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The Maestro

The Maestro is a great tool that encourages communication every day. It does this by having preprogrammed words, re-useable phrases and sentences that a student can look up on the hand held device. It also provides page sets that consist of most frequently used words and even puts the words into age groups. A page contains a lot of pictures which are put into a box. The box has the picture on top and then words below the picture to describe what the picture is. A student would just have to press a box and then it would speak the words or phrase for the student. One thing that is very nice about this tool is that it can help all ages of people communicate at their ability level. This is also very nice because you will only have to buy one tool because it has so many words that it can easily help a person even if they transition in to a higher level of communication. A teacher would use this in a classroom to have the student answer the questions that she was asking. The student would use this to tell his or her teacher what he or she needed and provide answers to questions. The research shows that students are very excited when they get to use this technology because they finally have a better way of communication. It is sometimes a little difficult when first showing a student how to work it but once they understand how to use it they become excited. Even though they know how to work the technology as a teacher you will still have to work very closely with them when they are using it. It is great though because it opens up a door of communication, which was not always possible.

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