Application of ICT forCWSN in School Library

Miss Charu MathurMR.N.Laxman Rao

School Library …….

•Educate and sustain in the students the lifelong habit learning and practising skills

•shore up and enhance educational goals •Support all students in

Children With Special Needs(CWSN):-

Orthopedic Challenged

Visually Challenged

Hearing Impaired

Medical

Linguistic Background

Social Background

Economic Background

CWSN…..

SOCIAL NEEDS-

PERSONAL NEEDS-

Govt. Initiative for CWSN

Integrated Education of Disabled Children (I.E.D.C.):

Helps children learn others PLUS

Assist in developing the socialization skills,

develop literacy skills

Increase the confidence level

develop the positive mind-set

Try to excavate the maximum and concealed expertise by play way methods and by giving responsibilities

Intention of sharing with contemporaries

School Library for CWSN

Communication Tool--- used to remove communication barriers

Constructional Tool--- To manipulate the data and generate analysis.

Situating Tools--- creates situations, which the student experience in real life.

Informative Tool-- audio, video and documents.

ICT Tools In School Library

Amalgamation of ICT and technology used to assist differentiable people give the birth of new term ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible.

It can be hardware, software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities in accessing computers or other information technologies.

ICT for CWSN

ICT in School library for CWSN……………….

Braille Displays

Screen Readers

Switches and Software

Visual Enhancement

s Keyboard Alternatives

Mouse

Alternatives

Cont……

ICT in School library for CWSN…………..

Screen Enlargement or Magnification

Talking Dictionaries and Spell Checkers

Speech recognition or

voice recognition programs

Text-to-Speech (TTS) or speech

synthesizers

Talking and large-print word processors

TTY/TDD conversion modems

Assistive Devices ensures ALL STUDENTS have access to RIGHT INFORMATION at RIGHT TIME.

Final Word………..School library with the help of Assistive Technology can play an substantial

role to understand the need of CWSN

ICT is the best instrument in fulfilling the educative need of CWSN.

An effective use of ICT can make possible for a school library to achieve the core objective of UEE i.e. Access, Enrolment and Retention.

:Thank you:

“To be a part and not stand apartTo belong and not to be isolatedTo be accepted and not accommodatedTo have opportunities and not favoursIs to be really included:”