The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!

Instead of designing activities with the consumption of content at the core of the lesson, the experience can be designed around the creation of a product that helps others, whether it be tangible or digital.

solve?”

Open Learning Initiative (OLI), accessible educational materials, and the use of contemporary technologies

The team agrees that the student should feel welcomed to use her own personal device to use these applications but also have access to a device made available by the school district.

“without limitations.”

communication goals in which they are taught how to point to a picture to request an object with the idea that, someday, this will lead them to a more robust language system.

people learn best when they are perceived as having value, with the expectation of success.

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.

branding her psyche with the notion that reading will always be a challenge for her and carrying that weight around into future versions of herself.