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Using Microsoft Immersive Reader with Google Docs

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Have Documents Read to Students with Immersive Reader UDL, Universal Design Learning, is a principle for designing lessons that accommodate all students. Students with Dyslexia benefit from using Microsoft Immersive Reader. The post Using Microsoft Immersive Reader with Google Docs appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Despite my familiarity with all of the ISTE Standards, I have found that I am thinking much more deeply about the ISTE Standards for Educators as I go through this process with my cohort (which I appreciate)… One of our activities asked us to reflect on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines.

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When Education Is Designed for All Learners

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Propping up her vigorous routine are the poles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the perfect blend of education technology, ensuring that everything keeps spinning along at the right pace and momentum. EdSurge: How do you bring the principles of UDL into your classroom—with or without the help of technology? Absolutely.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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A PDF program (like Adobe Reader) and Microsoft Word or Google Docs will satisfy most (all?) Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Bloom’s Taxonomy. Here are two examples.

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Tips, Tricks and Tools to Build Your Inclusive Classroom Through UDL

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Many educators know it as the building blocks behind Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. Developed by CAST , UDL is comprised of three guiding principles that seek to increase engagement and accessibility: Providing learners with multiple means of engagement; representation; and action and expression. It’s just an ed thing.

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

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For Windows OS (HP, Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft laptops or tablets), go to Control Panel > Ease of Access > Ease of Access Center. A truly inclusive classroom goes beyond accessibility and adheres to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Universal Design for Learning (UDL): What You Need to Know. Tool Finder on Understood.com.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams. So we need to try to follow those UDL guidelines to ensure that our course materials are accessible for all, for all learners. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation.