Benefits:
- self paced
- self-directed learning
- Exercises various senses
Tutor:
Drill and Practice
Tutorials
Simulations
Games: Stimulating and challenging
Tools: Help with processing issues
Speech to text software: Assistive Software recognizes spoken word and converts into text.
Benefits:
removes physical barriers
decreased anxiety
increased writing production, less embarrassment through a scribe
Independence: able to write with more speed, deliberate and detailed
Challenges:
- Frustrating
- Large memory card required
- Not easily portable
Free examples:
- Google docs voice typing
- Speechnotes on Chrome
- Apple Dictation
- Windows Speech Recognition
- Dragon professional Individual $300
- Briana $300
Text to Speech Software:
- Understand the text
- more access to technology
- Student growth
issues:
- too short of a sentence won’t translate
- break up sentence in a weird way
- not easily portable
Smartboard: Electronic whiteboard and computer screen
- Display image and draw on the image at the same time
- preloaded activities
- brings text to speech and speech to text
- enlarge text on the screen
Helps students with:
- Visual impairments
- reading and processing disabilities
- adhd
- Group projects
Not enough teachers have experience and training with a smart board
Height may not be level to elementary school students
The glare of a smart board