film overlay to increase the print contrast in a book, and a third student uses a back card with a long horizontal window cut out that allows him to see just a single line at a time. Assistive technology makes teaching and learning more effective.
Mr. Patton
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