Submitted by Agbenyo John Stephen on Friday, 12th August, 2011
Dear all,
I am doing a research into possible software and hardware that can be used in Special needs schools in Ghana to facilitate teaching and Learning.
I am looking for solutions that can work accross all subject areas in special needs schools.
My focus primarily is on the schools for the deaf and the schools for the blind. Any idea?
I am doing a research into possible software and hardware that can be used in Special needs schools in Ghana to facilitate teaching and Learning.
I am looking for solutions that can work accross all subject areas in special needs schools.
My focus primarily is on the schools for the deaf and the schools for the blind. Any idea?
Location
Tamale,
Ghana
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Special Needs additional information
Yese Bwalya
Tuesday, 13th December, 2011
I am reading your post only today and I wonder if you have already finished your research for this additional information I have to be useful.
I want to share with you some of the information i have regarding the same. Sometime back I visited a school for special need and was touched by what I found. My experience forced me to carry out some research on the use of ICT in special needs. From the information I gathered I also developed a concept which I intended to give to an organization which was very keen to implement the idea.
I am sending the documents to your email, but should you find them useful please share with others too. I am actually attaching the concepts which you could give to anyone with interest to develop it further.
Best
Yese
Ghana boosts ICT for disabled
Saskia Harmsen
Tuesday, 1st November, 2011
have you seen this news item on a new Gov of Ghana programme on ICT for disabled people?
http://biztechafrica.com/section/government/article/ghana-boosts-ict-disabled/1373/
Might be worth getting in touch with and finding out what approaches and tools they advocate in this field.
Fyi, cheers, saskia
Ghana boosts ICT for disabled
Agbenyo John Stephen
Thursday, 10th November, 2011
Hey, thanks for drawing my attention to this. I has some information the Ghana Parliament had approved some budget for this but i did not have this much information as contained in the link you have shared. Thanks!
Googling on Special Needs Education & ICT
Saskia Harmsen
Wednesday, 31st August, 2011
You may have found this already, but I think the Irish National Centre for Technology and Education has some nice advice sheets on how ICTs can be used with students who haev special needs.
Have a look here: http://www.ncte.ie/SpecialNeedsICT/
There is some research with policy advice related to Ghana, but it doesn't seem to go into actual advice on which ICTs or assistive technologies to use in which situation, or what technologies a special needs school an best invest in. If you're interested in the research (from 2003), you can find it on this website: http://www.web.net/~afc/research1.html and then especially the last section of the page.
The research mentions some work that the Ghana Society for the Blind has done with their Computer Learning Centre, perhaps you could contact someone there for more advice or recommendations on who to speak to? This gentleman, Julius Braihma, looks like a good person to contact.
I'm sorry I can't be of more help. I don't have any direct experience with ICT for Special Needs Education, I hope that other iConnect members may have more directly relevant experience and tips to share.
Cheers!
training course, ICT in Education for people with special needs
Saskia Harmsen
Wednesday, 31st August, 2011
I just found this resource from the UNESCO Institute for ICT in Education,
ICTs IN EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSE
http://iite.unesco.org/pics/publications/en/files/3214644.pdf
That looks promising! Hope it helps!
ICT’s for special needs education, SchoolNet Africa
Saskia Harmsen
Wednesday, 31st August, 2011