The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!

Technology is most effective when it works seamlessly in the background,

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act also indicates that special-education services, including assistive technology, are to be provided at no cost to the family.

is focused on learning how to use core vocabulary words approximately 80 percent of the time and noncore vocabulary words (known as “fringe vocabulary words”) the other 20 percent of the time.

“To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including

Due to the visual nature, vocabulary, and structure of many AAC systems, learning language using an AAC device can help students practice new vocabulary and sight words while learning the structure or syntax of language.

there are limits as to what can fit in these guides.

Multiple Means of Representation,

“Which problems do you want to work to

many low-tech items were more portable, more immediately available (and, coincidentally, more cost effective), and could be used more ubiquitously.

The ISTE Standards for Educators encourage educators to model learning for students, to seek out leadership opportunities, to contribute productively as global citizens, to collaborate to solve authentic problems, to design powerful educational experiences for everyone, and to facilitate the integration of technology to support student-centered ach