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Support Struggling Readers District Wide with Assistive Tech

edWeb.net

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

Waterford

4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations. SLPs can look for online tools to provide teaching materials, record sessions, and document progress, as well as offer self-practice tools.[12]. Fleming, Nora.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools.

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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

techlearning

3 Wearable Technology —Wearable technology is an up-and-coming trend in edtech. Wearable technology covers a wide range of items—from assistive technology for students with disabilities to devices to encourage motivation and participation. 5 Collaborative Computing —This trend is closely linked to cloud computing.

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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). Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). What are choice boards? .

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. In the afternoon they might be given a math or science assignment where they have to document the results. If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. This includes assistive technology devices.