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Technology in



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NASPE Standards for Health Education

1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention

2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and

services3. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice

health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks4. Students will analyze the influence of culture, media,

technology, and other factors on health5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use

interpersonal communication skills to enhance personal health

6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision making skills to enhance health

7. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health


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Technology Integration Strategies for Health Education

Supporting Improved Fitness

Helping Students Assess and Enhance Personal Health

Helping Students Obtain Valid Health Information

Influencing Health Behaviors

Supporting Interdisciplinary Instruction


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Supporting Improved Fitness

BENEFITS

Devices help analyze, monitor, and improve

fitness Displaying students’ data

on the Internet allows competition between

students across the country Devices help monitor heart

rate as students work toward fitness goals

Helps students develop and track their fitness goals and

plan

Sample Resources and Activities

Treadmills, stair steppers, and

stationary bikes Heart Monitors

Electronic portfolios and spreadsheet

software


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Helping Students Assess and Enhance Personal Health

Benefits

Guides students through the process of making changes to enhance their

health


Nutritional Analysis Programs

Risk Assessment Programs


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Helping Students Obtain Valid Health Information

Benefits

Provides current information for

researching health topics


Internet Sites: Web MD

Software: My Amazing Human Body


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Influencing Health Behaviors

Benefits

Webquests allow students to collaborate on health-related issues

Presents health issues in “real-life” settings to

foster decision-making and critical thinking skills


Internet webquest sites Video-based Simulations


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Supporting Interdisciplinary Instruction

Benefits

Shows relationships between physical

education/health-related topics and other subject

areas


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Top Ten Websites for Health Education

1. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance http://www.aahperd.org

2. American School Health Association http://www.ashaweb.org

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov

4. Go Ask Alice http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu

5. Kids Health http://www.kidshealth.org

6. Health Teacher http://www.healthteacher.com

7. University of Alberta Health Centre Health Information Page http://www.ualberta.ca/healthinfo

8. Science of Sport http://www.exploratorium.com/sport/index.html

9. P.E. Links 4U http://pelinks4u.org

10. Using Technology in Physical Education Newsletter http://www.pesoftware.com/technews/news.html

http://www.aahperd.org/

http://www.ashaweb.org/

http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

http://www.kidshealth.org/

http://www.healthteacher.com/

http://www.ualberta.ca/healthinfo

http://www.exploratorium.com/sport/index.html

http://pelinks4u.org/


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The New Food Pyramid:“Steps to a Healthier You”

Activity is represented by the steps

and the person

climbing them as a

reminder of the

importance of daily physical activity

Moderation is represented by

the narrowing of each food group from bottom to

top.

Personalization is shown by the person on

the steps. “One size

doesn’t fit all”

Variety is symbolized by

the 6 color bands.

Proportionality is shown by the different widths of the

food group bands.


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Introduction

To be successful in the classroom, young children with disabilities will require modifications or additional support. Sometimes these modifications and supports

are referred to as supplementary aids and

services. These aids are a variety of assistive

technology devices that compensate for the

disability and allow the child to be successful in the

educational setting (Parette, Murdick, 1).


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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

The IDEA defined an assistive technology device as, “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of children with disabilities.” This broad definition establishes that virtually any tool used on a daily basis has the potential to increase the functional abilities of children with disabilities (Nalty &Kochany, 1991).


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Top 10 strategies for technology in Special Education.

1. Use alternative keyboard: Students with limited manual dexterity need alternatives to the standard keyboard that let them use the computer independently.

2. Use joysticks or switches instead of keyboards: Students with severe physical disabilities need ways other than a keyboard to get input to the computer.

3. Use text-to-speech products: These devices and materials assist students who have difficulty speaking.

4. Provide a range of tools to support student writers: Some students need simplified word processing tools or specialized work prediction word processors.

5. Use digital cameras to capture images of objects and environments: Students with cognitive disabilities sometimes need concrete examples as cues and prompts for learning.


