Instructional Aids
Instructional material aids refer to devices and adaptations to materials that help facilitate an individual's learning. They include braillle displays or print magnifiers for students who are blind or visually impaired. Instructional material aids also include instructional technology that is used in the education of a person such as overhead transparencies and projectors, audiotape players, multimedia software and tools, internet technology for watching real-time activities, and computer software and hardware including computers with adaptive switches or adapted keyboards.
The AT Lab currently has the following Instructional Aids:
Reading
- Circletime Tales deluxe
- Classic Adventure (1, 2, & 3)
- Franklin Elementary Spelling Ace
- Franklin Language Master
- Kid Keys
- Language Activities of Daily Living (My House, My School, My Town)
- Lexia
- My Words
- Quicktionary-Reading Pen I & II
- Reading Skills Collection (Reading All Around You, Read to Imagine, Read to Think)
- Reading for Critical thinking A,B, & C
- Speed Reader
- Storybook Studio (The three little pigs, The three Billy goats gruff, The litter red hen)
- Twenty Categories
- UkanDU Little Books (Came Frog Hollow)
- Words Concepts (I, II, III)
Writing
- AlphaSmart 3000 Portable Computer Companion
- CO:Writer 4000
- Inspiration
- Kid Works 2
- Story Book Maker Deluxe
- Write: Outloud
- The Sentence Master ( 1, 2, 3, & 4)
- Show Me Spelling
- Simon Skills Pack (Simon sounds it out & Simon Spell)
- Spelling I & II
Mathematics
- Access to Math
- Big: Calc
- Clock
- Math Blaster (In search of spot, Mystery, and Plus)
- MathPad
- Math Skills Collection
- Skill Builder
For Students with Visual Impairments
- Baush & Lomb Complete 4-piece magnifier set
- Braille 'n' Speak
- Perkins Brailler
- Pocket Slate and Stylus
- Analog Clock Model
- Crammer Abacus
- Geometry Tactile Graphics Kit
- The Globe: Tactile and Visual (Geography)
- Math Drill Cards in Braille & Large Type
- The Creature Games (Creature Antics, Creature Capers, Creature Features)
- Discover:Board
- Discover:Kenx
- Discover:Switch
- Press to Play
Click HERE for descriptions and pictures of classroom devices.
Please Note: This list contains items which can be found in the AT Lab. It should not be considered a comprehensive list of all assistive technology products or that the products listed will meet the needs of an individual. Consultation with an assistive technology specialist should be considered prior to the purchase of any product.
