Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Mike doesn’t have a typical education career. 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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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. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 16, 2011

This review originally appeared on the PediaStaff Blog Book by: Christopher R Bugaj and Sally Norton-Darr Note: I read this book on my iPad''s Kindle app! That said, you should not be scared off by the title of this book if the idea of creating something from nothing within your educational setting seems a tad ambitious for your taste.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 6, 2015

Mike Daugherty is the director of technology for a high-achieving public school district in Ohio, an occasional contributor to AATT (see his last post, 5 Things You Need to Know About 3D Printing), and the author of Modern EdTech Leadership , a discussion on how today’s administrators handle the blending of tech and ed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

He explains his specific learning needs and calls on all educators to see life from his and millions of other students’ perspective. But do educators know how to support our requirements? From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

TECHNOLOGY HELPS—BUT ONLY IF IT CAN BE USED. That’s why advances in technology have been invaluable to students who read and write slowly. But to fully maximize how technology can help students with learning differences, educators’ expectations may need to be shifted. Speech-to-Text. WhisperSync.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The education sector has changed drastically due to the COVID-19 virus. Before the onset of the global pandemic, the education industry was hesitantly playing with the idea of infusion of immersive technology. Moreover, with the rapid development of digital technology, education tech trends will continue to transform. .

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2019

That’s why Microsoft is working with schools and school districts around the country to ease the transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for Education. Through Windows 10, educators can deliver a unique experience to students, as well as enhance the educational experience and encourage collaboration. by Derek Rice.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As the new school year gets into full swing, educators are likely to shift their focus from worrying about the depth of learning loss for students as a group, and begin zeroing in on where individual students are at. Sweden and England had quite different approaches to education during the pandemic.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 30, 2019

Obviously, struggling with a formal education system that requires so very much reading and writing creates a certain degree of grit and perseverance in some children. Assistive technologies abound to help younger students to master reading, and older students with note taking and organising their thoughts. A turn of the tide.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 26, 2019

Accessibility is an important topic in education and encompasses the classroom space, digital tools and resources and much more. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. Despite the difficulties of offering support remotely, Nahal found that virtual learning allowed him to experiment with new technologies that supported his students with learning disabilities. Voice Practice .

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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

APRIL 1, 2020

About 14 percent of all public school students receive special education services, and for many of them the switch to remote learning has been difficult on families and the schools that teach them every day. To that last question, Sean Arnold, a STEM coach and special educator for the New York City Department of Education, has a suggestion.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There has always been technology in the classroom, even if it hasn’t always been welcome. Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education. Continue reading to learn everything you always wanted to know about technology in the classroom. . A Brief History of Technology in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

This article is part of a series on innovative teaching methods in higher education. student at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California Santa Barbara. That’s especially concerning to her, given assistive technologies alone won’t always help. Check back for more stories in the coming weeks.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

“A lot of people worry that technology will take the place of the teacher, but I think it’s exactly the opposite,” said math teacher Kaswell. Kaswell’s class is known as the STEAM lab, for science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Smith, professor of special education at the University of Kansas. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. Principals should make sure teachers get the training they need to use the assistive technology. “If Terrie Noland is the National Director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Kim Mattina curated a digital book in Book Creator with several templates to choose from. The Book of Templates. Click to read this book, made with Book Creator. Summer VACAY Bingo (Anderson One Instructional Technology Team).

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2019

Unless educators can find new approaches to deliver reading instruction and personalize learning environments for these frustrated learners, many will fail. Since her district expanded access to grade-level text by providing human-read audiobook technology, Nappi’s students’ reading skills and confidence have improved dramatically. “We

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

When I first began my job as an Assistive Technology Coordinator in my district back in 2008, the lines between educational tech and assistive tech were pretty crisp. First, many of our special education parents were asking that their students be educated alongside their peers in a more inclusive setting.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 18, 2019

Take a picture of a page from a book or a sign using Office Lens and the features of Translator and optical character recognition (OCR) will launch automatically in Immersive Reader, offering the ability to read aloud, translate, and more, including the ability to read math equations dictate to improve authoring. Katherine McKnight, Ph.D.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). You can’t just make an animated phrase book.”. You can’t just make an animated phrase book.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Google Docs is available so many ways I am not going to provide a link (via the web or apps for any device) and most districts provide accounts to educators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80% of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. Principals should make sure teachers get the training they need to use the assistive technology. “If Terrie Noland is the National Director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally. About the Presenter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. He knew it would be easy; he said tests in his special education classes almost always were. Credit: Melissa Lyttle for HuffPost.

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techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

District and school leaders talk about the need to bridge the gap between curriculum and educational technology, but often fall short of succeeding. The same is true when considering curriculum initiatives; technology is left out of the discussion. The tech department is often treated as a separate entity in schools.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In this interview episode with three AMAZING “Flipgridders” and educators, Ann, Jess, and Jornea, share how you can use Flipgrid to support remote learning, building community, academic support, and more. Two New Google Books COMING SOON! I am super excited to announce that I have two books that will be released in 2020!

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 2, 2016

In a statement, the federation indicated it will “collaborate on improvements to Amazon’s education content, platforms, and applications.” The accessibility issue became an obstacle last year when Amazon won a $30 million contract with New York City schools to develop an online e-book storefront for educators.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Noakes: Likewise, she always encourages educators to ask: How might tech support educators’ ability to differentiate learning in the classroom? Howard: Her concern is the amount of training educators need with new edtech. About the Presenters.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Specifically, the challenge encourages them to tackle issues such as nutrition, the importance of sleep, preventing the spread of disease, street safety, screen time, assistive technologies, mental and emotional health, sports safety, healthy air and water and elder health. The deadline for submitting inventions to the Spark!

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 18, 2019

Barriers to educating students with special needs include: Negative opinions and stereotypes. Special ed teachers rely on assistive learning devices to address the needs of student challenges. Referred to as assistive technology (AT), these devices are often decidedly low tech. Teaching is a demanding profession.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 30, 2014

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SpeechTechie

AUGUST 24, 2016

edWeb recently hosted a Webinar in which I discussed resources related to electronic text, sponsored by Mobile Education Store, creator of great apps such as Conversation Builder and Crack the Books. This webinar and many others are available to you for free on the edWeb site.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The transition from using toys, games, animal assisted therapy, art, music, movement, and parent-child attunement enhancing interventions to connecting through a digital screen seemed at times to be an impossible mission.

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