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6. Use voice recognition software: Students who are unable to write by hand, who have illegible handwriting, or find handwriting extremely tedious can use specific software to create text from their speech.

7. Use talking word processors: These provide speech synthesis that allow students to hear what they have written.

8. Use specialized calculators: These handheld devices help students learn numerical concepts like making change.

9. Use text-to-speech readers: Students with visual disabilities can use these to have text read to them for a computer screen

10. Use optical character recognition (OCR) software or CCTV: These strategies help enlarge text for students who are partially sighted.

Top 10 strategies for technology in Special Education.


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Learning Difficulties

Strategies

Difficulty remembering things to do, sequence of tasks.

Provide a reminder service http://www.iping.com. Use a specialized prompting device: Job Coach at http://www.attainmentcompany.com.

Inability to read and comprehend at grade level.

Provide digital text in a text-to-speech program: ReadPlease at http://www.readplease.com. Provide instructional materials with multiple levels: http://www.windows.ucar.edu.

Difficulties in written expression.

Use a predictive word processor; e.g., Co: Writer (http://www.donjohnston.com) or WordQ (http://wordq.com).Offer support for dictation: http://www.idictate.com.

Matching Technology Resources to the Needs of At-Risk Students.


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Matching Technology Resources to the Needs of At-Risk Students.

Difficulties in math computations and concepts.

Use online calculators: WebMath at http://www.webmath.com. Use teaching tools such as Virtual Math Manipulative at http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.htm.

Lack of motivation to engage in school work.

Shift power and control for the student to take responsibility; e.g., clipping services like crayon (http://crayon.net) to create their own newspaper or My. Yahoo (http://my.yahoo.com) to manage a personal calendar and to-do list.Use trackStar (http://hprtec.trackstar.org) to organize engaging instructional activities that parallet the curriculum.


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Summary of Technology Integration Strategies for Special Education

Target Target GroupsGroups

Sample Technology Integration StrategiesSample Technology Integration Strategies

Students with Students with mild and mild and moderate to moderate to severe severe disabilitiesdisabilities

Individuals with mild cognitive disabilities:Individuals with mild cognitive disabilities:Reading: Use reading skill software, text-to-text Reading: Use reading skill software, text-to-text speech products, interactive storybooks.speech products, interactive storybooks.Writing: Use voice recognition software and word Writing: Use voice recognition software and word prediction software.prediction software.Math: Use graphing software, drills, games, and Math: Use graphing software, drills, games, and tutorials.tutorials.

Individuals with moderate to severe cognitive Individuals with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities:disabilities:Software helps teach/reinforce functional skillsSoftware helps teach/reinforce functional skillsVideos enhance learning, maintenance, and transfer Videos enhance learning, maintenance, and transfer of functional and community-based behaviors. of functional and community-based behaviors.


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Summary of Technology Integration Strategies for Special Education

Students with Students with physical physical disabilitiesdisabilities

Provide alternative methods of accessing keyboard, Provide alternative methods of accessing keyboard, mouse, and/or monitor.mouse, and/or monitor.Determine the best placement of adaptive Determine the best placement of adaptive technologies and provide training to ensure the technologies and provide training to ensure the student is able to operate it independently.student is able to operate it independently.Monitor function to ensure maximum level of Monitor function to ensure maximum level of participation is obtained without excessive physical participation is obtained without excessive physical demands.demands.

Students with Students with sensory sensory disabilitiesdisabilities

For individuals who are blind:For individuals who are blind:Use canes and sensor technologies to assist Use canes and sensor technologies to assist movement.movement.Use text-to-brail converters.Use text-to-brail converters.Use screenreaders.Use screenreaders.

For individuals who are hearing impaired:For individuals who are hearing impaired:Use FM amplification systems (assistive listening Use FM amplification systems (assistive listening devices).devices).


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References

Robyler, M.D. (2006). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (4th ed., chap. 14). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

(1994). MyPyramid. Retrieved November 7, 2006, from

Mypyramid.gov Web site: http://www.mypyramid.gov

Robyler, M.D. (2006). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (4th ed, chap. 15). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

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