Assistive Technology Power for Students

As a future educator, and other educators alike, it is a key factor to remember the importance of the different learning styles as well as disabilities among the diverse students that we will encounter in our classrooms. With all this to keep in mind, creating lesson plans can be very challenging. With technology rising, it has lifted a load from not only teachers, but greatly on students, impacting their lives. Edutopia's "How Assistive Technology Enables Dreams" shows how technology improves the learning environment for students who greatly need them and help them progress at the same rate as other students.
The video shows various students with disabilities where technology changed their learning lifestyles. One student described that without technology is a foundation of her life and would not exist the way she is. She uses speech activated computers to do her homework, an operated wheel chair, and phone when needed to call for help. Another student learns to play a musical instrument specifically handcrafted to adjust to his disability. Technology is present early on in classrooms containing young children. Specific programs are catered to specific learning disabilities helping students learn at a f