What is Assistive Technology?

Assistive Technology (AT) is any item that helps bypass, work around or compensate for learning difficulties. AT is a process. It will change over time. AT provides access to a task, improves performance of a task and allows students with learning difficulties to work independently. AT is not information technology (IT). Technology will only assit an individual if the tool matches individual need.

Monday, 12 December 2011

Final Class

Wow!  What a day!  J  The presentations today were amazing.  On a few occasions, I thought I might cry thinking about the difference something fairly simple could make for a student.  I have never been part of a class where the assigned tasks made such a difference for kids!  There were about 16 presentations and all of them positively impacted at least one student.  That is inspiring.  Learning about AT has been a great experience for me and I move forward with a deeper understanding of learning in general, and learning disabilities in particular.
I was pleased with my presentation.  In hindsight I felt I rushed a bit, but there were several other presentations that were similar to mind so I didn’t want to bore people!  I am very happy with the work I did for the case study and I know the people involved are appreciative.