Technology in special education. (using technology to motivate, teach, and empower children with disabilities)

@article{citeulike:276883, abstract = {The Conroy Education Center, a special education school in Pittsburgh, PA, is using technology to teach adolescents with developmental delays how to protect themselves against victimization. The school's lab is divided into three areas to focus on academic skill-building, telecommunications, and anti-victimization training. This third area includes five interactive video stations. The software follows six teenagers as they prepare for a party and involves each of them in a potential victimization scenario. Linda terBurg, a teacher at Addison High School in Addison, MI, finds that attention-deficit students perform two to three times more work because the technology holds their attention. She has three computers in her classroom, each with the same software used in the school's computer lab. Adrienne Moreland, a resource teacher, finds that word processors are among the most powerful tools available for learning-disabled youngsters.}, author = {Holzberg, Carol S. }, citeulike-article-id = {276883}, journal = {Technology \& Learning}, keywords = {access, at, computer, lit-review, provision, usage}, month = {April}, number = {7}, pages = {18--21}, posted-at = {2005-08-08 15:54:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Technology in special education. (using technology to motivate, teach, and empower children with disabilities)}, volume = {14}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:276883 L3 - citeulike-article-id:276883 TI - Technology in special education. (using technology to motivate, teach, and empower children with disabilities) JF - Technology & Learning VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 18 EP - 21 N2 - The Conroy Education Center, a special education school in Pittsburgh, PA, is using technology to teach adolescents with developmental delays how to protect themselves against victimization. The school's lab is divided into three areas to focus on academic skill-building, telecommunications, and anti-victimization training. This third area includes five interactive video stations. The software follows six teenagers as they prepare for a party and involves each of them in a potential victimization scenario. Linda terBurg, a teacher at Addison High School in Addison, MI, finds that attention-deficit students perform two to three times more work because the technology holds their attention. She has three computers in her classroom, each with the same software used in the school's computer lab. Adrienne Moreland, a resource teacher, finds that word processors are among the most powerful tools available for learning-disabled youngsters. KW - access KW - at KW - computer KW - lit-review KW - provision KW - usage AU - Holzberg, Carol PY - 1994/04// ER -