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Images can be manipulated for printing or display in
any (larger)
size
for the visually impaired. Students with limited vision
can use handouts with enlarged versions of pictures. Word
processing software will allow pictures to be resized on
the page.
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sign
language can be created for practice for
hearing impaired. Create cards with pictures on one side
and the signs on the other. Sign language fonts can be
purchased or downloaded and installed to enable a word
processor to type the finger spelling.
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Pictures of
familiar or
attractive objects can be
used as attractors for learning disabled. A student's
attention can be attracted to learning tasks by using
printed pictures. Familiar people and objects are more interesting to children than clipart characters. |
| Speech or word
tablets
can be created to augment or replace speech difficulties.
A sheet can display constantly used words, phrases, and
images for the student to point to when communicating. |
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Incorporate into communication software
Digital images of people, places, and actions can be saved and
incorporated into the wordlists of software, such as Writing with
Symbols and Clicker. When the image becomes associated with a word
or phrase from the wordlist, then that image will appear whenever that
associated word is typed in that program. Often a photograph can be more
appropriate or useful than a symbol or pictogram. For example, by
using a student's image associated with his/her name, whenever that
student types his or her own name, the image will appear above the
word, reinforcing correct input.
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Switches
Digital images can be printed and inserted into or stuck onto a
variety of switches, such as lollypop switches or big switches.
By personalizing the switches or by having the images be
relation appropriate (image of a light to turn on a light), you can
make the switches more relevant or motivating by including pictures of
students or their friends. |
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Task Analysis Sets, Timetables, Check-sheets
Digital images can be used to create an image set that is used to
display a set of actions or behaviors that a child should do, an image
based timetable, or even a check-sheet of behaviors or actions that a
child should do each day.
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Keyboards/Talkboards
You can incorporate images into augmentative communication devices
(e.g. Tech/Talk) and keyboard overlay (e.g. IntelliKeys) to
personalize the communication aid or use appropriate authentic images
or interactions. |
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Matching systems
You can easily and cheaply make images for picture matching.
Using the digital camera and your printer also allows you to adjust the
image size to the most appropriate, and allows you to crop out portions
of the image that may otherwise be confusing.
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