Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

Christopher Bugaj Assistive Technology Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools One way for educators to meet the needs of students is to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their instructional practices. What does the menu analogy look like in the classroom?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Individuals with this condition must instead develop coping strategies that help them work around their condition. provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. DyslexiaIDA.

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Software Assistive Technology Digital Citizenship Tablets 337

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

The conference features 7 tracks for a customized experience: Assistive technology Campus leader Coach District administrator Educator Information technology Library media specialist FETC workshops and sessions are presented by experts and innovators who are making a difference across the K-12 education spectrum.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. 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. Every student brings their own unique learning needs to the classroom.

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Individuals with this condition must instead develop coping strategies that help them work around their condition. provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. DyslexiaIDA.

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Software Assistive Technology Digital Citizenship Tablets 327

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Individuals with this condition must instead develop coping strategies that help them work around their condition. provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. DyslexiaIDA.

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Assistive Technology Software Digital Citizenship Tablets 226

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Individuals with this condition must instead develop coping strategies that help them work around their condition. provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. DyslexiaIDA.

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Assistive Technology Software Digital Citizenship Tablets 273

ViewSonic Education

MAY 22, 2022

Read on to learn about what digital accessibility is and why it’s essential for all academic institutions, or explore ViewSonic’s collection of Education solutions for the modern classroom. . Robust: the content should be able to be reliably interpreted by user agents such as assistive technology. .

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. “My

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2019

These challenges were addressed in the Future of Edtech Administrator and the Future of Edtech Information Technology workshops. During these sessions, presenters and attendees discussed concerns, best practices, and implementation strategies on data privacy, digital citizenship and understanding the new generation of learners.

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Student Data Privacy Assistive Technology EdTech Conference 97

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives. “My

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SpeechTechie

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Author Chris Bugaj worked with us to design this app, which helps assistive technology professionals (a diverse group that tends to include SLPs like Chris) complete all aspects of an AT eval, including background information about the student or classroom, environmental observations and student goals, and recommended tools and strategies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

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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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

SpeechTechie

APRIL 19, 2016

A key strategy within assistive technology is using what one already has. We can benefit greatly from this suite of tools, as can our students who struggle to organize materials, hand in assignments, and generally meet the productivity requirements of the classroom.

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Google Assistive Technology iPad Strategy 40

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 18, 2019

For students with special needs in the classroom, the challenges are amplified. Autism spectrum disorders are the most common developmental disability in the classroom. Classroom management challenges. Special ed teachers rely on assistive learning devices to address the needs of student challenges. Making friends.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

There’s untapped potential among people who work in schools right now, as classroom aides, lunchroom workers, afterschool staff and more, the thinking goes, and helping them become teachers could ease the shortage that’s dire in some districts around the country, particularly in rural areas like this one. What if we eliminate the question?”

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Chris, an Assistive Technology Specialist and SLP, and his wife Melissa, a classroom teacher, have created this blog and podcast featuring original stories "that light up the imagination of kids of all ages."

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Elementary Assistive Technology Strategy Resources 83

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Topics spanned from early childhood education to building a positive school and classroom culture. From integrating technology into school libraries, to special education, to coding and robotics, there was something for everyone this year. 4 Engineering Classrooms with Visual Strategies for Autism Success. #

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. Through the program, local companies like Salesforce and Dropbox “adopt” a school and employees volunteer their time in classrooms.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips and ideas for creating and using digital choice boards in the K-12 classroom. 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. Click To Tweet.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 23, 2019

After a long wait, the Department for Education (DfE) announced its EdTech strategy in early April. The strategy laid out the government’s expectations of a closer relationship between schools and the EdTech companies who supply them. Technology can have a significant impact for all children.

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EdTech Strategy Education Analysis 216

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

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.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a technology integrationist for Batavia Public Schools, a district outside Chicago, Sutherland was excited to give the strategy a try. In early grade classrooms many children aren’t reading yet or still struggle with reading, so clues need to be visual or involve audio. Sutherland says they can with thoughtful planning.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In recent years, the amount of time that students with disabilities spend in general education classrooms has shown an increase, signaling that inclusive practices are being adopted. The following tips provide strategies for using technology to create inclusive learning environments. Decrease the stigma.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Google tools are loaded with features that help us differentiate and support ALL learners in our classrooms. In this article and podcast episode, we are going to take a deep dive into tools and strategies that you may not know about. Ever wondered how you can use Chrome, Chromebooks, and Docs to create a more accessible classroom?

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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I try also as much as possible to incorporate his texts and assignments to make the time seem worthwhile to him, and to apply strategies to the academic contexts that are useful to him (and to keeping up his grades)! What else do we know about the potential energy? It’s stored potential energy. TED-Ed video showing light behaving as waves.

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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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techlearning

MAY 15, 2018

The Marriage Between IT & Curriculum ] Here are some tools that we have found help marry tech and curriculum to enhance learning: Assistive Technology Finding the right tools to support all learners can empower a student in ways we may never have thought possible. Students begin by brainstorming everything they Know about a topic.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

In this session, Tara explored how motivating game-based apps such as Bad Piggies can be used as a context to build executive function and social cognition by developing contextual activities around each app based in written/narrative language, gross motor and craft construction, among other strategies. My own session went well too.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

presenting this material digitally will add a level of engagement; newsela integrates nicely with Google Classroom.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

“I thought that if the kids had a way to show me what they were learning, I would know what other kids were getting out of it,” Freedman said during a presentation on how she uses sketchnoting in her classroom at the Building Learning Communities conference. She didn’t feel like a good artist, but noticed herself improving as she kept at it.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 31, 2019

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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. And Jefferson County Public Schools is trying to bring the strategies driving Field’s success to other schools in the district. This includes assistive technology devices. Reframing expectations.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 53

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.

How To 52

How To Mobility Tools Groups 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

When they separate you into different classrooms it can just debilitate you,” he said, adding that the content was “dummied down.” Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom. When he got to high school, it was more like treading water.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 11, 2024

.” The survey is designed to get quantitative and qualitative feedback from edWeb members on the impact of teacher and paraprofessional staff shortages, the professional learning support that is being provided, and strategies that may help to alleviate the staffing shortages. We received 742 responses, a 1.1%

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