a school leader’s guide to inclusive technologies to support students with disabilities:...
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A School Leader’s Guide to Inclusive Technologies to
Support Students with Disabilities:
Implementing Disruptive Innovations
Greg O’ConnorEducation Services Manager, Spectronics
Barriers to Learning & Opportunity
“impaired access, participation and progress throughout the curriculum”
One size fits all?
Differentiation
Universal Design for LearningMultiple Means of
• Representation
• Action and Expression
• Engagement
Using technology to remediate or compensate for difficulties
PDF can be downloaded from www.futurelab.org.uk
E-inclusion: Learning Difficulties and Digital Technologies
Chris Abbott
2007
three key technology-related shifts are underway
Critical Decisions •Assessment
and •Setting Options•Content management & editing
tools•Data Tracking•Sources for quality app reviews
Introduction to the iPad
•The iPad•Accessibility•The Classroom
iPad Resources
www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/apple
It Can’t Teach
The iPad
iTunes
Accessibility
•Settings•Pointers, keyboards & keyguards •App embedded assistive technology•Switch access•Assessment
Switch Access
Switch Box
by Therapy Box
Blue2 Bluetooth Switch
By AbleNet
The Classroom
Management
Bretford PowerSync Cart for iPad
By Apple
Accessories
Accessories
Teaching and Learning
Assistive Technology
•Communication / AAC•Visual Supports
Curriculum
•Reading•Writing•Numeracy•Creative Arts
Implications
Disruptive Innovation
SOS
Implications
lack of integration into curriculum
Implications
• Paradox
• Acceptance
• Training
• Assessment
• Revisit SETT to review changing curriculum access needs
• Management plan
• Successful inclusion (teaching) requires differentiation
• Teachers reluctant to change• Differentiation requires expertise,
planning and preparation(Shaddock 2006)
Implications
What facilitates changes to teaching?
Teachers• Possible
Principals• Provide planning, collaboration and reflection
System• Practical, content-relevant professional development
(Shaddock 2006)
Implications
Piano Stairs
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