Language and communication can be learned through technology. Special needs students are perfect examples of how technology can enhance the learning process. There are a number of students who have used technology in different ways to help them learn language and communication skills.
For example there are many different forms of technology that helps individual with language and communication needs. Technologies that help with this subject range from cards, computers, hand held devices, and so much more. These devices work in a number of different ways. The devices can use language for an individual, give the user options that they may not be familiar with the appropriate communication for as well as a wide range of other options.
I have used some of these technologies to teach my son. My son has Autism and until recently did not speak. We used different sign language techniques, card technologies, and other devices such as the Go Talk. The Go Talk is a board that one slides a page of pictures into. The board is sectioned as a grid with each picture in its own square. The user then pushes the picture he/or she wishes and the device speaks whatever it has been programmed to for that picture. This device made it possible for him to communicate his need to individuals that did not understand his other forms of communication that he used with the individuals that are closest to him.
These forms of technology can be used in a wide range of ways. They can be used for those who have issues hearing or even those who speak a different language. Technology is ever growing and with that growth comes many different possibilities. Those possibilities include new ways to learn language and communication.
