Sunday, April 12, 2015

Blog Post #12

What assistive technologies are available to you as a teacher?


Symbaloo
Symbaloo Assistive Technology
This was a collaborative project by, 

Sarah Sanders
Mercedi Thomley
Patricia Tremblay 

As a group, we discussed the many options for adding assistive technology to the classroom for students who are visually or hearing impaired. We created a Symbaloo Webmix Page, where we then each contributed useful and informative information. All of our research can be found here with links.

Some of the resources and products that I found helpful were:
    Apps for Visually Impaired Children
  • Dragon Dictation App- is an easy to use voice recognition app that allows you to easily speak your text or email messages.
  • Braille Touch App-This app allows users to type on their touchscreen using braille.
  • eBeam Interactive Education Solution-The eBeam is like a portable Smart Board and can be played on any type of surface.
  • Snail-Braille Reading Tool-The Snail is a small rolling device that quickly and easily translate Braille into spoken words.
  • The Readot-Touching Pictures Scanner- is a scanner that takes in images and text, the raises the appropriate series of dots on its tactile surface to recreate the original.
  • Resources for the Educational Use of Ipads- This is a great website that list some different iPad technology for the deaf and blind and also has webinars to learn how to use them.
  • 15 Best Ipad Apps for Blind Kids- This is a great article about apps for small children who are blind or visually impaired. Several of them help with cause and effect and visual attention.

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