Dyslexia
In general, dyslexia is learning disability that makes it difficult to process numbers and text.
Technology Supports:
- Build in more time to complete tests by using Senteo interactive response systems where students can work at their own speed in a quiet classroom spot.
- Develop better awareness of letter sounds in words by developing interactive multimedia phonics activities using the SMART board.
- Reduce writing stress for the student by exporting notes created in SMART notebook software and presented on the SMART board
- Use a high quality classroom audio system to ensure students are able to hear and process what is said in the classroom.
- Supplement oral instructions by integrating text, animations, images and video into SMART board lessons.
- Record processes, i.e steps in solving a problem) on the SMART board to be played back on a demand basis
Equipping teachers with a high quality classroom audio system ensures even sound distribution and volume throughout the classroom, which helps student with processing difficulties hear what is said in the classroom. In the image above the teacher is wearing a wireless necklace microphone.
Senteo interactive student response systems supply students and teachers with instant results from assessment tasks. In addition to helping students who have difficulty writing, teachers are able to make informed decisions regarding next steps regarding instruction.
Using the SMART board "Spotlight" allows teachers to focus attention on a piece of text while blocking out text that confuses students when processing text. "Chunking" the information helps students with processing difficulties make sense of the information in the article.
Interactive self-checking activities, like the one above, developed in SMART Notebook software and presented on the SMART board enable students with processing difficulties to improve their awareness of letters and words. Adding sound to the images and text further help to reinforce awareness of letters and words.
Mild and Moderately Cognitively Disabled - The
satalight™ is often used as a single-user or collaborative touch screen computer access device with mild and moderately cognitively disabled students as a learning center in a classroom, in the development of literacy, numeracy and transitional living skills.
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