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Assessment of Computer-Based Preferences of Students with Profound Multiple Disabilities
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Mechling, Linda C.; Bishop, Vanessa A. – Journal of Special Education, 2011
This article reports on two studies investigating the use of computer-based stimuli that may then be used to develop activities and programming for students with profound multiple disabilities (PMD). Both studies used an alternating treatments design and systematic assessment strategy to present stimuli sequentially and to measure student…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Stimuli, Multiple Disabilities, Computers
People with Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities Using Symbols to Control a Computer: Exploration of User Engagement and Supporter Facilitation
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Bunning, Karen; Kwiatkowska, Gosia; Weldin, Nick – Assistive Technology, 2012
Computer usage features in everyday life for the majority of people in developed countries. Access is a problem for many users with intellectual disability. Action-research was conducted to develop and explore the potential of specially adapted, computer readable symbols for choosing and accessing media on a computer. Five people with profound and…
Descriptors: Computers, Action Research, Video Technology, Mental Retardation
Analysis of Five Instructional Methods for Teaching Sketchpad to Junior High Students
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Wright, Geoffrey; Shumway, Steve; Terry, Ronald; Bartholomew, Scott – Journal of Technology Education, 2012
This manuscript addresses a problem teachers of computer software applications face today: What is an effective method for teaching new computer software? Technology and engineering teachers, specifically those with communications and other related courses that involve computer software applications, face this problem when teaching computer…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Technology
"Gamestar Mechanic": Learning a Designer Mindset through Communicational Competence with the Language of Games
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Games, Ivan Alex – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
This article presents the results of a three-year study of "Gamestar Mechanic" (www.gamestarmechanic.com), a flash-based multiplayer online role-playing game developed for the MacArthur Foundation's digital media learning initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Gamelab in New York. The game's objective is to help children…
Descriptors: Design, Role Playing, Discourse Analysis, Thinking Skills
Impact of ICT and PE on Disaffected Pupils: Interim Report March 2004
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Mostert, Andre; Needham, Richard – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2004
Over a three month period in spring 2004, The British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education (BAALPE) and New Media (a PLATO Learning Company) researched and evaluated models for harnessing ICT in physical education (PE). The project developed a unique ICT infrastructure for two PE departments to evaluate the impact of ICT on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Physical Education, Students
Employing Technologies to Engage Students with Diverse Needs in Rural School Communities
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Forlin, Chris; Lock, Graeme – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
This paper considers the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enable students to access the curriculum in inclusive classrooms. The research considers the latest trends regarding promotion of the use of ICT in education in Australia and then considers the outcome from the perspective of one state, that of Western Australia.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Inclusion