Assisted Technology For Visual And Hearing Impared Students
My students need these Chromebooks as assisted technology to increase their functional living skills (Job Searching, resume building & current events).
Can you imagine teaching a class of 11 moderate to severe special education students how to be functional in their independent home situation without a computer? The students in my class do not have the resources needed to learn how to be independent outside of the classroom.
My students have moderate to severe special education abilities.
The abilities of my students range from cerebral palsy, blind, low-cognitive development, epilepsy, Down Syndrome, Autism, deaf and hard-of-hearing. Special education students are allowed to attend high school until the age of 22. Once they turn 22 they are sent on their own either in a group home, assisted living, or fully independent. Each student comes from a unique background some in which are better than others.
The class dynamics is a sight to see. The students genuinely enjoy learning about an adult life and what they may encounter. They have learned how to cook simple breakfast and lunches with verbal and physical prompts from classroom aides and myself. With assistance they go out in the community and volunteer at various work sites in the community and are slowly creating a school spirit student store to provide ways in which they would need to learn how to communicate with the general public.
My Project
The Google Chromebooks will change the lives of my special education students. Computers are used in most every ones everyday life. The students in my class will benefit from this resource because they will be able to learn the skills needed to be more independent in their future. The Google Chrome books will provide job search abilities, programs for typing, and means for communicating with the people they love. By using the Google Chromebook I will teach the student how to use email to communicate with the general education friends they have met. For my students who are visually impaired they will be able to use these books to read their favorite books by using E-books from the library. The student will learn how to become more independent in the classroom and build the skills they may need to obtain a job in the future.
The Google Chromebooks will make a huge difference for my visual and hearing impaired students because it will teach them how to be more independent inside of the class.
The students will be able to learn how to write resumes for future jobs and search the Internet for resources that may benefit their ability and their future as adults with disabilities.
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