Table of content:
- What is deaf?
- What is technology in education?
- How to use technology with deaf people?
- How deaf people are supported in school?
What is deaf?
There are many different levels to deaf, these can range from mild loss of hearing or tinnitus to very hard of hearing to totally deaf. I have learners with a wide range of hearing difficulties. For those near or totally deaf they appreciate a little bit of sign language and slow speech, even the totally deaf can read lips to some extent; this may be subject to how they became deaf either from birth or later in life.
Bibliography
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(Ladar-Gourt, 2013)
What is technology in education?
(Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works, 2012)
Technology is everywhere in education: Public schools in the United States now provide at least one computer for every five students. They spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content. Led by the federal government, the country is in the midst of a massive effort to make affordable high-speed Internet and free online teaching resources available to even the most rural and remote schools. And in 2015-16, for the first time, more state standardized tests for the elementary and middle grades will be administered via technology than by paper and pencil.
Digital instructional content is the largest slice of the (non-hardware) K-12 educational technology market, with annual sales of more then $3 billion. That includes digital lessons in math, English/language arts, and science, as well as “specialty” subjects such as business and fine arts. The market is still dominated by giant publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson, who have been scrambling to transition from their print-centric legacy products to more digital offerings.
But newcomers with one-off products or specific areas of expertise have made inroads, and some apps and online services have also gained huge traction inside of schools.
As a result, many schools use a mix of digital resources, touting potential benefits such as greater ability to personalize, higher engagement among students, enhanced ability to keep content updated and current, and greater interactivity and adaptivity (or responsiveness to individual learners).
Still, though, the transition to digital instructional
materials is happening slowly, for reasons that range from the financial (for
districts that haven’t been able to purchase devices for all students, for
example) to the technical (districts that lack the infrastructure to support
every student being online together.) Print still accounts for about 70 percent
of pre-K-12
How to use technology with deaf people?
(Pagliaro, 2014)
As beneficial as certain technological advances are for those who can hear, some devices are useless when it comes to the deaf community. Fortunately this isn’t the case for all types of technology. In fact, there are a growing number of technological devices that are made specifically for the needs of deaf people. This includes technology that is geared toward deaf education as well as making life easier and safer for the deaf. Because deafness prevents people from being aware of many of the things that the hearing take for granted, much of the technology that is available is of an assistive nature.
Technology and Deaf Culture
A lot of modern technology is ideally suited for deaf culture. Text and instant messaging, for example, are beneficial to deaf people because they allow conversation between people regardless of whether or not they are deaf and they do not require the use of sign language. However, within the deaf community not everyone is accepting or open to technology bridging the gap between the hearing and the non-hearing. There are two groups within the community with differing opinions on the matter. There are people who refer to themselves as deaf with a lower case “d,” and there are the Deaf with a capital “D.” The Deaf group is one that takes pride in traditional forms of communication amongst deaf people and limits the use of technology as a way of communicating. For the deaf, technology enhances deaf culture and is positively looked upon.
Technology and Deaf Education
Deafness can have a major impact when it comes to learning, which makes deaf education an area that greatly benefits from the use of technology. When in a classroom environment, speech-to-text systems can prove beneficial to students without hearing. These systems convert spoken words into real-time, displayed text that students can read on their computers or on a screen that is displayed to the class. In addition to the real-time display of text, these systems also provide a print out or text file of the lecture.
Bibliography
Ladar-Gourt. (2013, march 21). what is deaf being like. Retrieved from yahoo: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrC0CP9GtBc.z0ANgRPmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–?qid=20130116140059AAvbvld
Pagliaro, M. M.-B. (2014). Technology Use Among Adults Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A National Survey . Deaf studies with deaf education , 410.
Using
Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works. (2012). In H. Pitler, E. R.
Hubbell, & M. Kuhn, Technology with classroom (p. 94). Alexandria,
Virginia USA: Will Richardson.
How deaf people are supported in education?
(schimdt, 2015)
Bibliography
Ladar-Gourt. (2013, march 21). what is deaf being like. Retrieved from yahoo: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrC0CP9GtBc.z0ANgRPmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–?qid=20130116140059AAvbvld
Pagliaro, M. M.-B. (2014). Technology Use Among Adults Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A National Survey . Deaf studies with deaf education , 410.
schimdt, k. (Director). (2015). meet the deaf people of school bell [Motion Picture].
Using
Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works. (2012). In H. Pitler, E. R.
Hubbell, & M. Kuhn, Technology with classroom (p. 94). Alexandria,
Virginia USA: Will Richardson.
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https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrC0CP9GtBc.z0ANgRPmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–?qid=20130116140059AAvbvld
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/technology-in-education/index.html
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