EDUC 477/698O:

Assistive Technology/Universal Design for the General Classroom Settings

Author: Nichelle Williams

  1. Go to http://archives.communityinclusion.org/tech/meet/strategies.htm and provide two examples of digitized text.
  2. What was the purpose/mission of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, which was signed into law on June 4, 1997? Go to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA/index.html.
  3. What topic was addressed for the first time by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 that was signed on December 3, 2004? Go to: http://www.ideapractices.org/
  4. What instructional strategy listed on http://www.cec.sped.org identifies assistive technology use?
  5. Go to http://www.ideapractices.org/ Name at least one change that was implemented in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004

Answers submitted by: Kareema Coles

  1. Word-processing document & an encyclopedia on a CD-rom
  2. The purpose of IDEA is it strengthens academic expectations and accountability for the nation's 5.8 million children with disabilities and bridges the gap that has too often existed between what children with disabilities learn and what is regarded in regular curriculum.
  3. It mandates for highly qualified teachers and the lack of full funding provisions
  4. Dictation and Speech Recognition Technology as Test Accomodations
  5. The Federal government must be responsive to growing needs of an increasingly diverse society