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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

Edsurge

Find some way, some moment to connect—especially with elementary students, but all your students really—because they’re challenged,” he says. We’re using a variety of methods to provide access to the content and then also in how they’re able to express their understanding in a variety of ways. They don’t know what tomorrow holds.

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

Waterford

Use Online Teacher Tools to Communicate With Families. Fortunately, teachers have plenty of options when it comes to online learning tools and parent resources for special education. Tools like Google Meet and Voice are free, and let teachers collaborate with families regularly. Best Tools for Virtual and Distance Learning.”

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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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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies.

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Students Reflect on Being edWeb Presenters

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar, Turn Struggling Readers Into Leaders Using Assistive Technology , Gavin and Marley, two middle school students, along with dyslexia specialist Dana Blackaby, presented on their use of assistive technology that helps struggling readers. We’ve done this a lot at different schools,” Gavin told us.

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Building Teamwork and Perseverance in Early Elementary Students with Breakouts

MindShift

Often the puzzles are a combination of physical activities and clues with a small digital component that’s easy to access. ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. Duffy used to be a special education teacher and is particularly attuned to making sure all students in a classroom have access to the puzzles. Courtesy Batavia Public Schools).

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The tool is ideal for differentiated learning, literacy, English-language learners (ELL) or Special Needs instruction. The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. Schools can join until September 2018.

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