Connecting to Learn Educational and Assistive Technology for People With Disabilities

by Scherer, Marcia J.

• ISBN13: 9781557989826
• ISBN10: 1557989826
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-15
• Publisher: American Psychological Association

Summary

Dr. Scherer, author of the highly acclaimed Living in the State of Stuck: How Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities, explores the way disabilities, especially those involving the senses, can lead to isolation and a lack of "connectedness," and how this in turn leads to learning difficulties. She then provides a step-by-step model for assessing and evaluating individual students on their needs and finding the right technology to help each student.

Author Biography

Marcia J. Scherer is director of the Institute for Matching Person and Technology in Webster, New York. She is also associate professor of physical medicine and rehabiliation at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
I. Introduction	1	(20)
Chapter 1. The Fundamental Sense of Connectedness	3	(18)
II. Learner Characteristics and Preferences	21	(36)
Chapter 2. The Effects of Loss of Hearing or Vision on the Learner and Learning	23	(18)
Chapter 3. The Personal Meaning of Hearing or Vision Loss	41	(16)
III. Environments for Learning	57	(50)
Chapter 4. The Move From Separate to Inclusive Education	59	(14)
Chapter 5. Contrasting Inclusive With Exclusive Education	73	(18)
Chapter 6. Technology Made Inclusive Education Possible	91	(16)
IV. Technologies for Access to Information and for Instructional Delivery	107	(52)
Chapter 7. Computers: Mixing Assistive, Information, and Access Technologies	109	(16)
Chapter 8. Desirable and Less Desirable Effects of Educational Technologies	125	(22)
Chapter 9. Getting Going on Learning	147	(12)
V. Matching Learners With the Most Appropriate Technologies and Strategies for Their Use	159	(44)
Chapter 10. Individual Learner Preferences and Needs	161	(22)
Chapter 11. The Matching Person and Technology Model	183	(20)
VI. Connecting to Learn	203	(22)
Chapter 12. Bringing It All Together for the Individual User	205	(20)
Appendix A. Matching Person and Technology Process and Samples of the Assessment Forms	225	(8)
Appendix B. Copy of Statement of Need Form	233	(10)
Appendix C. Checklists for Educational Technology Evaluation and Selection	243	(8)
Appendix D. Finding and Funding Assistive Technologies	251	(2)
Appendix E. Resources	253	(8)
Glossary	261	(4)
References	265	(16)
Author Index	281	(4)
Subject Index	285	(14)
About the Author	299