Chrome and Assistive Technology Applications

What is Google Chrome and how can it benefit Assistive Technology? 




There are 3 parts to the Chrome world:

Chrome Browser
Chrome Operating System
The Chromebook  (hardware)

The Browser:
Google
Chrome, an Internet browser designed by Google, Inc., is one of the
newer additions in the competitive Internet browsing market. It is the
Google version of Internet Explorer... with so much more.

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Assistive Technology: Information for Parents

"Technology is to be used as a tool to assist in the accomplishment of tasks that would be difficult or impossible without assistance. AT is related to function, not to a disability." (Zabala 1996) 

The term “assistive technology” comes from several laws that address the
needs of people with disabilities. Assistive technology includes both
the devices and the services needed to use the

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BYOD = Bring Your Own Device

 Image by Tait Coles
 
The
times they are a changin’. Technology is absolutely booming. If we
ignore it, are we doing our students justice? Shouldn’t we have students use what they are already using everyday and allow it to become a part of our educational system? We can’t
afford to provide it to all of our students BUT, what if we were to start allowing them to BYOD? 
Food for thought…

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