using ict to support students who are deaf
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Using ICT to Support Students who are Deaf. Professional Development and Support: Why?. Isolation Unique and common problems Affirmation Pace of change in education Policy of integration Parental expectations and awareness Professionalism Educational partnership. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using ICT to Support Students
who are Deaf
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Professional Development and Support: Why?
• Isolation • Unique and common problems• Affirmation• Pace of change in education• Policy of integration• Parental expectations and awareness• Professionalism• Educational partnership
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Professional Development and Support: How?
Through the Internet:• Access to expertise/information• On-line courses• Chat rooms• Message Boards• Mailing lists• Sharing of resources
Other:• Support groups in education centres
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A teacher of the deaf may need:
• The facility to individualise teaching and learning materials
• New and exciting ways of learning to motivate students
• Administrative tools to help with planning, record keeping etc.
• What else?
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A Deaf Student
Two specific areas of need:
• Acquisition of language
• Development of a communication system
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A Deaf Student
• Has difficulty in acquiring language in the same way as the hearing student and may have a poor vocabulary
• May have difficulty in developing a communication system
• May have difficulty learning at the same rate as hearing students
• May have a below average reading age and have difficulty coping with text books written for their chronological age
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A Deaf Student
• Will need much reinforcement
• Very often has low confidence and/or self esteem
• May have memory problems
• May have difficulty with writing
• May need extra support in class and extra time spent on a topic
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A Deaf Student
• May have difficulty moving from the concrete to the abstract
• May not seek assistance when needed
• May have difficulty expressing ideas
• May have difficulty keeping track of what everyone says in a class discussion
• May have difficulty socialising with hearing peers
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Memory Triangle
•Most people remember
Lecture
Reading
Hearing
SeeingDemonstration
Watching a videoSeeing it done
Giving a talkGroup work
Project workCross-curricular work
Teaching others
5%
10%
20%
30%
50%
70%
90%
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Memory Triangle
Lecture
Reading
Hearing
SeeingDemonstration
Watching a videoSeeing it done
Giving a talkGroup work
Project workCross-curricular work
Teaching others
5%
10%
20%
30%
50%
70%
90%
COMPUTER
•ICT facilitates Active Teaching and Learning Methods
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Memory Triangle
Most people remember:
• 10% of what we read (difficult if the deaf student has literacy problems)
• 50% of what we see and hear (a problem for deaf students)
• 90% of what we do (can benefit deaf students a great deal)
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Common types of ICT use
• Teaching tool• Learning tool• Administrative tool• A source of educational content• A collaborative tool• A medium of communication• A student’s functional aid (assistive
technology)• A medium of creative expression
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How can ICT help the teacher?
• Facilitates individual instruction
• Facilitates individual learning
• Facilitates provision of additional support in mainstream classes
• To vary teaching methods and add variety to lessons
• Can be used as a source of professional development and support
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How can ICT help the teacher?
• Reinforce basic skills
• Design programs to meet the needs of students
• Facilitates communication
• Locate resources
• Assessments
• Record keeping
• Preparation of notes
• Research
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How can ICT support deaf students?
• Opens up new methods of communication for deaf students
• Very visual medium-pictures and animations
• Not dependent on the spoken word
• Can extend the use of language and reinforce vocabulary
• Can extend the understanding of concepts
• Allows deaf students to access information thus increasing confidence, independence and self- esteem
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How can ICT support deaf students?
• Facilitates independent learning and collaborative learning
• Promotes active learning
• Allows students to work at own pace and level
• Allows students to produce high quality, professional looking work
• Students may more readily accept feedback from a computer than teacher
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Types of ICT
• Educational software
• Interactive resources
• Software for communication (e.g. voice recognition)
• Technology for speech synthesis (e.g. Dynavox)
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Types of ICT
• Interactive white boards
• Digital cameras
• Videophones, videoconferencing
• Text messaging, email, Internet
• Laptops, portable writing devices
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Software / ICT Resources
Watch for:
• Sound dependency
• Compatibility with listening devices
• Appropriate visual presentation
• Use of icons / captioning
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Where can ICT help?
• CD-ROM and multimedia software – both commercial and “home made” to provide access to visual information
• Reinforce language, vocabulary or concepts
• Word processors and predictive software programs to help develop writing skills
• Presentation software to visually display information for projects, web pages, etc.
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Where can ICT help?
• Presentation of information in new ways to organise thoughts – planning and organising programs, spreadsheets, databases
• Communication technology to facilitate communication between deaf and other students
• The Internet has transformed the lives of many deaf people by allowing access to information and by facilitating communication