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. 2012 Nov 13;1(1):13. doi: 10.4102/ajod.v1i1.13
No-tech ideas Technology issues and ideas
  • Cooking

  • Practical tasks

  • Role playing

  • Drama

  • Worksheets

  • Text books

  • Constructions

  • Models

  • Recycled materials

  • Group work

  • Pictures Magazines

  • Wall charts

  • Takes time to learn

  • Technology can break down and does not always work.

  • Social acceptability

  • Flexibility

  • Costs versus Creativity

  • Documentary or Drama through video recording

  • Use computers

  • More interactive activities

  • Photography

ADHD AAC technology
  • Stress balls

  • Pipe cleaners

  • Play dough

  • Pictures from magazines and newspapers

  • Creative grouping

  • Posted reminders

  • Board maker grid

  • Adapted technology

Vision Vision
  • Paper

  • Blackboard

  • Flow charts

  • Positioning

  • Auditory supports

  • Computer access

  • Magnifying glass

  • Dictaphone

Representation Representation
  • Writing in large print

  • Photocopy enlargement

  • Colour overlays

  • Manual text blocker (card, etc.)

  • Acting out and Drama

  • Bottle tops (mathematics)

  • Magazine picture

  • Text enlargement

  • Reading software

  • Video

  • Smartboards

Expression Expression
  • Oral

  • Written

  • Drama, Role play

  • Painting, Art, Poster, Craft

  • Squeezing, Pointing (to make choices)

  • Speech-to-writing software

  • Switches

Engagement Engagement
  • Egg timer

  • Handmade self-correction activity (e.g. Chart)

  • ‘Maties’ marker timer (counts down the time left)

  • PC program that chimes

Source: Dalton, E.M., Instructor Workshop on UDL for Disability Studies Program, University of Cape Town, South Africa, on 19 July 2011. ADHD, attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder; AAC, Augmentative and Alternative Communication; UDL, Universal Design for Learning.