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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

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. Fleming, Nora.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

Online environments can be set up to support assistive technologies such as closed captions on videos and text to speech. By contrast, many secondary school students are capable of completing well-scaffolded asynchronous activities. Using headings and image captions can aid student comprehension and break up long text.

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The Benefits of Speech-to-Text Technology in All Classrooms

MindShift

In the past, many students would only be able to practice their pronunciations in a classroom setting. Now, this technology and related technologies allow for pronunciation practice to be incorporated into at-home work. Offered on both Google Meet and Zoom, closed captioning can have benefits for all students.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. One thing that cannot be denied is the disconnect in today’s education technology between AV and IT and various domains.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. One thing that cannot be denied is the disconnect in today’s education technology between AV and IT and various domains.

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Expert Roundtable: Dispelling the Myths and Misunderstandings About Dyslexia

Reading By Example

During the K-12 school years, it is really important to recognize that, even if the student receives intensive support early on, issues with decoding multisyllabic words and fluency may impact how well a student can keep up as the demands of the classroom increase over the years. Additionally, visuals are helpful. Michele Haiken, Ed.D.

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Accessibility, Audio Texts, and the Persistence of Print

ProfHacker

The belief that the effort is too great considering the small percentage of students who use screen readers or need other assistive technologies is pervasive. But when it comes to reading or secondary sources, we hand our students digital or print texts and don’t think about them a moment longer.