Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The post Google Accessibility Tools to Reach ALL Learners – SULS049 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Accessibility is and should be a huge topic of discussion across multiple industries but especially in learning. I’m going to give you tips, tricks, and resources to help use Google accessibility tools to reach all learners.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 6, 2024

How Do Interactive Digital Textbooks Enhance Learning and Engagement? Enhance Student Participation Promote Adaptive Learning Techniques Improve Practical Comprehension Boost Content Accessibility Better Collaboration Improve Recall and Retention Improve Course Completion III.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

The school needed his expertise to help keep its assistive technology up and running as it was a school for children and adults with disabilities. In the beginning, Mike fixed wheelchairs and such, but as technology expanded so did his work assisting students with disabilities.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

All my students were learning how to read, and the captions helped them connect the audio to the visual representation of text. Plus, the students who struggled with attention didn't miss out on any information since they could access the content through the voice-over, the visuals in the video, and the text in the captions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Not only did the client make these gains in the therapy group, but when we informed her teacher about this connection strategy, it enabled the client to increase participation and decrease anxiety during the difficult days of virtual school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

UDL is tough enough in a face-to-face environment, but the real challenge might be how to implement the principles in an online world where students’ abilities and learning styles differ drastically. In presentation , the course provides learners with various way of acquiring information and knowledge.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Not only did the client make these gains in the therapy group, but when we informed her teacher about this connection strategy, it enabled the client to increase participation and decrease anxiety during the difficult days of virtual school.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Chief among those is determining how to support students with special educational needs. 4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations. Strategies for When Special Education Moves Online. Swartzer, Keely. “5

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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.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

You’ll learn some of the common misconceptions about creating choice boards, but most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started with utilizing the choice board for your classroom. Offer alternatives for auditory and visual information. . Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Click To Tweet.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In “ Cutting-Edge Research to Empower Schools to Support Students with Reading Disabilities ,” Rick Wagner, Associate Director for the Florida Center for Reading Research, discussed problems with current methods and how to better help students with these disabilities.

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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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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Just as teachers need specialized training to understand how to help students with dyslexia, the teachers also need specialized programs or assistive technology that supports the students’ learning styles. Finally, administrators can look for ways to pool resources from different budget streams to assist students.

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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.

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. An adult in the room could help demonstrate grips, steer hands and inform Nahal when additional resources were needed. Accessibility Opportunities. Access to technology is an equity issue.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 23, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast When students with disabilities come to your school, the technology that can help them succeed should be immediately available. Therefore, strategies for identifying and selecting accessible and inclusive tech should be top of mind. This is especially crucial in educational environments.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 5, 2013

In this series of steps, you will see how to make an image aura from Aurasma''s own library of images "float" above a book page when the page is scanned. Specifically, through these steps a seagull "aura" is accessed when the book''s cover is scanned. His neighbors are at first outraged, then experience the same inspiration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

But do educators know how to support our requirements? According to CAST, the association working to increase opportunities for everyone to learn, the way we all absorb information is as unique as our fingerprint. I can use the color codes to categorize the recorded information by subject, lecture, or information priority.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Every educator must know how to address these learning deficits in the classroom, because students must read, write, and spell in every subject. Terrie presented in the webinar, “How to Support Dyslexic Students in Your School,” sponsored by Learning Ally. For more information on Learning Ally, visit Learning Ally.

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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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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Giving credit where credit is due ( especially since this is something I whined about two years ago ), ASHA has made good steps in helpful infusion of technology into the Convention. Additionally, WiFi was in my experience generally accessible in conference rooms, and free to boot! At heart, I''m a context guy.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article has more information on early warning signs: “ Kindergarten Teachers to the Rescue–Please! ”. Learn more about his work and access online tools, training and resources by visiting TrueLiteracy.in. Vocabulary impairments are not uncommon as children may exhibit difficulty processing information.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

“It can be used in a formal classroom or an informal setting or at home.” Therapeutic professionals said the type of technology they most often used for instructional purposes were iPads, desktop or laptops and specific assistive technology devices. ” More Than 400 Apps Reviewed.

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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

In addition to providing access on iOS devices to Google''s terrific tools for Search, Calendar, Mail, Documents and Maps, this series was partially about app design. This app''s gestures also let you interact with time- and location-based information. The wonders of slow Internet in the air! Let''s consider it "gesture literacy."

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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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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

I think it’s so important for us to encourage kids to have that productive struggle and how to handle that once you’ve encountered it. Often the puzzles are a combination of physical activities and clues with a small digital component that’s easy to access. HOW TO SET UP THE ROOM. ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

How to Enable Voice Typing in Google Docs (desktop version). Speak clearly, at a normal volume and pace (see below for more information on using punctuation). Accessibility is important for all learners. Now take this power and apply it to dictation into a Google Doc. This little feature works amazingly well! Time Saver.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. Unfortunately, across the board, educators have not been prepared to teach well with technology, let alone teach remotely with technology.

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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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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 She points out to students how much cognitive processing is happening as they sketchnote. It isn’t about things being pretty,” Zojac said.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Another common reason for print is when information is handed out, mailed, or back packed home to families. Usually this material is not accessible to all people with disabilities or who speak languages other than English, but it doesn't have to be that way. If you're not sure how, read these instructions on how to generate a QR Code.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

Online teaching communities expand this information flow even further. With the ViewSonic Educator Community , teachers can access and remix a wealth of community-generated and purchasable OLF learning materials. Alternatively, learn how to build an impactful education ecosystem with myViewBoard.

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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. These opportunities encourage and teach them about social skills and how to use these skills with others. But, it still is not enough.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 28, 2018

Her scholarly work focuses on the circulation of ideas about race, sex, and gender via visual and material culture; her work for Yale's Center for Teaching and Learning supports the university's accessibility initiatives. I made my syllabus accessible , and I’m thinking way more about the forms my materials take.

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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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