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As a technology facilitator you should be able to:
• Analyze and recommend appropriate technology resources to enable and
empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
• Analyze and recommend appropriate adaptive/assistive hardware and software
for students and teachers with special needs and assist in procurement
and implementation.
• Recommend appropriate technology recourses to affirm diversity and address
cultural and language differences.
• Conduct research to determine effective strategies for achieving equitable
access to technology resources for all students and teachers.
• Analyze methods and strategies for integrating technology resources
that support the needs of diverse learners including adaptive and assistive
technology
• Model strategies to support the diverse needs of learners including
adaptive and assistive technology and disseminate information to other
teachers and trainers.
• Model and teach legal and ethical practice of technology.
• Apply technology to empower learners of diverse backgrounds, characteristics,
and abilities.
• Identify resources that affirm diversity.
• Promote safe and healthy use of technology
• Facilitate equitable access.
To demonstrate your skills, you will complete a project that exemplifies
those standards.
You will create a web-based project that includes:
Discussion of the research & effectiveness of the technology related
to learners and learner characteristics. (article review)
Identification of key factors for use of the product(s) or discussion
of the topic. (software or similar product review)
Listing of web resources to support topic (web site reviews)
Application of CSS or web accessibility features
Inclusion of video - screen capture of product or technology application
(video capture project)
Application of Web design principles and properly working links
Adherence to Copyright laws & application of 508 Guidelines
For this project you will choose a topic that connects technology and diverse learners. All sub-projects in this course should be related to and incorporated into your final project. For example, for video on a particular software package, You will create a training package on the software or an informational website, include specific information on how that software provides accessibility and allows for equitable and safe access. You will review any research on the particular software or related research on the type of software (e.g., voice recognition, word prediction) or web tool (e.g., blogs, virtual worlds) and provide a summary of results. Discuss how this software or web tool by itself or incorporating it with other software can empower learners of diverse backgrounds, characteristics and abilities.