New Technology

I found out recently that I will be receiving a new piece of technology for my middle school classroom of students with multiple special needs.   I am excited that I will be receiving a TAP·it® interactive board to use with my students (http://www.teachsmart.org/tapit/index.html).   I have had a SMART board in my classroom for over a year and have found it to have many disadvantages for students with physical and cognitive challenges.


The disadvantages of the SMART board for my students were:

• Horizontal work surface
• Too large of a screen and students could not reach the top section
• Single touch at a time
• projector behind student creating shadow
• inability to move board and projector because of cords on floor being a tripping hazard for students that ambulate

I am hopeful that the TAP·it alleviates all these issues so that the students can have the opportunity to interact with the board at any angle that works for them. 


I use the Unique Learning Curriculum available from N2Y, http://unique.n2y.com/, I use the middle school level and will be posting extension activities as well as how I have adapted the lessons to be used with the TAP·it. 


Although the TAP·it, uses SMART notebook software, I will be using other software that I have available, mainly PowerPoint and Boardmaker Interactive.  But I also plan on using Jigsaw Maker, ChooseIt and SwitchIt.


Join me on the journey to tap into unique opportunities for student with multiple special needs.