Assistive Technology

The assistive technology assignment was very familiar to me. I am a senior at USM and have had assistive technology drilled into my head :) Assistive technology is any type of technology device or resource that can be used to help students with different types of disabilities better function in the classroom. This assignment allowed me to put all of the information I had been taught about assistive technology into something that I can actually use as an assistive technology device in my future classroom. I learned how to press the "prt sc" button to select the current screen I was on and take a virtual picture of it for the PowerPoint. I also incorporated sounds, pictures, bold and highlighted text for all of the different types of disabilities that some students face. The NETS-T standards that applied to this assignment were 1 and 4. Standard number one states " facilitate and inspire student learning." By completing an assistive technology assignment for a specific student or students in my future classroom, I have used technology to facilitate student learning. Standard number four states "promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility." I have completed this assignment with my students who are differentiated learners in mind.  I have addressed all of the diverse needs of all of my students by using assistive technology in my future classroom.