INNOVATIVE USEOF TECHNOLOGY TOSUPPORT STUDENTS

WITH Special Disabilities.

Valentino Robinson

1. High school students with disability – verbal and

non-verbal in a self-contained classroom 2. Higher functioning high school students with disability in a resource room

TODAY I WILL PRESENT TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY USED IN TWO CLASSROOMS

INTRODUCTION

Technology is used in regular education classrooms through programs such as Learning

Focused Schools (LFS) However, for students with disability, the technology used reinforces and utilizes the research-based and

promising practice strategies for students with disability. 1. Discrete trial training 2. Social Stories and video modeling 3. Joint action routines 4. Applied Behavioral Analysis (Simpson, 2005, p.146)

VIDEO MODELING

Video modeling ---- This continues to have efficacy in our classroom.

This works especially well if the people in the video model are student teachers or high school volunteers who remain in touch with the classroom.

Video example (Moravian College Students).

ITOUCH / IPad

Many applications (or

apps) are free or low

cost $1.99.

Classroom example for

Farm Sounds

Classroom example:

The U.S. States and

Capitals: The format

for this itouch

application is discrete

trial training!

STUDENT DATA FOR LEARNING STATESAND CAPITALS WITH ITOUCH

100% accuracy for 50 states within 3 days. 80% accuracy for 13 targeted states within

6 days ! iTouch APPLICATION: THE U.S. States and Capitals

PODCASTS FOR THE ITOUCH

Making social modeling look “Normal Opportunities to customize lessons Used for group and individual lessons Any

sound recording software could be used to make “Podcasts Making official “Podcasts

Digital Frame

Constant Modeling Rotating Topics Classroom Announcements User Friendly Eliminates Classroom Clutter Student Focused Include student photos (with

permission)

NINTENDO WII Grant for classroom Wii Video clip with student’s excitement. Benefits of a Wii: Lifelong skills (Wii is played at many social functions, including continuous care facilities.) Joint attention Language/vocabulary Social Skills Exercise

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Learning from classroomEvents

• Captures actual emotions

• Helps students analyze

• Must have student/parent

• Permission• Images should not be

• duplicated or shared Analyze both positive andnegative behaviors.

WII FAVORITES CLASSROOM

• Bowling and• Golf with Wii• Sports • Wii Music

FUTURE OF WII IN MY CLASSROOM

• Continued use of Wii

• Continued use of Wii for Social Modeling

• Continued use of Wii for motivation andenjoyment of school.

• Work with the occupational therapist to createand implement a program for a student with self injuriousbehaviors (SIB)

• Collaborate with physical education teacher

LCD PROJECTOR CLASSROOMAPPLICATIONS

• Discovery Educationwww.discoveryeducation.com videos on the wall(Discovery Education videos for teaching.)

Any video is displayed on the wall.

Social Stories prepared via PowerPoint are shownon the wall. (Example)

PowerPoint presentations prepared by a studentare shown on the wall. (Example)

SOCIAL STORY

MONSTER STORY

WEB QUESTS Definition: A "Web Quest," as implied by the name, is an inquiry-based, on-line learning activity. (Wikipedia Web Quests can be individualized, if you want to learn how to create one: http://webquest.org

This website has lists of prepared Web Quests. Regular education teachers may use Web Quests as inquiry- group based lessons. One example of a teacher created Web Quest Decimals for an individual student in my classroom. Examples: http://webquest.org/searchindex.php http://www.gecdsb.on.c/d&g/DP/locatorp.asp

Online Services

• Google Documents • Skype • Wordle • Prezi• Survey Monkey• You Tube

GOogle Documents Inclusion courses currently use this service Shared use at home andschool Profile customization and creation struggles Programs: Documents Spreadsheets Presentations Drawing

SKYPE

• Endless classroom • Video Chatting • Instant Messaging • Sharing files

Wordle & Prezi

Wordle Prezi Easy creation of word walls Creative Manipulation of text Free No membership necessary www.wordle.com User friendly presentation software Free membership for educators Innovative way to present information Capable of downloads for non-online use www.prezi.com

Survey Monkey

Both free and paid services available Free is suitable for my classroom needs Anyone can participate Allows for direct student information (Student monitoring &classroom decisions) User friendly! www.surveymonkey.com

NEW TECHNOLOGY

There are many other technologies that for use in classrooms of a range of cognitive levels. EXAMPLES: iPad, MP3 players, personal DVD players, QUICKEN, and other emerging technologies.

iPad

FINANCING?

Here are a few ideas: Apply for a grant Fundraisers Mini-Business Budget for next year

RESOURCE PAGES PAGE 1 http://www.discoveryeducation.com

products/streaming/ purchase.cfm

http://www.discoveryeducation.com

index.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

WebQuest www.googledocs.com

http://www.apple.com/itunes

www.prezi.com

www.skype.com

www.youtube.com

RESOURCES PAGE 2Simpson, R. L. (2005). Evidence-based practices and students with disability disorders. Focus on Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20(3), 143-149. Retrieved October 20, 2009, from the EBSCO database. www.surveymonkey.com www.wordle.com www.surveymonkey.com