ASSISTIVE

TECHNOLOGIES
AT
FRANKLIN COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL
BY EVERETT SMITH
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OVERVIEW
This presentation includes three assistive technologies used by
Franklin County High Schools Special Education Department for
students with Individual Education Plans. I will also present an
assistive technology used by myself for students enrolled in the Air
Force JROTC (AFJROTC) program.

The Director of Special Education (Butner, 2014) and Lead Special
Education Teacher (Giel, 2014) informed me that DynaVox, Lexia,
and Mobymax are being used at FCHS. Each system will be
reviewed.

I will review the Classroom Performance System (CPS) utilized for
curriculum instruction by AFJROTC instructors to teach Aerospace
Science and Leadership.
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DYNAVOX
Portable communication
tablet built to meet the
communication needs of
students with speech and
language disabilities.
Uses pre-programmed
sentences or words to help
students communicate.
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DYNAVOX CONTINUED
Used by students
with:
Cerebral Palsy
Autism
Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs
disease).

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DYNAVOX CONTINUED
Weighs only 1.9 pounds.
Easy to transport in backpack
and take home.
Age appropriate design for
different student needs.
Limited by battery life.
Breaks through barriers to
promote communication with
students that have motor
deficits.
(DynaVox, 2014)

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LEXIA
Age appropriate software to
promote reading of struggling
students.
Detects the age level required
and builds on scaffolding to
increase vocabulary.
Adjusts to the speed of the
student.
Increases fluency through
timed components.
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LEXIA CONTINUED

Allows for student and teacher
directed learning.
Offers online opportunities.
Free license for student use at
home.
Reaches students that cannot
learn simply from traditional
methods.
Disadvantage: Dependent on
power and computer access.
(Lexia, 2014).
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MOBYMAX
Software based to increase
math skills of students with
IEPs.
Works with an animation prior
to each lesson that you can
listen to or read.
Finds deficiencies by
incorporating a placement
test.
Reaches students that struggle
with teacher directed math
comprehension.
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MOBYMAX CONTINUED
Boasts that 40 hours using the
program can increase grade
level mastery by 1.4.
Can be adjusted to Common
Core State Standards.
Updates parents through a
parent portal on student
progress.
Disadvantage: Dependent on
power and computer access.
(MobyMax, 2014)

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AIR FORCE JROTC
CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM (CPS)

Predesigned curriculum that
incorporates Power Point
Slides for selected lesson and
integrated questions.
Provides formative assessments
throughout a presentation by
using clickers to answer
questions.
Instructors see who has
answered and a class
cumulative score is provided.
CPS IR Receiver
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AIR FORCE JROTC CPS
CONTINUED

Immediate review can
be initiated.
Clickers are pointed
at a receiver.
Can be used for tests
with individual student
percentages calculated
based on correct
responses.


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AIR FORCE JROTC CPS
CONTINUED


A disadvantage was that it could
not easily be installed on the
classroom laptop by IT personnel.
Another disadvantage is that my
lessons must be presented from the
laptop with the system loaded.
Students enjoy using the clickers
versus paper and pen to answer
questions.

(Kramer, B., 2012, April 23)
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FCHS
Assistive
Technologies
DynaVox
MobyMax
CPS
Lexia
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NETS-T STANDARDS
AND POWER POINT
All NETS-T standards can be achieved through
the use of power Point
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and
Creativity
Teachers can build slide presentations on current issues and
engage students in providing fixes to complex problems.
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning
Experiences and Assessments
The Power Point slides in the CPS are interactive providing
an onscreen real-time formative assessment of the material.
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NETS-T STANDARDS
AND POWER POINT CONTINUED
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Allow teachers to increase proficiency in the use of
technology through the incorporation resource links.
Presentations can be placed on teachers school site for
parents to see lessons.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and
Responsibility
Students and colleagues can visually see the
documentation giving resources due credit.

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NETS-T STANDARDS
AND POWER POINT CONTINUED
5. Engage in Professional Growth and
Leadership
Developed presentations can be shared within PLCs and
during faculty meetings. This presentation will be shared
with my PLC on Wednesday.
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REFERENCES
Butner, M. (2014, August 13) Personal interview by Smith E.

DynaVox, (2014). Communication devices. Retrieved August 15, 2014, from
http://www.dynavoxtech.com

Giel, A. (2014, August 13) Personal interview by Smith E.

Kramer, B. (2012, April 23). JROTC CPS training manual with portable hard drive
instructions. Retrieved August 15, 2014, from
https://wingsuid.holmcenter.com/psp/wings/WINGS/WINGS_LOCAL/?cmd

Lexia, (2014). Personalized learning for students at all reading levels. Retrieved August
15, 2014, from http://lexialearning.com/lexia-strategiesscope-and-sequence

MobyMax, (2014). Math curriculum. Retrieved August 15, 2014, from
http://www.mobymax.com/Curriculum/Math











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