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Download full textCouncil for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Center for Special Education Technology. – 1989
One of nine brief guides for special educators on using computer technology, this guide focuses on the selection of software for use in the special education classroom. Four types of software used for computer assisted instruction are briefly described: tutorials; drill and practice; educational games; and simulations. The increasing use of tool…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1988
This final report describes a federally funded project to improve the instructional design and use of general software with students who have special learning needs. An 86-page guide, which was the project output, is provided. This "Guide for the Use of General Software with Students Who Have Special Learning Needs" is designed to help teachers…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Center for Special Education Technology. – 1989
One of nine brief guides for special educators on using computer technology, this guide focuses on uses with preschool children with either mild to severe disabilities. Especially noted is the ability of the computer to provide access to environmental experiences otherwise inaccessible to the young handicapped child. Appropriate technology for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
Summarized is a report by Jane Burnette titled "Adapting Instructional Materials for Mainstreamed Students," which describes federally sponsored projects to develop publishable supplements and adaptations of popular textbooks for use with mainstreamed handicapped students. The modifications were made to elementary curricula in science…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Media
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Center for Special Education Technology. – 1989
One of nine brief guides for special educators on using computer technology, this guide is specifically directed to special education teachers and encourages them to become critical consumers of technology to ensure its most effective use. Brief descriptions of the various uses of the computer in the school setting--as an instructional tool, as an…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedMichalski, Paige; Hodges, Dodi; Banister, Savilla – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2005
This article chronicles one special educator's process of implementing adaptive instructional strategies in her middle school language arts classroom. Paige Michalski crafted adaptations for her students with disabilities in the curricular area of digital storytelling (Banaszewski, 2002; Dunn, 2000). Digital storytelling involves telling stories…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Verbal Communication, Language Arts, Computer Assisted Instruction
