Technology can assist students with special needs in various aspects. There are programs available to assist the visually impaired by blowing up or magnifying words on a page and highlighting as read aloud. There are also programs for the hearing impairing that teachers can use to adjust pitch sounds so that these students can follow along in a text.
The program Inspiration- Crosspad is a useful tool for students with delayed fine motor skills. This could be useful in my middle school to assist students with note taking and creating outlines and maps.
Last night, we also explored several websites that can be used in the classroom to address students' multiple intelligences as we teach concepts. Sites like Brainpop.com and Edheads.com are not only educattionally rich but fun for students too. These sites talk to the students and provide them a break from the teacher's voice. They can be used for motivation, introduction, teaching, reteaching, etc.
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