The ImagineCup is a
worldwide competition promoted by Microsoft with several categories and
some awards. In 2009, the finals took place in Cairo - Egypt. We got
the second place in the TabletPC Accessibility Award.
We proposed a solution where the students with learning issues
should attend the same class as his friends instead of special classes.
In this way, we tried to help the instructor to find/indentify and help
the student using a special software.
Although there are several different factors that cause learning
issues, they usually cause very similar impact on the student in-class
behavior.
When you compare students responses to in-class activities, you may not
only face correct/incorrect answers but also some simptoms of some kind
of disabilities, mainly if the student has some partial disability. To
detect that, it will be necessary a face-to-face interaction but what
can you do in a large class? We designed two view modes focused on
finding students learning issues during classes exercises.
Once the students were found, we focus on tools to help their
learning experience. Some of the tools requires that the student use a
tablet, some not.