4.3 Inf Resources

Information is power . The internet provides a wide range of resources on assistive technology, from introductory fact sheets and training materials to in-depth discussion of best practices and emerging research. other information items nay include:

• • Databases on AT, officially approved and financed

  • Catalogues, magazines and other publications regarding technical aspects of the devices

  • Exhibitions and information events on the latest developments

  • Information centres for choice help

  • Professional supports for choice of AT

  • Other sources of information related to evolution of AT policies at international level, cost analysis for AT, outcome analysis for AT or even market trends

• AEDNEE (2001) AEDNEE (Agência Europeia para o Desenvolvimento em Necessidades Educativas Especiais) Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) nas Necessidades Educativas Especiais (NEE). Middelfart, Dinamarca: Agência Europeia para o Desenvolvimento em Necessidades Educativas Especiais.

• ALMEIDA, A. (2002). Informática na Educação Especial: Tecnologias da comunicação transformam o ambiente de aprendizado dos portadores de deficiências. Comunicação & Educação((25) set./dez. 2002), 16-27.

• Andresen, B.  (2004). Using ICT in Education to meet Special Needs: Sharing Knowledge about best Practice. Disponível em: www.image.ece.ntua.gr/spero/files/ICTSEN.pdf. Acesso em: 14/05/08.

• BECTA (2007b) British Educational Communications and Technology Agency), The impact of ICT in schools – a landscape review. Coventry: Becta.

• BECTA (2003) BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency), What the research says about ICT supporting special educational needs (SEN) and Inclusion, Coventry: Becta.

• BENIGNO, V., BOCCONI, S., e OTT, M. (2007). Inclusive education: helping teachers to choose ICT resources and to use them effectively. eLearning Papers (nº 6). Disponível em: http://www.elearningeuropa.info/files/media/media14199.pdf. Acesso em: 13/02/2008.

• BLACKMORE, J. (2003). Efective Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Enhance Learning for Disavantaged School Students. Deakin Center for Education and Change. Institute of Koorie Education Deakin University. Institute of Disability Studies Deakin University. Disponível em: http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/DF63F92A3-6931-464F-9970-D599BE3E390E/4520/ICTreport.pdf. Acesso em: 13/02/2008.

• BRODIN, J., e LINDSTRAND, P. (2003). What about ICT in special education? Special educators evaluate information and Communication Technology as a learning tool. European Journal of Special Needs Education, Vol. 18(No. 1), 71-87.

• CORREIA, L. (2003). Inclusão e Necessidades Educativas Especiais, Um guia para educadores e professores, Colecção Necessidades Educativas Especiais. Porto: Porto Editora.

• FINO, C. (2001). Vygostky e a Zona de Desenvolvimento Proximal (ZDP): três implicações pedagógicas. Revista Portuguesa de Educação. Vol 14, n..º2, pp. 273-291. Disponível em: http://www.uma.pt/carlosfino/publicacoes/11.pdf. Acesso em: 09/06/2008.

•  FLORIAN, L., e HEGARTY, J. (2004). ICT and Special Educational Needs - A tool for inclusion. Berkshire: Open University Press.

•  GODINHO, F. et al. (2004). Manual: Tecnologias de Informação Sem Barreiras no Local de Trabalho. Vila Real: UTAD