eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The authors note that while, ideally, UDL allows students with disabilities to access courses without adaptation, it can also help to improve learning—and, therefore, retention—among all students. In presentation , the course provides learners with various way of acquiring information and knowledge. Knowing Where to Start.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

She’s handled Zoom breakdowns, juggled multiple parent support group chats and gotten her kids fed during their four different lunch times. There has to be somebody sitting next to him helping with the technology and getting him engaged in what’s going on. There’s a difference between accessibility and usability.” and Canada.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2022

PRNewswire/ — Texthelp , a global leader in literacy and assistive technology, announced it has appointed Gus Schmedlen, Ed.D., Dr. Schmedlen brings over two decades of experience in the education technology sector to Texthelp. “Gus has an impressive background in education technology. WOBURN, Mass.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Arnold recently joined Luis Perez, a technical assistance specialist for the National Center on Accessible Education Materials , which is affiliated with the nonprofit CAST, on an interactive webinar, Understanding the Impact of Coronavirus on K-12 Education , hosted by EdSurge and ISTE, our parent organization.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Some school districts have created Google classroom groups just for families of children with special needs to connect and share experiences.[3]. 4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

She sometimes observes teachers, and other times helps children in small groups. They’ve been taking turns presenting on disabilities such as dyslexia, brain injuries and deafness; Noble gave hers, on assistive technologies for children with physical disabilities, last week. There are promising signs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Twice-exceptional students are found in all racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups. Still, others experience both giftedness and disability. They are referred to as twice-exceptional or 2E students. The 2E student may present as highly creative, imaginative, inquisitive, and verbal. What about IDEA?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Offer alternatives for auditory and visual information. . Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Other simple options for starting out with this method include reviewing material, gathering background information, or final project options to demonstrate learning. Foster collaboration and community.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Phonological processing refers to using speech sounds for coding information when reading, listening, and speaking. To improve identification of individuals with dyslexia, information can be combined. For example, if listening comprehension is no better than reading comprehension, assistive technology may not be beneficial.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Academically, an investment at the elementary age can keep students reading on level; emotionally, it gives them confidence and makes them feel included with their peer group. Finally, administrators can look for ways to pool resources from different budget streams to assist students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. A settlement that would have created a Book Rights Registry and made it possible to access the Google Books corpus through public-library terminals ultimately died, rejected by a federal judge in 2011.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

This response to reflections can be explained by m irror neurons , which are a group of neurons that activate in our brain when we perform an action that mirrors another person’s action, or when we see our own action being performed by others.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 18, 2017

The Echo Dot ($49.99) accesses Alexa, Amazon's "virtual personal assistant." In addition to accessing music and information by request to Alexa, you can "enable skills" that are more or less like apps, and for the time being, free. When playing this with a group it was helpful (and contextual!)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

This response to reflections can be explained by m irror neurons , which are a group of neurons that activate in our brain when we perform an action that mirrors another person’s action, or when we see our own action being performed by others.

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Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

With just a few clicks, she shares the content with each student to quickly access it when they log in to their H?para One of Mrs. Perkins’s learners uses assistive technology , a screen reader, to read and can also access the digital materials. Accessing digital learning resources . At 11:00 a.m.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In some of the statistics about online acceessibility , we see that, up to 20% of people are excluded from websites when our site is not accessible. Today, we dig into a university that is making progress on accessibility and compliance.

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

Sutherland immediately thought of Breakouts, activities based on the popular escape room experience where groups of people working together under time pressure solve a series of puzzles. As a technology integrationist for Batavia Public Schools, a district outside Chicago, Sutherland was excited to give the strategy a try.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Notes are of course a way we can keep data on students, but providing consultation through a private practice motivates me to provide the best services possible, which in turn means not forgetting nuggets of information that could/should turn into action items for me. Keep allows you to color-code and label notes for organization.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Technology has always had an uneasy relationship with education. There was a time when the only available method of storing information was in people’s memories. Information was passed down through oral traditions of songs, stories, or memorized lectures. This was education without any technology. .

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Noakes emphasized that the process must include an equity assessment—can all of the students and teachers access the tech outside of school? Once the test team gives the go ahead, he then has a group of teacher ambassadors to train their colleagues and advocate for the new tool. She thinks the industry is lagging behind.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

And for the kids she supports, who have speech and language issues, sketchnoting offers important insights into their thinking that is otherwise difficult to access. “It But she decided to test the theory one year with a group of students that happened to be all boys. “It It isn’t about things being pretty,” Zojac said.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Families are thirsty for information about inclusive technology that supports their children with disabilities. They want to understand and inform the tools schools use. Are often tech savvy: Their engagement can steer schools toward appropriate technology.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. In addition to this, Britannica’s supplementary information is offered free of charge in the top-right corner of the search results page. The program runs from May 2018-June 2019.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ). To assist with this, my students and I co-wrote a freely available, open access book, “ Teaching with Digital Tools and Apps.”

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 11, 2024

Resource Allocation: Educators express the need for better allocation of resources, such as assistive technologies and materials tailored to special education. They are not aware of all the instructional strategies, accommodations, assistive technology, or alternate curriculum that are required for students with special needs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

When Schlenker felt she wasn’t getting timely access to course materials in a form she could use, she filed a discrimination complaint with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights against Wichita State, with help from the National Federation for the Blind. Accessibility v. Academic Freedom?

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 8, 2017

The six foam cubes can be utilized in small groups or independently, to inspire your students to think deeply about their assignment. Convenient hanging holes at the top let you safely display student work or classroom information. Student Grouping Pencils. Reading Comprehension Cubes. Mad Science Helium Balloons. Break time!

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Hapara

MAY 13, 2022

It’s important to vet edtech tools to verify that they promote access for a wide range of learners. In this blog, I share the basic fundamentals for vetting technology tools and clarify how each accommodation supports different types of learners. . For me, vetting edtech products for accessibility is my profession and my passion. .

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

According to that lawsuit, the GNETS system violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, both by segregating children with disabilities and by denying them access to an equal education. Specific queries were repeatedly answered with claims that the information was unavailable or would take dozens of hours to obtain.

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