Matching Technology to the Student

Holly Cooper and Sharon Nichols

Resources for Assessment and Decision Making

These websites will assist the educational team in making decisions about the technology to be used with students.

http://sweb.uky.edu/~jszaba0/SETTupdate2002.html

"The SETT Framework is an organizational tool to help collaborative teams create Student-centered, Environmentally useful, and Tasks-focused Tool systems that foster the educational success of students with disabilities. The SETT Framework is built on the premise that in order to develop an appropriate system of assistive technology devices and services, teams must first gather information about the student, the customary environments in which the students spend their time, and the tasks that are required for the students to be active participants in the teaching/learning processes that lead to educational success." Joy Smiley Zabala

Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)

http://www.wati.org/

"The Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative is a statewide project funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to help all school districts develop or improve their assistive technology services."

Special Education Technology, British Columbia (SET BC)

http://www.setbc.org

"SET-BC helps bring together groups of educators to document best practises in technology implementation and training. These groups have created in-depth guides on technology issues, strategies, and skills."

Tub O' Tools

http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/seat/tub.htm

"A set of tools that had been prioritzed by a group of special education teachers as being most useful. The concept of the tub is to allow teachers and staff to have ready access to common and useful tools so that they may proactively use the tools with students in instructional settings."