Continuing conversations for learners in assistive and adaptive technology classes within the School of Education
Sunday, September 28, 2008
My Question
Knowing the budget crunch with GPSS, what materials and resources around your house can you utilalize to create low-tech devices to assist students in at least 1 category? Describe the materials and use for the device?
Low tech devices can be made using things that can be found around us like making flash cards using cut out pictures from magazines. Flashcards are used at schools for students with autism, students with learning disability and can be used with other categories as well depending on the pictures being used. you can show different pictures of people having different emotions for students who are emotionally disturbed to show how they feel.
I think Christine Rosario had a few creative low-tech solutions. Glueing a handle to a ruler, Cozies (the soda/beer can holders), and pencil grips are a few simple ones that come to mind. Making homemade visual labels and labeling things around the house would be a great one for children/adults with autism, or for any visual learner.
Hi Elle, You might want to hang some bells at the door to alert the visually impaired. You may do the same thing for the window so that the visually impaired can tell the what the weather is like outside. Pictures of course are great for individuals with communication disorders. There are so many others that can be used, so I'll stop right here. Lois
For the Blind 1. Bright sunlight can make it harder to see. Sunglasses that screen out ultraviolet rays from all directions and cut down on glare can help even on dull days. A wide brimmed hat will cut down the glare even more.
2.You can use different widths and numbers of elastic bands to help you identify particular items. You can place one around a door knob to identify a particular cupboard, room or your apartment. Ideas off the web...Gil
Here are some ideas that can be used at home. Low tech devices such as Hi-Liter Pens which are great for highlighting text passages. They also help with figure/ground problems when reading longer passages. Using picture cards for students with autism to recognize and identify common objects. I've used playing cards to help students recognize numbers (Go Fish, Matching Game, etc.)wonderful for LD students.
Low tech devices can be made with a variety of tools around the house. For students who have Autism, what you can do is have flash cards put around the house for them to identify what they need and want. For example, you can put a picture of places around the house and then the child will express where they want to go and what they want by pointing to the correct picture. This is just one of many that can be done. Enjoy.
i like to use old tupperware bowls, plastic containers, and other plastic objects that can be used for sorting objects. i would use plastic tie straps to tie these containers together and use them as a center-place where, as example, a student with autism will sort different colored plastic chips into these containers, each container is marked a certain color wherein the student will place the respective colored chip into the appropriate container....pretty low tech....and easy on the pocket book.
Hi: Extending the comments from Heather about Christine Rosario's solutions, the handles can be used additional for toiletries such as combs, hair brushes and toothbrushes in order to give some sense of independence.
There are so many things in the house that we can use like different sizes of containers for sorting. Also we can use our own pictures (pictures of family members, parts of the house, etc.) for flash cards.
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Low tech devices can be made using things that can be found around us like making flash cards using cut out pictures from magazines. Flashcards are used at schools for students with autism, students with learning disability and can be used with other categories as well depending on the pictures being used. you can show different pictures of people having different emotions for students who are emotionally disturbed to show how they feel.
I think Christine Rosario had a few creative low-tech solutions. Glueing a handle to a ruler, Cozies (the soda/beer can holders), and pencil grips are a few simple ones that come to mind. Making homemade visual labels and labeling things around the house would be a great one for children/adults with autism, or for any visual learner.
Hi Elle,
You might want to hang some bells at the door to alert the visually impaired. You may do the same thing for the window so that the visually impaired can tell the what the weather is like outside. Pictures of course are great for individuals with communication disorders. There are so many others that can be used, so I'll stop right here. Lois
For the Blind
1. Bright sunlight can make it harder to see. Sunglasses that screen out ultraviolet rays from all directions and cut down on glare can help even on dull days. A wide brimmed hat will cut down the glare even more.
2.You can use different widths and numbers of elastic bands to help you identify particular items. You can place one around a door knob to identify a particular cupboard, room or your apartment.
Ideas off the web...Gil
Here are some ideas that can be used at home. Low tech devices such as Hi-Liter Pens which are great for highlighting text passages. They also help with figure/ground problems when reading longer passages. Using picture cards for students with autism to recognize and identify common objects. I've used playing cards to help students recognize numbers (Go Fish, Matching Game, etc.)wonderful for LD students.
Low tech devices can be made with a variety of tools around the house. For students who have Autism, what you can do is have flash cards put around the house for them to identify what they need and want. For example, you can put a picture of places around the house and then the child will express where they want to go and what they want by pointing to the correct picture. This is just one of many that can be done. Enjoy.
Low tech devices that can be used around the house would include magazines to make schedule boards for students who are autistic.
i like to use old tupperware bowls, plastic containers, and other plastic objects that can be used for sorting objects. i would use plastic tie straps to tie these containers together and use them as a center-place where, as example, a student with autism will sort different colored plastic chips into these containers, each container is marked a certain color wherein the student will place the respective colored chip into the appropriate container....pretty low tech....and easy on the pocket book.
by Pat Quitugua
Hi:
Extending the comments from Heather about Christine Rosario's solutions, the handles can be used additional for toiletries such as combs, hair brushes and toothbrushes in order to give some sense of independence.
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There are so many things in the house that we can use like different sizes of containers for sorting. Also we can use our own pictures (pictures of family members, parts of the house, etc.) for flash cards.
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