Supporting Students with Special Needs in Remote Learning with Accessibility Features, Assistive Technology, Accommodations, Modifications and more!
Release Date: 04/02/2020
Educational Duct Tape
This bonus episode features a roundtable discussion from the Teachers on Fire podcast about educational technology tools in 2020 and 2021. I am joined by Tim Cavey, Chris Nesi, Gabriel Carillo, Eric Guise, Scott Nunes, and Alfonso Mendoza, to talk about more than a dozen edtech tools!
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Claudio and I talk about hearing from our students with tools that empower them to create. Specifically, Adobe's tools Spark Video, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Spark Post, Spark Page, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Audition. Also, audience questions about sites to use for surprise inclement weather folders for elementary schoolers and a Google Sheets conundrum.
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In the 10th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Knikole Taylor to talk about formative assessments. Tune in to hear Jake and Knikole discuss the use of Pear Deck, Nearpod, Jamboard, Padlet, Mentimeter, Formative, and Classkick!
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In the 9th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Fine Arts Education Program Specialist and Music Teacher Casey Hall to talk about educational technology in the elementary music classroom. Technologies discussed include Nearpod, Incredibox, and GarageBand.
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In the 8th episode of Season 3, Robert Kaplinsky joins Jake to answer the question "How do I teach mathematical problem solving digitally?" Jake and Robert discuss using Open Middle math problems and mathematical modeling in in-person Blended Learning as well as Remote Learning. Technologies covered include Desmos Activity Builder, Pear Deck, Google Slides, and more!
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Brandy New joins Jake to chat about her awesome girls' high school Computer Science classes and camps. Brandy shares about the Hands-on/Hearts-on strategy that she uses as a hook to get the girls excited about STEM and CompSci as well as how Udemy, Slack, Google Drawings, The Noun Project, and Skype-a-Scientist fit into it!
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In the 6th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Tech Specialist Mike Abrams to talk about helping students develop media literacy and understand bias and perspective in media and identify fake or untrustworthy sites.
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The 5th episode of Season 3 is a mini-episode in which Jake chats with Jenna Drozd about her middle school digital photography and graphic design course. Technology discussed include Adobe Spark Pages, Adobd Photoshop, and the iOS Camera app.
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In the 4th episode of Season 3, Jake chats with Tisha Poncio about Digital Portfolios and Student Tech Teams. Jake and Tisha touch on MANY tech tools including Google Sites, Wakelet, Padlet, Buncee, Google Slides, Microsoft Sway, bulb, and Seesaw.
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In the 3rd Episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by ELA Teacher turned Edtech Coach and podcaster Scott Nunes to chat about strategies for building and maintaining rapport in the learning environment through thoughtful uses of edtech.
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- Today’s SoapBox Moment - “The Tale of the Dry Erase Marker Fail”
- Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous - flipgrid.com/0a984ed4
- Guests & the Tools & Tips that they Shared:
- Jake Miller - @MrJakeMiller
- Jennifer Pearson - @1hightechteach
- Jennifer's blog post & Podcast appearance on Shake Up Learning
- Jennifer's free webinars with Shake Up Learning
- Kasey Bell’s “Grace is Greater Than Grades” post that features Jennifer’s thoughts
- Guided Access on iOS devices - support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612
- Set a timer!
- Hatch app - apps.apple.com/us/app/hatch-stay-focused/id1320527234
- MathLearningCenter.org
- “If the method of delivery is already going to be online, let’s have them process information offline.”
- Sketchnoting with a purpose - flipgrid.com/s/b112d1951bff
- Catherine Day - @DayCatherineM
- Meet Remotely with the IEP Team and plan this out
- “Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.XoVlotNKhpg
- David Allan - @_david_allan
- Be sure to look at the accommodations, modifications, SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)
- Modify content, process or product?
- Assign work individually or in groups to differentiate
- Digital copies of your textbook? Audio copies?
- Snap and Read - snapandread.com
- Read & Write - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Chromebook Accessibility Features - edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility
- Select to Speak
- Embed audio or directions into your platform, i.e. Google Slides - youtube.com/watch?v=7HgPaeCVViA
- Microsoft’s Immersive Reader - youtube.com/watch?v=wHJJCLV-DNg
- Immersive Reader Chrome Extension - youtube.com/watch?v=NHfy6QoiXjE
- How to scribe? First - what are you assessing? Is it actually writing?
- Screencastify - screencastify.com
- Loom - loom.com
- Flipgrid - flipgrid.com
- Chromebook Voice Typing - support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893?hl=en
- Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides Speaker Notes - support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en
- Add in images of checklists
- Give real-time feedback
- Provide Word Banks
- Use slides with 2 columns (resources on 1 side, typing on the other)
- Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles - @HillaryGFphdatp
- Hillaryhelpsulearn.com
- “Designing [online instruction] is not just flipping a switch. It is designing with intention. So, how do we support our learners with special needs? We design with intention first.”
- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials - CAST - aem.cast.org
- AEM's Upcoming Webinars
- Council for Exceptional Children - cec.sped.org
- Google Hangouts/Meet
- Read & Write - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Flipgrid - Flipgrid.com
- UDL - cast.org
- Matt Meyer - @54Mr_Meyer
- Matt’s 1st video - flipgrid.com/s/cf60b6a2442f
- Iron Chef eduProtocol - eduprotocols.com/iron-chef
- Matt’s 2nd video - flipgrid.com/s/e11a28f62652
- Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous - flipgrid.com/0a984ed4
- MORE Guests & the Tools & Tips that they Shared:
- Lauren Hawkins - @TheiTeamHawk
- iPad stuff:
- Voice dictation on iPad - support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343
- Read Aloud on iPad - support.apple.com/guide/ipad/turn-on-and-practice-voiceover-ipad9a246898/ipados
- Tools for Learning - Reading.mov
- Tools for Learning - Creating.mov
- Tools for Learning - Writing.mov
- Opening Doors to Access on Apple Books by Morgan Cave-Twitter: @its_morgancave
- Immersive Reader built into Flipgrid & Wakelet (and other places)
- Google Read & Write from TextHelp - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Equatio from TextHelp - EquatIO® is now Free for Teachers!
- iPad stuff:
- Angela Greene - @AngelaGreene12
- Nearpod - Nearpod.com
- Add audio-overlay on text-heavy slides to either (a) read the text for them or (b) include messages to the students
- Pam Hubler - @SpecialTechie
- Chromebook Accessibility Features - edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility
- Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides Speaker Notes - support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en
- David Allan - @_david_allan
- 3 options for keeping your images in Google Slides getting messed up by kids:
- Editing the Master Slide - jakemiller.net/update-the-master-slide-in-google-slides
- Adding Images as Backgrounds - jakemiller.net/creating-locking-google-slides-backgrounds
- David’s suggestion - Put images on Google Slides and cover them with a transparent rectangle
- Use Google Slides to chunk assignments
- → Lauren’s response and tip about using Keynote on Apple Devices
- Set video to play in separate chunks on different slides - shakeuplearning.com/blog/4-video-options-in-google-slides-that-will-make-your-day
- Use Slide specific URLs - jakemiller.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Different-Doc-Sheet-Slides-Bookmarks.gif
- 3 options for keeping your images in Google Slides getting messed up by kids:
- Lauren Hawkins - @TheiTeamHawk