Accessibility: Assistive Tech Goes Mainstream

Autor/in	Schaffhauser, Dian
Titel	Accessibility: Assistive Tech Goes Mainstream
Quelle	In: T.H.E. Journal, 40 (2013) 5, S.31-36 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-592X
Schlagwörter	Accessibility (for Disabled); Assistive Technology; Mainstreaming; Special Education; Special Needs Students; Technology Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Educational Strategies; Educational Practices; Special Education Teachers; Educational Technology; Classroom Techniques; Technology Planning; Technological Literacy; Georgia; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrstrategie; Bildungspraxis; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Unterrichtsmedien; Klassenführung; Technisches Wissen
Abstract	The latest compilation from the US Department of Education (from 2010-2011) reports that about 13 percent of public school enrollment consists of students served by special education programs. That count has pretty much stayed the same for the past 13 years. What is different now is that, as technology pervades all aspects of the classroom, special education teachers need to make a decision about whether they're going to stay on track with specialized assistive technologies or adopt some of the mainstream ones that general education students are using. The latter approach appears to be winning right now. In many situations the mobile devices, apps, cloud based computing and flipped classroom approaches that are finding wide acceptance in general education are also finding a home among the tools used by special ed experts to help students succeed. Discussed in this article are ways in which special ed experts are leveraging main stream technical initiatives to benefit special needs students. Also included are advice to I.T. from special ed. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10