Physical+Disabilities+and+Digital+Storytelling

This article discusses the use of an assistive technology known as the eye tracking system with Digital Storytelling.
Physical disabilities can limit a person’s ability to use a mouse on a computer as well as the keyboard, or a touch pad. Without the keyboard, mouse, or touch pad, many students with disabilities cannot successfully navigate a computer. Many new technological devices continue to be developed to enable students to successfully use a computer. One technological tool is the eye tracking system. The eye tracking system uses an infrared light to track the movements of the eye in order to navigate the computer. While this is very effective, one barrier is that the eye tracking systems are very expensive. According to engineering student Devin Hamilton, this eye tracking system has enabled him to effectively and efficiently communicate and complete his coursework.
 * Physical Disabilities and Digital Storytelling**

Digital Storytelling is a solution to students who have physical disabilities in writing. A digital story is a multimedia text which incorporates still images, narration, and many times a soundtrack to tell a story or present information. Creating digital stories engage and motivate students to write and use their creativity. Digital stories are wonderful alternative to the traditional writing using paper and pencil only. Digital storytelling uses both traditional and new literacy instruction. Using the eye tracking system along with Digital Storytelling, students will be able to create a story and narrate it by using their own voice without having to navigate through an additional program which could be confusing and time consuming. Using the eye tracking system and Digital Storytelling, students would experience tremendous success while going through the writing process as well as accomplishing their goal of writing a story.

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