Abstract

The utilization of a programmed approach to learning is an indispensable instructional strategy when working with students with hearing handicaps. The revolutionary advent of microcomputer technology in the educational field has suddenly added a new dimension to the educational opportunities now available to hearing-impaired students.

This paper will describe the approach the Hearing Handicapped Program in Jefferson County Public Schools, Colorado, has taken to harness and utilize microcomputer technology. It will set forth how we are currently utilizing microcomputers with our students. Adaptations will be described that have been made for the severely physically handicapped hearing-impaired student. An evaluation model for software will be discussed which highlights software we have used from the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, commercially prepared programs, and inhouse programs developed through teacher utility programs or Apple Pilot. We will also take a brief look at some of our future goals in relation to this technology in terms of gearing-up for the "Iliad" project being developed at Boston University, future curriculum projects in our school district, looking toward the further coupling of software packages with the goals and objectives within our curriculum, and our hopes of becoming a member of a "network" for the sharing of software within our profession.

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