I came across Matthew Kearney's blog post (read blog here) about technology use for children with disability. To be honest with you I actually haven't thought about those children who are unable to communicate properly what they're thinking or their opinions. This is something I will definitely be interested researching more on in the future. Watching the video that Mr Kearney posted along with the blog, it just reaffirmed my appreciation of how important and signifincant today's technology can have impact on special needs children. iTouch and iPads are increasingly popular as a educational tool.
Here's the video mentioned above:
I started my 3rd practicum today and my cooperating teacher and I were discussing the implementation of interactive whiteboards that are suitable for special needs children. In my practicum classroom we have a stylus control interactive white board (there are two types of IWB - stylus control and finger touch sensitive control see IWB description website). This apparent stylus controlled IWB allows students that have little control of urges to touch and do what they please because of their disability, a chance to have better concentration as the board doesn't allow them to access movement of the whiteboard screen. This also benefits the teacher as websites and documents won't be accidently deleted due to fiddly hands.
Until next time folks!
