Hooray for assistive technology!

Throughout my years of school, I have had the pleasure of being able to help and work with students who need assistance in the classroom. I tend to forget how lucky and fortunate I am to be able to learn efficiently and on my own in school. When I watched the video "Assistive-Technology: Enabling Dreams", I realized just how important technology in the classroom is to those students who depend on it to learn to their fullest potential. This video shows much insight to children who use assistive technology every day in their classrooms. Things are better put into perspective I feel when they have a personal spin on them, and actually seeing a child be able to participate in class by the use of something like the device that is able to communicate words and sentences to a teacher from a student who only has the mobility of his eyebrows on his entire body. It is truly fascinating, what has come about to help these students and make them feel comfortable in the classroom. Technology is something that definitely gets better in time, with people coming up with new ideas every day!