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Differentiated instruction is the curation and tailoring of teaching towards student's needs in the classroom. Student's learn in all different ways and styles and it's important to recognize that when teaching in the classroom.m

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DI's importance and enhancement in the classroom ensures that all students succeed and reach their highest potential. It's important to recognize that student's have different styles of learning and different needs to be met. As a teacher, it is vital for you to address these needs and help your students reach their highest potential.

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Assistive technologies in the classroom vary from devices, equipment, functional systems, and items that improve the capabilities needed for students with disabilities.

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Assistive technologies ensure that all students have a fair and equitable learning environment that helps them reach their learning goals. Whether they have physical, sensory, or cognitive challenges teaching and learning should be accessible to them regardless of their disability or impairment.

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Differentiated instruction can best be shown in this example picture above. All students aren't always on the dame level of assistance and need different accommodations to help them learn. Here are several DI Examples

Providing different reading levels or allowing students to pick books and media of their own interest and understanding

Having students practice multiple intelligences and pick from choosing to presnt a project through modeling or building the project, drawing, writing, or performing the presentation

Creating different learning environments that cater to each students needs helping students stay engaged and focused.

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Here are some devices, equipment, and technologies that classify as assistive technologies in the classroom.

Screen readers

Voice recognition software

Hearing aids and sound translators

Audion Books

Adaptive Keyboards

Tablets with accessibility apps

Interactive white board devices

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Images from Google

https://www.augsburg.edu/class/groves/assistive-technology/everyone/

https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/differentiated-instruction/articles/what-differentiated-instruction

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Assistive Technology is all around us! Many of the tools available are free or cost very little to use. On the following pages are lists of Assistive Technology tools you may find useful when completing various tasks both in or out of school. Many of these tools may help you complete tasks more quickly, easily, or independently. Tools are broken down into sub-categories such as Reading, Writing, or Notetaking, for example. All apps and programs on the following pages are free or cost approximately less than $25.

This website is meant to be a starting point to research Assistive Technology tools with majority of them being available for anyone. We hope this website serves as a starting point for researching and finding tools and programs that best fit the tasks you need to complete.

We do our best to stay updated on the latest information about the apps on the following pages along with adding the latest and greatest apps as soon as they come out. If you find an error in our listing or want to share a program, software, website or app that we should add, please contact us at class@augsburg.edu.

Content created and shared by Augsburg University. To use, please correctly cite Augsburg University CLASS Office. The information about the following applications has been summarized from the applications' websites and/or from experience testing the applications. We do updates approximately once a year. Please refer to the applications' websites for the most up to date information.

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Free or Low Cost Assistive Technology - CLASS Disability Resources

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Assistive Technology is all around us! Many of the tools available are free or cost very little to use. On the following pages are lists of Assistive Technology tools you may find useful when completing various tasks both in or out of school. Many of these tools may help you complete tasks more quickly, easily, ...