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Use of Computer Technology to help students with special needs.

Ted S. Hasselbring, Candyce H. Williams Glaser Vol. 10. No. 2-

Fall/winter 2000. This article give you the roles computer

Technology play in education children with special needs in a classroom.

Children of this generation are called the digital age. Because of the influx

new computer-based technologies that links you to the worldwide culture.

Government officials state that it is very important to have technology in

public school. Many workplaces are using computer on the job. Children

have different kinds of disability. There are one of six students across the

United State do not have traditional education because they are disable.

Some of the disabilities are speech, language impairments to mental

retardation and half having a specific learning disability due to a

psychological disorder. Half the students with problems are males. Most are

in Middle and elementary schools. Some have emotional, social, or

behavioral and academic problem. The federal government mandates that

children with special needs must have a program to help these needs. The

education need is a call least restrictive environment. These children must

be in a regular classroom. Another approach is called full inclusion. The

technological in the classroom help the special need for children to keep up

in class. It help the teacher to be able to communicate better with her students. Research said there are benefits to using computer in

the classroom for special needs of children. Students get skills

and content knowledge from the computer. Teacher use internet,

communication technologies, CD-Rome reference material, and

Multimedia presentation tool site help students with special needs.

The teacher used word processing software to help student with mild

learning problems. Here are some software that help with special

needs students, word prediction software, communication

technologies, Hyperlinks and multimedia environment. There are

technologies for hearing impairment example: video caption and captioned

educational programs. Devices to help students with hearing problems,

hearing aide, frequency modulated audio loops. There are technologies

for students with visual problem are screen reader and Braille note taker

Etc. I enjoyed this article. It gave you information about the computer in the

classroom for regular and special needs students. I learn a lot about all the

technology in the world around use.