High Tech Center

What is the High Tech Center?

TECHNOLOGY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

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Information is what schools offer. Sometimes a disability prevents a person from receiving this information in an ordinary way. The mission of the High Tech Center is to provide information access for those students. The technologies have been called electronic curbcuts, because a simple design change can dramatically improve a student’s learning experience.

 

For visual problems:

Scanner

Screen readers (external window)

Screen magnifier (external window)

Closed circuit TV magnifier (external window)

Braille printer

Tactile graphics (external window)

 

For keyboard and mouse problems:

Speech input, e.g. Dragon Naturally Speaking

Word prediction (external window)

Joystick

Trackball

Mouse footpedal controls

Keypad controls

Special keyboards

Adjustable tables and chairs

 

For cognitive or memory problems:

Small group instruction in basic computer skills, word processing, computer applications, Internet basics

Self-paced study: math, English, astronomy, many other subjects

Memory and critical thinking programs

Visual diagramming

Reading and study skills software

Keyboarding

 

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The High Tech Center is also the place to get alternate media if your disability requires.

Guidelines for computer use in the High Tech Center.

For more information, please call:

(707) 476-4557

TTY (707) 476-4284

or e-mail: 

tasha-kahoalii@redwoods.edu

virginia-snodgrass@redwoods.edu

jason-brewer@redwoods.edu

 

 

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