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 EDUCATION AND THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA Technology has impacted the lives of everyday Nigerians across agriculture, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, government, and security. Technology has changed the face of how everything is being done in Nigeria. For everyday citizens, financial transactions can now be carried out on a mobile device, business transactions can take place across different borders of the world without face to face interactions, and reading and writing can be done outside of physically attending a school. The rise of technology in Nigeria has also been recognized internationally. Nigeria is the largest market in Africa for Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the internet social networking site, Facebook, was in Lagos and Abuja for 3 days to visit with entrepreneurs and developers, to explore how lives have been and still are, positively transformed with the use of technology across Nigeria. During his visit, he gave examples ...

Assistive Technology in Special Education           The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) defines assistive technology as any item, piece of equipment, or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Assistive Technology is broken down into high and low-tech devices. High-tech devices may be computers, electronic equipment or software. It is important to note that high-tech devices are not always expensive. For example, a switch that controls a battery-operated toy can be considered a high-tech device as can a tape-recorder. Low-tech devices are manually, not electronically operated and may include pencil grips, mouth sticks and mechanical hoists. Other low-tech devices include blocks of wood used to raise a table to fit a wheelchair or a joystick with a special grip. Whether using high or lo...