An Adaptive Keyboard

The adaptive keyboard may be used to assist instruction by allowing the teacher to design individual lessons for a student with physical disabilities. For example, a teacher could design a word prediction program that allows the students to hit one letter on the key board for word choices. After watching this video, I believe more schools should invest in technology for students with sever disabilities. I know that at my school, students with special needs do not have access to any unique kind of technology. It is fascinating to see how advanced technology is and how it can be adapted for a variety of needs. This adaptive keyboard would also be an excellent tool for students with learning disabilities. It could be put in an inclusion classroom and used to assist students that have trouble spelling or that have trouble with pronunciation. With that particular computer program, the computer not only spelled out the words but it read the sentence. Having the adaptive keyboard with the sound mechanics would be another resource for auditory learners. It could be used as a remediation tool for spelling, writing, and reading comprehension instructions.

I have a ninety year old great grandmother that grew up very poor and never had the opportunity to go to school and learn to read. She can recognize some words and knows most all of her letters. Of course, this has come over time from other technological resources such as the television and radio. If she had access to the adaptive keyboard she could easily and quickly learn to read and write.