Sunday, April 13, 2014

Blog Post #12

Yanko Design

In today's schools there are all kinds of disabilities. There are physical and mental, but there are solutions to all. So many apps and electronics have come out in order to help students with disabilities. A physical problem could be a child being deaf. When there is something different about a child you do not have to tell them they already know. When these children get into a classroom setting it can make them feel even more different. Something deaf children have a hard time with is the sounding out of words. The VV-Talker helps with this. The child put one end up to their throat and watches the other end. It show the vibrations of the words and tells the child if they are saying the word properly. This device helps with children's speech and helps with their confidence in speaking to others.


VV-Walker
Blind Children Use iPads Successfully

An I-pad can be used many ways to appeal to children who have disabilities. For the blind there are all kinds of apps that can be used to navigate around an I-pad without any help. This allows children to use an I-pad without them looking or feeling like the are visually impaired. This helps students to feel like they have power and also allows them to be in control of something. I-pads are also good for children with autism or children who have a Learning Disability. Both of these types of children normally respond well to visual things. The I-pad also them to be visual and learn at the same time. This tool brings joy to their world that might seem a little jumbled and confusing.

iPads Become Learning Tools for Students With Disabilities

The I-pads and other forms of tablets can also help children with autism, down syndrome, and who are deaf to communicate. Students who might have had trouble communicating before using there devices would get frustrated and give up on communication, now they can communicate with rest of their classmates. Tablets can help with disabilities where traditional media can't and leave children feeling misunderstood.


ipad

1 comment:

  1. Hey Heather, great post!! So many great ways to help students with disabilities. I haven't heard of the VV-Talker. I think that is a fabulous devise. I going into special education so these devises are very useful for the students and for the teachers.

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