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Support Struggling Readers District Wide with Assistive Tech

edWeb.net

Assistive technology teachers working at schools in the Fairfax County, VA school district, one of the largest in the United States, are finding that the use of audiobooks is improving access to grade-level content while also developing the love of reading that motivates many students to continue improving.

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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations. SLPs can look for online tools to provide teaching materials, record sessions, and document progress, as well as offer self-practice tools.[12]. Fleming, Nora.

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Choice boards, or learning menus, can look like several different replicas of real-life documents. Summer VACAY Bingo (Anderson One Instructional Technology Team). Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). What are choice boards? .

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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

techlearning

Schools often have to address issues of equality and funding to ensure that all students, regardless of economic status, have access to a mobile device in the classroom so no one is disadvantaged. 3 Wearable Technology —Wearable technology is an up-and-coming trend in edtech.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. In the afternoon they might be given a math or science assignment where they have to document the results. If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing.

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9 Stylish and State-of-the-Art School Supplies

Fractus Learning

It was developed by a school psychologist as an assistive technology for students with ADHD and autism but is a helpful tool for any student. This three-ring binder protects classwork, homework and other important documents with it’s padded and zippered design. Case-It King Size Zipper Binder. Fidget Toy, Set of 3.