Tag Archives: physical disabilities
Ideas for using your AbleNet “Easy-Tech” technologies
Posted in Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg October 14, 2014
Barbara Landsberg October 14, 2014
So many special ed classrooms rely on their collection of easy-tech technologies from AbleNet to actively engage their students in learning. The Remarkable Ideas collection on the AbleNet website offers some of the great examples of creativity in using these tools. Shared from classrooms from around the world. Definitely worth checking out! As is the comprehensive collection of ideas gathered …
Meet the new Connect Case for iPad
Posted in Accessibility and Access, Accessories
Barbara Landsberg October 10, 2014
Barbara Landsberg October 10, 2014
The new Connect Case for iPad unlocks the power of the iPad for users with significant physical disabilities. Connect provides switch accessibility, brilliant sound, and exceptional design to create a one of a kind solution for the iPad. Its sleek outer casing protects against impact making it a valuable addition in all primary school classrooms using iPads with …
Using a simple eyegaze option with your special education software classroom
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg October 2, 2014
Barbara Landsberg October 2, 2014
If you have always thought using that eyegaze with your students with physical disabilities would be way too time consuming and far too complicated to get going, the new Inclusive EyeGaze Foundations with myGaze Eye Tracker bundle from Inclusive Technology in the UK may help to change your mind! Its ease-of-use was certainly very popular at our Inclusive …
The Eyes Have It
Posted in Tools & Resources
David Harraway February 18, 2014
David Harraway February 18, 2014
Eye Gaze technology may provide some people with disabilities with effective access to required communication and computer control functions where other methods prove too difficult or inefficient for them. Current commercially available systems consist of an eye tracking camera plus a software interface, which allows the person to bring their own computer hardware. Speech generating devices with integrated …
