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HOW SHOULD I INCLUDE JAIME? Technology strategies for
addressing primary-level IEP literacy and numeracy goals in an
intermediate classroom
Carol Graham
Consultant, Assistive Technology
SET-BC, Region 1
2260 Victor Street
Victoria BC Canada V8R 4C5
Phone: (250) 595-7511
FAX: (250) 595-7224
E-mail: cgraham@setbc.org
Session Description
This session provides strategies and motivating take-away
materials designed to address early learning IEP goals using
content from an intermediate classroom with technology such as
typical and talking word processors and expanded keyboards.
One of the biggest challenges of inclusion of special needs
students is to involve them in meaningful learning activities
within a regular classroom setting. As students work with similar
content to their peers, they make greater connections to the
larger group and have more opportunity to increase background
knowledge and create common interests. Technology tools can help
to meet a wide range of physical and learning needs of students
with disabilities in this setting.
In this session, the presenter will demonstrate motivating and
effective activities at the beginning levels of literacy and
numeracy using intermediate classroom content. For example,
addressing IEP goals of recognizing words as individual units of
meaning, left-to-right tracking of letters within words and words
within sentences, word recognition skills of beginning sounds and
word families, sentence building, number recognition and number
matching, beginning concepts of addition and subtraction
Take-away strategies and materials will relate to typical word
processors (MSWord, AppleWorks), talking word processors
(Write:Outloud, IntelliTalk) and expanded keyboards (IntelliKeys,
Discover) in both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Kid-tested and teacher approved, these strategies pass the 'fun'
test and can be adapted to address needs of a wide range of
learning challenges.
The Presenter
Carol Graham is currently a Consultant for Assistive Technology
for Special Education Technology-British Columbia (SET-BC). She
has been a teacher working with students with special needs for
over 18 years, and developed a special interest in using
technology with her students. Most exciting for her is creating
ways for students with disabilities to access curriculum, and she
has an ever-growing collection of materials and strategies for
using technology in the classroom.
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