Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Use of Computer Technology to Help students with Special Needs

Below is the link to an article titled "Use of Computer Technology to Help students with Special Needs" by Ted S Hasselbring and Candyce H Williams Glaser.

"Many people applaud the integration of computer-based technologies into the classroom for typically functioning students. Fewer individuals recognize the great number of benefits that computer-based technologies may afford children with disabilities.

"This article focuses on the role that computer technology can play in promoting the education of children with special needs within the classroom. It begins with an overview of children's different types of disabilities and special needs, and an introductory discussion of how technology can help meet those needs.... how computer applications and devices make it possible for students with disabilities to be educated alongside their nondisabled peers. The final section provides a discussion of the barriers to more widespread use of the promising technologies - barriers that must be overcome if schools are to provide greater opportunities for students with disabilities to learn more effectively in regular classroom settings."

http://www.familiestogetherinc.org/espanol/PDF%20FILES/COMPUTERTECHNEEDS.pdf

This is a US article but well done

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