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Google Apps and Chromebooks for Special Education and Special Needs

Educational Technology Guy

Chromebooks and Google Apps are excellent assistive technology (AT) that help students with special needs access curriculum and information. Chromebooks allow students to access curriculum while avoiding their triggers. Related: Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

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Creating an Accessibility-Friendly Environment

Educational Technology Guy

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Google Accessibility Tools to Reach ALL Learners – SULS049

Shake Up Learning

Ever wondered how you can use Chrome, Chromebooks, and Docs to create a more accessible classroom? In any Google Doc, use the keyboard shortcut, Control + Shift + 8 (Command + Shift + 8 on a Mac), to add a bullet to your document. Chrome OS & Chromebooks. Chromebook accessibility help. Chromebook keyboard shortcuts.

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3 Ways to Motivate and add Narrative Complexity to Writing through Emoji

SpeechTechie

This is one example of how features previously only available as "assistive technology" have turned out to be incorporated in operating systems to benefit everyone. Equip your Mac or Chromebook with Emoji If you have a Mac, the Mac App Store has a free app called Emoji Lite. Within Google Docs EasyPeasy.

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Choice boards, or learning menus, can look like several different replicas of real-life documents. Summer VACAY Bingo (Anderson One Instructional Technology Team). Tech 4- Chromebook Edition (Nicole Alford), iPad Edition (Sarah McKinney).

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A day in the life with Student Dashboard Digital Backpack

Hapara

One of Mrs. Perkins’s learners uses assistive technology , a screen reader, to read and can also access the digital materials. Jasmine’s teacher asks the students to open their Chromebooks to access H?para. Flexible instruction and learning in real-time. After lunch, at 1:00 p.m., Easily keeping parents informed.

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Text to Speech and Speech to Text

Hansen's Link to Tech

Voice Recognition (Google Chrome App) What it is : You can use your Google Chrome browser for voice recognition to type documents, emails, and essays without touching the keyboard. Classroom Integration: Assistive technology is any device or program that helps a person with a disability complete an everyday task.