Standard 3.4 Adaptive and Assistive Technology
Candidates facilitate the use of adaptive and assistive technologies to support individual student learning needs. (PSC 3.4/ISTE 3d)
Artifact:
Reflection:
Assistive Technology
I chose to complete this learning experience by working with a hearing deficit student. This learning relates to the knowledge of knowing the IEP of a student with a disability and accommodations that are needed to support individual student learning needs. By completing this assignment, I learned how to use adaptive and assistive technologies to support individual student learning needs.
Through the development of this Assistive Technology artifact, I worked with a student. I learned about the hearing assistive devices needed for the student to be successful in the learning environment. I also spoke with the student mom and was able to gain a full understanding of the student IEP to understand the modifications the student needed for the successful completion of this learning experience. While working with the student, we were able to use the assistive technology devices to help the student hear me from a distance. If I am standing near the student and looking directly face-to-face with the student, then the student can listen to me. Once I moved away, I still used the assistive hearing device as that allowed the student to hear what I was saying without being near the student.
For this learning experience, I worked with a student that has a hearing disability. I was able to learn how to use student assistive technology devices. The assistive technology devices that the student use are hearing aids, an FM system called M-dex, and a microphone. I learned that the student must wear hearing aids at all times. The M-dex device is sync to the students hearing aids and teachers must wear the microphone that is a part of the system at all times, so student hears everything through the hearing because the sound travels directly to the hearing aids. I learned about technology coaching and technology leadership from completing this field experience that teachers do not have to know how to use every assistive technology device but must be willing to learn and use the devices so that students with disabilities have the opportunity to learn. I completed different reading and math tasks with the student as reading and math was a part of students' IEP goals.
Although this field experience cannot be assessed, this field experience impacted student learning positively. The use of assistive technology devices assists the student with the capability to hear others and feel like a normal child. The student expressed to me that he enjoys being treated as normal. I believe that when the student is comfortable with using the assistive learning device and excited to learn, this will increase student learning. Also, with the support of the student parents and teachers, this experience has taught me that just because a student has a disability does not mean they are incapable of learning.
Assistive Technology
I chose to complete this learning experience by working with a hearing deficit student. This learning relates to the knowledge of knowing the IEP of a student with a disability and accommodations that are needed to support individual student learning needs. By completing this assignment, I learned how to use adaptive and assistive technologies to support individual student learning needs.
Through the development of this Assistive Technology artifact, I worked with a student. I learned about the hearing assistive devices needed for the student to be successful in the learning environment. I also spoke with the student mom and was able to gain a full understanding of the student IEP to understand the modifications the student needed for the successful completion of this learning experience. While working with the student, we were able to use the assistive technology devices to help the student hear me from a distance. If I am standing near the student and looking directly face-to-face with the student, then the student can listen to me. Once I moved away, I still used the assistive hearing device as that allowed the student to hear what I was saying without being near the student.
For this learning experience, I worked with a student that has a hearing disability. I was able to learn how to use student assistive technology devices. The assistive technology devices that the student use are hearing aids, an FM system called M-dex, and a microphone. I learned that the student must wear hearing aids at all times. The M-dex device is sync to the students hearing aids and teachers must wear the microphone that is a part of the system at all times, so student hears everything through the hearing because the sound travels directly to the hearing aids. I learned about technology coaching and technology leadership from completing this field experience that teachers do not have to know how to use every assistive technology device but must be willing to learn and use the devices so that students with disabilities have the opportunity to learn. I completed different reading and math tasks with the student as reading and math was a part of students' IEP goals.
Although this field experience cannot be assessed, this field experience impacted student learning positively. The use of assistive technology devices assists the student with the capability to hear others and feel like a normal child. The student expressed to me that he enjoys being treated as normal. I believe that when the student is comfortable with using the assistive learning device and excited to learn, this will increase student learning. Also, with the support of the student parents and teachers, this experience has taught me that just because a student has a disability does not mean they are incapable of learning.