Essay - Apple Computer Assistive Technology Equipment in the Education Classroom Grant...

Apple Computer Assistive Technology Equipment in the Education Classroom

Grant

There are many benefits that children with special needs can reap from participation ***** a ***** education program. The learning experiences of the classroom such as interacting with other students and being exposed to new and challenging stimuli ***** be the key to development and success. The participation in a public educ*****tion ***** will make things available to that student that would not be available otherwise; *****sistive technological devices and equipment in particular may be available through the school that ***** not be accessible ***** the home environment. "For ***** ***** special needs, ***** world ***** technology offers hope ***** possibilities - a way to communicate and learn." (Kahn) With the opportunity to increase the technology in my ***** to assure ***** all ***** have access to the tools they need to succeed, I have developed a concrete plan for ensuring that ***** students have the most inclusive ***** environment possible to help each child overcome all obstacles ***** become an active participant in ***** computer-driven world of today and tomorrow.

***** assitive ***** that will be utilized within my classroom will be completely Mac compatible. Apple computers have focused strongly on ensuring that all of their products ***** built to have the most benefit ***** highest level of independence possible for disabled users. The Mac OSX operating system was designed to be as *****ible ***** possible, as it is both e*****y ***** use and includes many features specifically created to benefit d*****abled *****. Many ***** hardware and software options, manufactured by both Apple ***** other companied, ***** will help the students to learn as well as interact with the world can be *****d with ***** ***** OSX system in conjunction with the special Universal Access design. The OSX network that will be incorporated into my classroom has been designed with advanced accessibility ***** the vision, hearing, and movement impaired, as ***** as having unparalleled features to assist in learning, literary, language, and communication skills for the ***** education environment.

For the visually impaired, the Mac OSX ***** ***** ***** receiving information through hearing or touch instead of through a traditional computer monitor. Mac OSX ***** configurability options beyond any other system for configuring monitor settings to make it more legible.

***** is the spoken interface that enhances the access capabilities of *****s. This spoken ***** makes the computer ********** through speech, audible cues, and *****board navigation. ***** Zoom function of ***** Mac system allows easy magnification of everything so that it will be large enough for many visually ***** students to see clearly. Text, graphics,and even video are ***** only made larger, but they are magnified w*****hout any degradation ***** performance quality and with minimized pixilation, making this far superior ***** any zoom options available in other *****s ***** utilizing a Quartz rendering and compositing engine to magnify the screen up to 40x. The zoom feature is highly customizable for zoom speed and navigation. The system al***** has talking