Technology, curriculum, and professional development : adapting schools to meet the needs of students with disabilities /
edited by John Woodward and Larry Cuban
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, c2001
- xii, 246 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
1. No easy answer: the instructional effectiveness of technology for students with disabilities -- 2. It can't hurt: implementing AAC technology in the classroom for students with severe and multiple disabilities -- 3. Preparing future citizens: technology-supported, project-based learning in the social studies -- 4. Class wide peer tutoring program: a learning management system -- 5. Sustaining a curriculum innovation: cases of make it happen! -- 6.Technology implementation in special education: understanding teacher's beliefs, plans and decisions -- 7.Why are most teachers infrequent and restrained users of computers in their classrooms? -- 8. Designing technology professional development programs -- 9. The construction of knowledge in a collaborative community: reflections on three projects -- 10. The rise and fall of the community transition team model -- 11. How does technology support a special education agenda? : using what we have learned to inform the future.
The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.