ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [DLIT] (4) 26 :

20) Explain how hardware and applications can enable everyone, including people with disabilities, to do things they could not do otherwise.

Examples: Global Positioning System [GPS] to navigate, text-to-speech feature to read aloud from a digital resource, translate a digital resource to a different language.

[ELA2015] (4) 33 :

33 ) Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. [SL.4.2]

Students will be introduced to a technology tool that enables Neil Harbisson, who is color blind, to “see” colors by listening to an audio tone that is assigned to a color, which is sent to him via bone conductivity.

This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.