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Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Assistive Technology in Special Education

SpeechTechie

I usually point people in the direction of the collaborative SLP Apps List (top of my blog), but from now on I am also going to be recommending Joan Green''s The Ultimate Guide to Assistive Technology in Special Education as a great resource book for those starting out with iPads (or other technology) for clinical use.

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Determining a Student’s Least Restrictive Environment

N2Y

LRE is not decided by disability category, but by the strengths and needs of each child. These supports and services do include the setting or location, and also any accommodations or modifications addressed by the IEP team, the materials used, the student’s peers , where the student is sitting in the classroom as well as adult assistance.

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How to create accessible e-learning design

Neo LMS

There are three big categories of physical disabilities and this post is structured around them: Visual-related disabilities. Many visually-impaired people use screen readers or other forms of assistive technology to navigate web pages, and heading tags are easier to interpret by such technology.

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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

techlearning

3 Wearable Technology —Wearable technology is an up-and-coming trend in edtech. Wearable technology covers a wide range of items—from assistive technology for students with disabilities to devices to encourage motivation and participation.

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Personally, I feel sorry for people who are put in the ‘normal’ category; their learning needs are not easily defined. I worked very diligently over the course of my high school career to familiarize myself as much as possible with the inner workings, complex nuances, and the design principles of many forms of assistive technology.

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Travels, Design and Gestures

SpeechTechie

So, I need to give this blog some love after being tired and on the road.after I get back from a vacation in LA, where I am headed right now! I have written frequently about how weather as a curriculum topic has a ton of language underpinnings for us to target: categories, description, temporal concepts such as seasons. Gesture on!

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Tips & Tools to Enhance Collaboration Between Tech & Curriculum

techlearning

The Marriage Between IT & Curriculum ] Here are some tools that we have found help marry tech and curriculum to enhance learning: Assistive Technology Finding the right tools to support all learners can empower a student in ways we may never have thought possible.

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