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Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning – SULS0164

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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. In the beginning, Mike fixed wheelchairs and such, but as technology expanded so did his work assisting students with disabilities. Teaching Resources. About Mike Moratta.

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Support Struggling Readers District Wide with Assistive Tech

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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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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

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Howard and Noakes: Howard encouraged educators to ask for documented and validated positive learning outcomes with actual kids. Furman: He looks for third party reviews, especially from classroom teachers, before he brings any tools to his teachers for testing. She received her B.S. in engineering from Brown University, her M.S.E.E.

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A day in the life with Student Dashboard Digital Backpack

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One of Mrs. Perkins’s learners uses assistive technology , a screen reader, to read and can also access the digital materials. She quickly locates the document that includes hand-drawn representations and short descriptions of the events, and with a few clicks, shares it with the entire class. After school, at 3:00 p.m.,

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6 Steps to Take to Boost Tech Accessibility

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Within an educational context, inclusive technology comprises assistive tools and strategies that reduce or remove barriers to the learning experience for students with disabilities, mainly in mainstream classrooms. Making those assistive technologies available to learners requires a specialized infrastructure.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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The Framework helps districts address and track key steps and milestones in a unified way, integrating professional learning with district-level success metrics and milestones. GradeCam can now read and grade responses that have simply been written out by hand.

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