Classroom Applications of Technology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• expanded keyboard : assistive devices that offer a large surface area and larger keys than a standard keyboard for supporting students who lack fine motor skills.
• key guards : low-tech assistive devices that are acrylic or mental covers with holes for each key that is placed on a keyboard.
• digital books : books and documents that have already been converted into or written for an electronic format.
• sticky keys : an assistive device on a keyboard that allows students to press keys sequentially to execute functions that typically require pressing keys simultaneously.
• recorded books : can assist students who can understand material at their grade level when they hear it but have difficulty with decoding and comprehending when they read it.
• screen readers : assistive devices that support students with very poor vision or one to become fatigued from screen magnification
• word prediction : programs that can make an educated guess about the word a student is typing based on the first few letters. it can help reduce the number of keystrokes required.
• touchscreen : a display that responds to human touch. software that usually displays a series of graphics or icons. rather than using a mouse or a pointer, the icon on the screen is touched.
• scaffolding : the process of building bridges from prior knowledge as a baseline and moving students beyond that point.