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=Below is the essential question and the proposal, if you have any information to add to the proposal feel free. Also if you want to start adding information to the bottom regarding the topic feel free as well!! =


 * Essential Question: What does inclusion mean and what are the pros and cons for inclusion, and what technologies could one use in a general education class for students with developmental delays and learning disabilities?**

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 * Proposal:**

Project-Based Learning Proposal

Nicky Mersmann, Akiko Droge, Careen Creech
 * Our team members are:**

Inclusion and technologies for students with learning disabilities
 * Our general topic is: **


 * Our essential question is: **

What is inclusion and the pros and cons for inclusion, and what technologies could you use in a general education class for students with developmental delays and learning disabilities?

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 * These are some of the resources may have relevant information for us.**

Inclusion with Special Need

[] http://www.mangomon.com/blog/bid/26658/Student-Robot-Relationships-Special-Needs-Study http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54323.html?wlc=1303139567 Gene. infor for assistive tech--http://connected.waldenu.edu/curriculum-resources/technology-in-the-classroom/item/884-assistive-technology-special-education-students Types of assistive technology--http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx http://www.time4learning.com/preschool-games.shtml http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=8facdeb7-4de7-4d9d-b7c0-47089da00435 http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=ee19cad5-d2eb-45dd-af8f-3ccae736fc68

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnlC5K-CzA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSM0m6aT9M&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u-gDQy20k2Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vomkNSluWW4&feature=related
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vomkNSluWW4 **


 * http://www.fctd.info/factsheet/at101 **


 * http://accesstechnews.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/40-amazing-ipad-apps-for-the-learning-disabled/ **

http://kindergarten.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji3R30PT1PQ


 * These are some of the things that we hope to learn from this project. **

-Technologies for students in the general education classroom that have a learning disabilities. -What exactly is inclusion? -What exactly are the pros and cons for inclusion?


 * These are some of the technologies that we may use and how we might use them during the project. **

-Wiki:Communication within the group -Audio recording:interview -Student Resposnse System(clickers): Quiz class before on their knowledge of inclusion and again after the presentation -Smartboard: -iPad - Applications that are directed at students with learning disabilities


 * We think that one of the biggest problems we face will be: **

Using technologies in our PBL presentation that we do not have much experience with.


 * We think that one of the most exciting or important things in this project will be:**

It will be exciting to learn how to use different technologies way may have never used before or have little experience with. As future teachers we will all have special needs students in our classrooms at some point. Learning more about inclusion and how we can integrate technology for these students will be very beneficial.

In school, inclusion does not occur by placement in the regular class alone, rather it is a desired end-state. It must be created with proper planning, preparation and supports. The goal of inclusion is achieved only when a child is participating in the activities of the class, as a member who belongs, with the supports and services they need. Inclusion is "not" a trade-off of supports and services for placement in the regular class and is not a trade-off of achievement of individual goals. No matter where a child with a disability is placed, an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) must be developed around the child's needs. The IEP objectives must continue to be met in the regular class. The same applies to the related services a child needs, they must continue to be provided for in the regular settings. //The fundamental principle of inclusive education is the valuing of diversity within the human community.... When inclusive education is fully embraced, we abandon the idea that children have to become "normal" in order to contribute to the world.... We begin to look beyond typical ways of becoming valued members of the community, and in doing so, begin to realize the achievable goal of providing all children with an authentic sense of belonging.// (Kunc 1992, pp. 38-39).
 * EXTRA INFORMATION:**

|| ** The regular class is __not__ looked at as how it is, ** ** but how it "can be" ** || Inclusion in school requires a shift in the paradigm, instead of getting the child ready for the regular class, the regular class gets ready for the child. It's not a decision of zero or one hundred percent, but what ever balance that can be achieved to maximize meeting all of a child's needs. The regular class is not looked at as how it is, but how it "can be".

= Benefits of Inclusive Education = **The benefits of inclusive education are numerous for both students with and without disabilities.** **Benefits of Inclusion for Students With Disabilities** **Benefits of Inclusion for Students Without Disabilities** There is not __any__ research that shows any negative effects from inclusion done appropriately with the necessary supports and services for students to actively participate and achieve IEP goals. ||  ||
 * 1) Friendships
 * 2) Increased social initiations, relationships and networks
 * 3) Peer role models for academic, social and behavior skills
 * 4) Increased achievement of IEP goals
 * 5) Greater access to general curriculum
 * 6) Enhanced skill acquisition and generalization
 * 7) Increased inclusion in future environments
 * 8) Greater opportunities for interactions
 * 9) Higher expectations
 * 10) Increased school staff collaboration
 * 11) Increased parent participation
 * 12) Families are more integrated into community
 * 1) Meaningful friendships
 * 2) Increased appreciation and acceptance of individual differences
 * 3) Increased understanding and acceptance of diversity
 * 4) Respect for all people
 * 5) Prepares all students for adult life in an inclusive society
 * 6) Opportunities to master activities by practicing and teaching others
 * 7) Greater academic outcomes
 * 8) All students needs are better met, greater resources for everyone

Definition of Inclusion by wikipedia

**Inclusion** in education is an approach to educating students with [|special educational needs]. Under the inclusion model, students with special needs spend most or all of their time with non-disabled students. Implementation of these practices varies. Schools most frequently use them for selected students with mild to severe special needs.[|[1]] Inclusive education differs from previously held notions of ‘integration’ and ‘mainstreaming’, which tended to be concerned principally with disability and ‘special educational needs’ and implied learners changing or becoming ‘ready for’ or deserving of accommodation by the mainstream. By contrast, inclusion is about the child’s right to participate and the school’s duty to accept the child. Inclusion rejects the use of [|special schools] or classrooms to separate students with disabilities from students without disabilities. A premium is placed upon full participation by students with disabilities and upon respect for their social, civil, and educational rights. Fully inclusive schools, which are rare, no longer distinguish between "general education" and "special education" programs; instead, the school is restructured so that all students learn together.[|[2]]

Definition of Assistive Technology by wikipedia **Assistive technology** or **adaptive technology** (AT) is an [|umbrella term] that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for [|people with disabilities] and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the [|technology] needed to accomplish such tasks.

Likewise, disability advocates point out that technology is often created without regard to people with disabilities, creating unnecessary barriers to hundreds of millions of people. Even the makers of AT technologies will often still argue that [|universal design] is preferable to the need for AT and that universal design projects and concepts should be continuously expanded.