The interactive animal dictionary (done as a PowerPoint Presentation) was created specifically for special needs students. The Interactive Dictionary- SEN resource is one that complements thirty-four others like it in the same file format that is created by my colleagues. I presented relevant information and facts on an animal beginning with the letter 'o' taking into account special needs students.
To create the Sen resource, I considered the specific disabilities or impairments of the students and ensured that whatever technology I used, it will be able to benefit all of them. I catered for the visually impaired and the deaf by inserting sound and text for the presentation of the relevant information. The information that the student needs to know from the slide can be read or listened to. I also inserted a bit of colour for the partially visually impaired to identify key words as they are being read.
I also took into account the availability of relevant software, hardware and Internet technologies that can be used to create the SEN resource. A text to speech software was already available on my PC so I used it to create the sound heard. Sounds could be inserted in PowerPoint from my files making it easy to include on slides. PowerPoint is also a program found on my PC and gives the option of animating slides to make presentation interactive. The images and sounds can be enlarged and amplified through the projector and speakers that are owned by the school. That way, persons who can will see it, and all will see it at the same time. Finally, the Internet is accessible by all and can be used to find relevant pictures of the animal.
SEN students can benefit largely if assistive technologies are incorporated in classrooms. The visually impaired, in this case, could have listened to the information about the animal on the slide since the audio media was utilised. Deaf students could have read along as the text was being pointed by the teacher or a next student.
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