Marcia J. Scherer

Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For anyone who has been overwhelmed when selecting an educational or assistive technology or who has experienced frustration in trying to come up with the best instructional plan for a person with a disability, this book was written for you. "Connecting to Learn presents a comprehensive and highly readable approach to matching the right technology with students with disabilities, especially visual and auditory disabilities. School psychologists, rehabilitation therapists, educators, disability support service administrators, instructional design specialists, parents and individuals with disabilities, and rehabilitation psychologists will find this lively and compassionate book to be indispensable in their efforts to help those with disabilities learn, live, and connect with others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 185mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 871g
• ISBN-13: 9781557989826
• ISBN-10: 1557989826
• Artikelnr.: 21358288

Autorenporträt

Marcia J. Scherer

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. The Fundamental Sense of Connectedness
II. Learner Characteristics and Preference
1. The Effects of Loss of Hearing or Vision on the Learner and Learning
2. The Personal Meaning of Hearing or Vision Loss
III. Environments for Learning
1. The Move From Separate to Inclusive Education
2. Contrasting Inclusive With Exclusive Education
3. Technology Made Inclusive Education Possible
IV. Technologies for Access to Information and for Instructional Delivery
1. Computers: Mixing Assistive, Information, and Access Technologies
2. Desirable and Less Desirable Effects of Educational Technologies
3. Getting Going on Learning
V. Matching Learners With the Most Appropriate Technologies and Strategies
for Their Use
1. Individual Learner Preferences and Needs
2. The Matching Person and Technology Model
VI. Connecting to Learn
1. Bringing It All Together for the Individual User
Appendices
1. Matching Person and Technology Process and Samples of the Assessment
Forms
2. Copy of Statement of Need Form
3. Checklists for Educational Technology Evaluation and Selection
4. Finding and Funding Assistive Technologies
5. Resources
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author