Vocabulary LessonAssistive Technology
Stacey A. Beecham
December 12, 2014
Summary
• Students will learn new vocabulary
words
• Students will work independently
and within a group setting to create
a PowerPoint teaching new words.
Target Audience
• English I-CP
• A class of 25
students.
• Clifton High
School Annex
Time Frame
• Two Weeks
• 10 words a week
Objectives
Principals of UID
Activities
• Standard
• Fundamental
• Enhanced
• Computer/Technology
Adapted Material/Activities
• PowerPoint with
narration
• Printout of PowerPoint
• Choice to work in
group or independently
Accommodations for Autism
• Patterns
• Clear Instructions
• Stability in lesson
• Repetition
Accommodations for Visual Disabilites
• JAWS program
• Narrated version of my PowerPoint
on Moodle
• Textual description of pictures in
PowerPoint
Accommodations for Behavioral Disabilites
• Freedom to work in group or
independently
• Format for conversation within group
• Choice to act out definitions
References
• Sousa, David A. How the Special
Needs Brain Works. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2001.
• http://www.lighthouse.org/
accessibility/design/web/
• http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html