Assistive/Adaptive Technology

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Title Page:

Learning How to Use Print Screen Page:

Low Vision Computer User Page:

Magnifier Page:

Alert Sound for the Caps Lock Key Page:

 Visual Alert Flash Page:

On Screen Keyboard Page:

The Letter "C" Modified for Sighted, Visually, and Hearing Impaired Students Page:

The Letter "B" Modified for Sighted, Visually, and Hearing Impaired Students Page:

 

Free Photo Sites Page:

Free Sound File Sites Page:

Mouse/ Pointer Options Page: 

Before being assigned this assignment, I had no clue any of these things were able to be done on a computer. I learned how to do all different types of things from just this one assignment. I knew that there was a way to do this stuff on your computer, but I figured I would have to pay to buy it in order to use it. The good thing about this assignment is it showed me different things I could do to make sure all the students in my classroom can be included into the assignment, even if the students have some sort of impairment or disability. If a student in your class is a low vision computer user, all the teacher has to do is change the display to a high contrast extra-large scheme. If student has trouble seeing the text on the screen use the magnifier to magnify the same screen the rest of the students are looking at. If you have a student in your class who has a physical disability that makes it easy for him or her to accidentally engage a computer key setting, then set an alert on the computer to go off when the students hit the Caps Lock key. If you have a student in your class who has a mild hearing impairment, set a visual alert on the computer to flash if the student hits the Caps Lock key. If you have a student in your class who has a physical impairment and as a result he or she uses a pointer to access the computer, then have the student use an On Screen Keyboard instead. I also learned how to take a picture of the computer screen. It is not hard to do at all. All a teacher has to do to take a picture of their computer screen is press the Ctrl key + the PrntScr key. All of these things I learned to do in this assignment should be used by every teacher to include a disabled child in the classroom. I think the NETS-T Standard that this assignment falls under is "Model Digital Age Work and Learning". I think this is the standard for this assignment because in this assignment I had to figure out all of the current knowledge of technology I could use to make sure the computer screen was suitable for all of the students, in my classroom, to be able to use and see the screen clearly. When I use this in my classroom, I would have to communicate with the parents to know what modifications needed to be made, and I would have to talk to the student with the disability to make sure they are able to see and use the screen after I have made the modifications.