Week 7 Activity 7.1

From your activities this week, the case studies and readings in Block 1 and your own experience, write notes in your blog about the factors that contribute to a student either stopping using assistive technology or becoming a successful user.

Reasons for stopping

• Time consuming.
• Difficult to follow instructions.
• Not meeting learners individual needs.
• Cost.
• Lack of training.
• Unreliable technology.
• Unrealistic expectations of what the technology can do.
• Assumption that all learners are competent/ confident using technology
  
  Reasons for success
• The opposite of what is in the 'Reasons for stopping' list!