Low Tech Communication Tools
This is technology which begins before progressing to mid-tech or high-tech assists. Low-tech adaptions use no electronic components and are usually low-cost.
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Motor/Writing & Reading Supports
White board – easier for some students to use
• Page holders (TOP and/or BOTTOM) acrylic cardholders
• Clear picture holders to hold story pages, schedules,directions, vocabulary words, etc
• Finger grip ruler– for students with fine motor difficulties; allows ruler to be grasped by raised center grip bar;
• Magnetic sheets/business cards – can be cut as needed to create numbers, letters, words, sentence strips; put on cookie sheet
• Magnetic picture frames – all sizes; to hold pictures/words
• Velcro
-Easy reading text guides: Use plastic signature guide or Finger Grip Ruler
• Bar Magnifier w/ yellow guiding line
• Other Magnifiers - sheets, bars, hemi-sphere
• Highlighter tape
Math Supports
-The Master Angle - Circular disk showing 360 degrees with moveable lines to form angles
• The Master Clock - transparent layers & removeable gears
• Fractionograms - set of two stamps demonstrate parts and their relationship to wholes
• X-Y Stamp - Creates a negative and positive X-Y axis • Large 1" grid chart paper
Highlighter Tape [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.smekenseducation.com/engage-writers-with-highlighter-tape.html
White board – easier for some students to use
• Page holders (TOP and/or BOTTOM) acrylic cardholders
• Clear picture holders to hold story pages, schedules,directions, vocabulary words, etc
• Finger grip ruler– for students with fine motor difficulties; allows ruler to be grasped by raised center grip bar;
• Magnetic sheets/business cards – can be cut as needed to create numbers, letters, words, sentence strips; put on cookie sheet
• Magnetic picture frames – all sizes; to hold pictures/words
• Velcro
-Easy reading text guides: Use plastic signature guide or Finger Grip Ruler
• Bar Magnifier w/ yellow guiding line
• Other Magnifiers - sheets, bars, hemi-sphere
• Highlighter tape
Math Supports
-The Master Angle - Circular disk showing 360 degrees with moveable lines to form angles
• The Master Clock - transparent layers & removeable gears
• Fractionograms - set of two stamps demonstrate parts and their relationship to wholes
• X-Y Stamp - Creates a negative and positive X-Y axis • Large 1" grid chart paper
Highlighter Tape [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.smekenseducation.com/engage-writers-with-highlighter-tape.html