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Assistive Technology helps those with disabilities to participate during instruction. These disabilities can include hearing impairment, sight, and mobility challenges. I really enjoyed learning about the different helpful tools. Speech recognition software displays spoken words as text and text reading software reads text loudly and clearly. These programs open up a world of possibilities for those who are struggling. 

This video is about Mason, and he is like many children I come across daily! He uses iPads, brail devices, and smart boards to help him live a normal life in a school setting. By using these assistive technologies, he is able to participate and stay aligned with the class agenda.


Electronic spellers and dictionaries assist new learners with correct spelling, check the accuracy of their spelling, and listen to the words out loud. By listening to sentences, students can recognize words in a new way. Some companies have developed hand held devices that are often on Christmas lists! I think that making education fun this way can benefit so many students. Often times, students feel limited to what they can accomplish based on their abilities to do something. These electronic spellers and dictionaries are easy to understand and focus on.

Word clouds take key words from text to summarize it in a fun way. For example, if the topic were zebras, the word cloud would include zebra, stripes, black, white, Africa. It would not include words like are, can, eat, age... These are helpful to quickly see what text is about.