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Planning for Transition and Assistive Technology

N2Y

Join us to see how to prepare students with new assistive technology tools and organizational techniques for transition planning, as students move from high school to post-secondary education, vocational training, employment, adult services, independent living, or community participation. Save your seat today! Can’t attend?

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Listen EVERYWHERE in High School Theater Brings Clear Audio to Those with Hearing Loss

eSchool News

BLUFFDALE, UTAH – Listen Technologies, the leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 24 years, announced that John Rennie High School , a secondary school in Quebec, Canada, has selected Listen EVERYWHERE for use in its theater to support assistive listening. .

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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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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. Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities.” Fleming, Nora.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

This, in combination with recent high school graduates being uncertain about their education and career paths , will prompt educational stakeholders to explore ways to enhance students’ confidence and certainty before they embark on post-secondary education or enter the workforce after high school.

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

MindShift

Students with unimpaired hearing can also utilize captions as a secondary cue for their minds, allowing for another way to perceive the material. . The specific tools and technologies a school may take on during virtual education may depend on the school’s location, technology team and budget.

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Expert Roundtable: Dispelling the Myths and Misunderstandings About Dyslexia

Reading By Example

In secondary school the material is dense and it is a matter of helping students read and understand these harder texts in different content areas. There are so many assistive technology tools to support students with dyslexia. As a middle school teacher, I come in contact with 4-5 students every year who are dyslexic.