ADAPTIVE OR

ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY/
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY/
INNOVATIVE USES

By: Logan Bateman

EDU 214
09/29/19
 FM
Listening
Systems
• What are FM listening systems?:
• Used to assist disabled students who are easily
distracted or who have trouble
focusing/hearing in class.
• Ex. Students with ADHD
• FM listening systems project the teacher’s
voice directly into the student's ear at a
constant level to insure they are heard over the
noises or chatter of the classroom.
• These systems work better than regular
hearing aides and help tune out background
noise.

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 • How Much Do They Cost?:
• Wide range of cost and quality.
• Anywhere from $600-$2,5000 for full systems

The Cost of • Systems generally include microphones, transmitters, and

receivers.

FM • Visit https://www.harriscomm.com/equipment/ada-
equipment/classrooms.html for listed prices.
 3D
Printing
in Education

• 3D printers allow students and teachers to create 3D

models of various object, people, or other things you
can find in our world.
• Still a new technology which isn’t very wide-spread yet.
• Can be used in several subjects like finding
circumference of 3D shapes in math, creating models
of buildings and famous landmarks, and in art and art
projects where you can paint busts or buildings.

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For 3D printers of any sort of
quality prices range from $350-
$3,500.
How Much
Does 3D
Printing
Cost and quality range greatly.
Cost?

Can be delicate machines and

must be taken care of.
Steve Jobs
School in
Amsterdam
• Replacing textbooks with
IPADs
• Switching up the school year
schedule
• No set teacher or classroom
• Move to different classrooms
for different subjects
• Parents can track which
subjects their children went
though that day
• Despite mixed feelings about the many changes
made, the schools are still operating.
• These “Steve Jobs” School are spreading.
• New school opened in South Africa
• Teachers work with students and instead of just
conveying knowledge they will work with and coach
students in groups
• Planning to spread the program to students around
the world who can attend full-time education from all
over the world

How is it Working?
 • 2019 Best 3D Printers for Schools & Education. (2019, September 5). Retrieved
from https://all3dp.com/1/best-3d-printer-for- school-education/.
• Frequency Modulation (FM) Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.babyhearing.org/devices/fm-systems.
• Heick, T. (2016, June 13). 10 Specific Examples Of Emerging Educational
Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-
learning/10- specific-examples-of-emerging-educational-technologies/.
•

References
Listen Technologies Personal FM System 72MHz with LR300 Receiver.
(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.harriscomm.com/equipment/ada-
equipment/classrooms.html.
• Morin, A. (2019, August 6). 8 Examples of Assistive Technology and Adaptive
Tools. Retrieved from https://www.understood.org/en/school-
learning/assistive- technology/assistive-technologies-basics/8-examples-of-
assistive-technology-and-adaptive-tools.
• Wedia. (2013, August 24). Steve Jobs Schools open in the Netherlands. Retrieved
from https://www.iamexpat.nl/education/education-news/steve- jobs-
schools-open-netherlands.