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Assistive Technology is any piece of equipment whether it is a computer, a magnifying glass, glasses, or even a calculator that improves the functionality of a child with a disability.

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Assistive technology is important in the classroom because it gives students with disabilities or atypical students the equal opportunity to have quality education without barriers.

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GoTalk is an AT that is used to help non-verbal students in class and talking in everyday life.

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Differentiated Instruction is the planning of a lesson or assignment of work that is based on the understanding that all students are different and that they have different strengths and learning styles. With DI, all students are given the same work and the same type of grading but students will have different ways to complete these assignments.

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Differentiated Instruction is important in the classroom because it allows students to get the individual help that they may need with their work. Instead of generalizing students thinking that they all learn the same, students get to have an opportunity to have work that plays on their strengths so that may receive the information better.

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An example of DI would be if a teacher assigned students a reading project and allowed the students to pick their own book to write about. These books could be a read-out-loud book for a student with dyslexia, it could be in a foreign language for students with a language barrier.

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https://teachingexceptionalthinkers.com/2020/02/25/what-is-differentiated-instruction/
https://youtu.be/RsUwoiR2DKA
https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/assistive-technology-in-the-classroom
PowerPoints from Class on AT/DI