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Teachers can use multimedia texts to make the curriculum more accessible for students who have communication difficulties. Image  For example:
  •     teachers used digital video to present stories to students; and
  •     students have completed their ‘writing’ tasks in a more diverse manner by combining pictures, sounds and text.

Your evidence
You might like to gather information about how you are using ICT to make your lessons accessible to students who have difficulty with language and communication skills.  Could you keep a record of the ways in which you are using ICT to support these students teaching in different parts of the lesson using the grid below?

 

Activity

Use of ICT – What software did you use and how?

 

Explaining new ideas and concepts

 

 

Trying out new approaches

 

 

Practising and refining skills

 

 

Sharing knowledge with others

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Adapted from Reflective Activity no. 6-2f on the Reflective Teaching website at:  http://www.rtweb.info/ch06/ra6-2f.html)

Moving forward
Now that you have collected evidence about how you are currently using ICT to support these students could you work with a colleague to evaluate what you have found.
  •     Are there any gaps in your use of ICT to increase accessibility of different activities?
  •     Do you make use of a variety of ICT resources to increase access?

Perhaps you could work with your colleagues to create a bank of strategies which you could use to support your students with each of these activities in future lessons?

Further infoFind out more
The full project is InterActive Education: teaching and learning in the information age set out to answer a big question lead by Prof. Rosamund Sutherland, Prof. Susan Robertson, and Prof. Peter John. The project website is at: http://www.interactiveeducation.ac.uk/

Find out more about the effect of computer-based story telling at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/ict/storybook_reading/ 

You might like to read a TRIPS digest about achieving high standards and the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/pupil_grouping/WedOct161037372002/



 

 

 

 
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