Sometimes parents in the classroom have wonderful backgrounds in everything from technology to history to archaeology. They can share those things in the classroom. We really believe that classrooms are for all kids and all people, people of all cultures, people of all abilities and we can't expect the teachers to do it alone. This video documents change in the learning of exceptional children who are now being included in the regular classroom. They can be there, in part, thanks to the freedom that technology provides to them.
Technology can bridge gaps.
Students with motor difficulties who can't hold a pen to paper are able to use a specialized keyboard and mouse. Students who have cognitive difficulties and cannot perform all of the steps required in writing or classroom participation, can have those steps reduced or synthesized by technology. Students with visual difficulties can have their work magnified for them or presented auditorially through a computer. Students with autistic tendencies who initially do not have the attention span to sit still to learn are willingly spending two hours at a computer. As a result, they are now able to transfer those reading skills to books.