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DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Examples include high-tech tools like alerting devices and low-tech ones like Braille and pencil grips.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In general, while younger children shouldn't engage with as much digital media, older students can handle a bit more. Other activities like reading, for example, could sometimes be done on a screen, though may not offer any benefits. Augmentation means incorporating interactive digital enhancements and elements to learning content.

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JULY 17, 2015

As technologies evolve and improve, it is critical that technology support models evolve with the technology. For example, in a 1:1 computing program, one of the common baseline positions for a deployment has been that individual users not be able to install new software or update existing software.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For many children who have physical or cognitive impairment, technology doesn’t just support learning, it enables learning to happen. This is just one example. Teachers are wary of the darker side of mobile phones. Indeed, there is evidence that teachers’ roles are changing because of technology.

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