Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
Where do we draw the line between assistive technology and technology enhanced living?
In todays world my cellphone has voice recognition dialing. My TV has a remote and I can use the web for all manor of things. I can scan text and turn it into audio content (Read and Write Gold www.texthelp.com). I can enlarge screen text with electronic magnifying software. I can speak to teh computer and have it type my words. Browse Aloud will read me webpages. What is assistive and what is just ordinary technology?
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Jacqui Cyrus on
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I teach an assistive technology each year primarily to students majoring in Special Education and to in-service teachers getting their certifications in special education. Our working definition is that assistive technology (low-tech, medium-tech, and high tech) are tools that can be used to assist a person to complete an activity successfully. This definition works for all ability populations and age categories.
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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Walker on -
Thanks Jacqui the definition sounds good - it is important to not forget the low tech solutions too.
Dr. Jacqui Cyrus said:I teach an assistive technology each year primarily to students majoring in Special Education and to in-service teachers getting their certifications in special education. Our working definition is that assistive technology (low-tech, medium-tech, and high tech) are tools that can be used to assist a person to complete an activity successfully. This definition works for all ability populations and age categories.
How does this definition fit for you? -
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