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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

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Because if I can’t do that, then neither can assistive technology. It could be something as simple as Adobe Spark or Book Creator Online. What should paraprofessionals, assistant teachers and other support staff work on these days? HIPAA, the health privacy law, has relaxed their guidelines somewhat.

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How to create a dyslexia-friendly environment in your school

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In “ Creating a Dyslexia-Friendly School ,” Terrie Noland, national director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally, presented on early intervention for dyslexic students, using the right AT (assistive technology) tools and accommodations for each learner, and creating environments in which students can thrive. Develop Guidelines.

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Improving Accessibility Often Falls to Faculty. Here’s What They Can Do.

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That’s especially concerning to her, given assistive technologies alone won’t always help. When I took stats, all my books had to be purchased in advance and run through software to transcribe it to Braille,” explains Kwong. You have to advocate for yourself.” But WCAG isn't nearly as scary as people make it out to be.”

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . A digital choice board allows teachers to provide extra guidelines within each choice without giving them a formula for how to put it all together. . Kim Mattina curated a digital book in Book Creator with several templates to choose from. The Book of Templates.

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Create a Dyslexia-Friendly Environment in Your School

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In “ Creating a Dyslexia-Friendly School ,” Terrie Noland, National Director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally, presented on early intervention for dyslexic students, using the right AT (assistive technology) tools and accommodations for each learner, and creating environments in which students can thrive.

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Resources, stories, and connections with those who use social media in today’s k-12 classrooms

The Innovative Educator

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Annual Invent It challenge launches, focusing on solving health problems

eSchool News

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!Lab