Technology Assessment of Deaf and
hard of hearing students
Dr. Pamela Luft
Nichole K. Zirzow
Mary Bonello
Kent State University
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Resources
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National Educational Technology Standards for
Students- published by the International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS Project 2000.
www.iste.org/standards/index.html
Deaf adults
Faculty in Instructional Technology
Instructional Resource Center staff at Kent State
University
Faculty in deafness/special education
Product catalogs for Deaf and hard of hearing
individuals
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Current and Future
Applications
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Measure current level of mastery
Plan future school curriculum
Reassessment tool
 Means of accessing additional funding and
technology for Deaf and hard of hearing
students
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Assessment Areas
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School-based
Technology
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Basic computer
functions
General applications
Internet skills
Word Processing
Presentation
Software
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Assistive Listening Technology
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Hearing aids
Amplification/Recreation
General
Signal systems
Telephone
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Assessment Protocols
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Administered by Grant Students and
Cooperating Teachers
Students rate themselves given iconic
levels of mastery
Clarification of item vocabulary was
provided to students when needed
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Sample Items
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Signal Systems
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Telephone and Doorbell signal
Flashing or vibrating alarm clock
Home Fire Safety System
Telephone
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Amplifier Telephone
State and National Relay Service Numbers
TTY
Tactile Paging System
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Pilot Demographics
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Forty Deaf and hard of hearing from two urban high
schools and two urban middle schools in Northeast Ohio
55% use computers at school, 50% of pilot sample use
computers in the home, 29% use computers at public
library, 2% have no computer access
The majority of students use IBM compatible computers
Internet provider most familiar is Internet Explorer
The majority of students report spending 1-2 hours per
week on a computer
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Telephone
Signal Systems
General Amplification
Amplification/Recreation
Hearing Aids
Presentation Software
Word Processing
Internet Skills
General Applications
Basic Computer
Functions
Percentage of Mastery
Pilot Results
Highest Level of Student Mastery
60
50
40
Middle School 1
30
Middle School 2
High School 1
20
High School 2
10
0
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Telephone
Signal Systems
General Amplification
Amplification/Recreation
Hearing Aids
Presentation Software
Word Processing
Internet Skills
General Applications
Basic Computer
Functions
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Percentages of mastery
Telephone
Signal Systems
General Amplification
amplification/Recreation
Hearing Aids
Presentation Software
Word Processing
Internet Skills
General Applications
Basic Computer
Functions
Percentage of Mastery
Trends in Middle School Mastery
Middle School 1
Never
Not Good
So-So
Good
Super
Middle School 2
60
50
40
Never
Not Good
30
So-So
20
Good
10
Super
0
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Telephone
Signal Systems
General Amplification
Amplification/Recreation
Hearing Aids
Presentation Software
Word Processing
Internet Skills
General Applications
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Basic Computer
Functions
Percentages of Mastery Levels
Telephone
Signal Systems
General Amplification
Amplification/Recreation
Hearing Aids
Presentation Software
Word Processing
Internet Skills
General Application
Basci Computer
Functions
Percentages of Mastery
Trends in High School Mastery
High School 1
Never
Not Good
So-So
Good
Super
High School 2
80
70
60
Never
50
Not good
40
So-so
30
Good
20
10
Super
0
Conclusions
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Challenges faced
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Making the assessment comprehensive, yet
not too time consuming
Assessment format clarity
Language fluency of students
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Original format
Please mark how well you can do these things.
Page 2
Never
Not good
SCHOOL BASED TECHNOLOGY
BASIC COMPUTER FUNCTIONS
Work with several windows open at once
Basic troubleshooting (frozen screen, loss of power, etc.)
Access support personnel for your computer
Install/uninstall programs
Shut down/restart computer
Work with disks (floppy, zip, CD)
Connect peripheral equipment (printer, disk drive, etc.)
GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Locate an application on the hard drive
Open individual files from an application
Use pull down menus to activate commands
Use function keys to activate commands
Save work in an application to a disk
Save work in an application to a drive and folder
Print from an application
select number of copies or specific pages to print
print in portrait or landscape
Create folders
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So-so
Good
Super
Improved future format
Please mark how well you can do these things.
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Never
Not good
SCHOOL BASED TECHNOLOGY
BASIC COMPUTER FUNCTIONS
Work with several windows open at once
Basic troubleshooting (frozen screen, loss of power, etc.)
Access support personnel for your computer
Install/uninstall programs
Shut down/restart computer
Work with disks (floppy, zip, CD)
Connect peripheral equipment (printer, disk drive, etc.)
GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Locate an application on the hard drive
Open individual files from an application
Use pull down menus to activate commands
Use function keys to activate commands
Save work in an application to a disk
Save work in an application to a drive and folder
Print from an application
select number of copies or specific pages to print
print in portrait or landscape
Create folders
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So-so
Good
Super
What’s Next?
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On-going project
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Verify validity
Reliability testing
Assess format clarity
Addition of administration instruction page
Administer to all d/hh students in the grant
participating schools in Northeast Ohio, and
perhaps future administration to OSD
students.
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Acknowledgements
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OSERS H325A010060
Meghan Erickson
Kelly Huff
Erika Kauffman
John Krueger
Leah Maxon
Garrett Prom
Catherine Sementi
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Contact Information
Grant Coordinator- Dr. Pamela Luft
Pluft@kent.edu
Assessment Development Team:
Nichole K. Zirzow- Nzirzow@kent.edu
Mary Bonello- Mbonello@kent.edu
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Suggestions & Comments
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