Blog Post 12 Collaborative

                                                                                                                 Digital Pen

Teachers use digital pens to record the notes they

 take. They will take the notes then they will

upload the notes to the computer to show to their

students on a smartboard or projector. The digital

pen can be a great resourse for students because

they can put their notes on the computer and

organize them. It can be especial helpful for students with disabilties because they can record the teacher talking then can be uploaded to the computer and converted to notes. the digital pen is slightly bigger than a stylus but very easy to use. Some particular pens require a certain type of paper but it is not that expensive.WikiPedia
Another type of digital pen was made by Leap Frog.
It allows the kid to slide the pen over the word
and it will read it to the kid so they can repeat it.
Researched By: Heather Trawick

Pads

iPads or tablets are a great way to use assistive technology because of all the apps they have available. One of my favorite apps was iCommunicate it allows students to design their own storyboards, flash cards and more. Another one is myHomework it lets students get their homework and everything for their classes together in one app. It is very easy to use and works great. The last one I want to talk about is Dragon Dictation. It is an easy voice recognition app that allows you to speak and see what you have said in text. It is 5 times faster than just typing on a keyboard.
~Sources~
iCommunicate
myHomework
Dragon Dictation
Research by Kaitlyn McLarty

I chose to do "Electronic Worksheets".

 MathPad and MathPad Plus are websites that a teacher

can use to make his or her own worksheets for students

 that might have ADHD or might need help refining

 their motor skills. The Mathpad version is for grades

 K-2 and it helps them with borrowing and adding.

The Mathpadplus version is for grades 3-5 and it

helps them with decimals, fractions, and word

problems. Both of these electronic worksheets

will read the problem to students. Students can

use headphones when using these

worksheets so that they do no distract other students.

Research by Jessica Mayo.

The SmartBoard was created by research. Inventors used projectors, the white board, computers, and computer applications to create the SmartBoard. This combination and interactiveness created the ability to “touch control computer applications.” (wikipedia). Students with physical handicaps can use the SmartBoard as an assistive tool because it operates with the touch of the finger, or a stick. Math, Science, English, and searching the web for helpful information on school assignments are at the students request with just a touch on the white interactive board.

Work Cited

SmartBoard.www.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/smartboard









Lisa Nielsen is the site we chose the devices that we were going to research.