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Hi, there! My name is CHIP, and right now I’m feeling a little anxious.
See, tomorrow is my very first day in a new classroom with a new

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teacher. What?

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Oh, I’m not a student. I’m a tablet computer. My student’s name
is Brooke. Brooke has a learning disability and ADHD, so she needs

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just a bit of extra support to be successful in school. That’s me!
Brooke can use my awesome accessibility features to highlight text

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and have it read back to her. She can even tell me her ideas out
loud using my nifty speech-to-text function, and I’ll write them

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down for her. So why am I nervous? Well, for one thing,

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even though I’m part of Brooke’s IEP, I’m not sure Brooke’s new
teacher—Ms. Adelaide—understands why she needs me.

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Also, she might not be super comfortable with assistive technology
devices. She’s probably wondering how much she doesn’t know about

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the things I can do and what she’ll need to learn in a short amount
of time. And what about her other students? Sometimes teachers worry

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that the other kids will see me as an unfair advantage.

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Okay, so I’m anxious. But I’m also excited. I’m sure Ms. Adelaide
is a great teacher, and she just wants to get everything right to

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help Brooke as best she can. Fortunately, there’s help. She can
use my Web browser—or a CHIP of her very own—to visit the IRIS Center

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to learn all about assistive technology in the classroom. In fact,
let’s do that together right now.

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Here is your Challenge…

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What should Ms. Adelaide know about assistive technology and how
it is used by students with disabilities?

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What are the school’s responsibilities regarding assistive technology?