Supporting Students with Special Needs in Remote Learning with Accessibility Features, Assistive Technology, Accommodations, Modifications and more!
Release Date: 04/02/2020
BONUS: Osprey Reading Experience
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Recently, I got to chat with my friend Brian Santimaw about merging reading and educational technology. We talked about how edtech can be a part of developing your school’s reading culture and about a bunch of tools including Flipgrid, Gimkit Ink, Google Earth, Google Arts & Culture, Pear Deck, Nearpod, choice boards, social media template activities, and others! Show Notes available at Check out the Osprey Reading Experience Podcast . Check out this episode and the show notes . This episode is featured with the permission of Brian Santimaw, host of the Osprey Reading Experience...
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Sam Kary - Engaging Learning with TPACK, SAMR, and EdTech
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Sam Kary of The New EdTech Classroom YouTube Channel and blog joins me to talk about ways to develop engaging instruction, the TPACK and SAMR technology integration models, Actively Learn, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, and more! 🧼 Soapbox Moment: Sinus Pressure and Pandemic Teaching Pressure 🗣️Get on the Season 3 Finale Episode! (1) Duct Taper Success Story, (2) Favorite EdTech Takeaway, (3) Favorite SoapBox Moment, (4) Favorite Giggle Moment 📞 Today’s Guest: Sam Kary Sam is the founder of dedicated to showing teachers how to teach with technology. Sam believes...
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BONUS - The Peg Doesn't Fit
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In April 2021, I had the opportunity to be a guest on The Peg Doesn't Fit, a podcast where the hosts Erich Stephen and Ryan Bartel discuss frustrations with the educational system and provide solutions. We spoke about some of my thoughts on edtech integration, professional development, coaching, and more!
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Kasey Bell - Dynamic Blended Learning from Shake Up Learning
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Kasey Bell, host of the Shake Up Learning Podcast, and author of 3 books including Blended Learning with Google, joins me to talk about making blended learning meaningful and dynamic. We hear about her 5 “beyonds” of blended learning and her tips for using choice boards in the classroom.
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Dr. Desiree Alexander - Formative Assessment in Videos
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Dr. Desiree Alexander of EducatorAlexander.com joins the show to talk about formative assessment with videos in the classroom. Desiree and I discuss Edpuzzle, PlayPosit, Razor Arts, Nearpod, and more! Plus, I’ve got a BIG announcement to share!
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BONUS: The Suite Talk, "Kick Of Your Lessons with Fun Activities"
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In January 2021, I had the opportunity to be on one of my favorite sources of educational technology learning: Kimberly Mattina's YouTube Live + Podcast, The Suite Talk. In this appearance, I share some of my favorite ways to kick off my class periods with smiles and laughs. I focus on Pear Deck, but the ideas can be used in other platforms, too.
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Dr. Monica Burns - Leveraging Choice & Agency to Hear from All Students
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EdTech and Curriculum Consultant and Easy EdTech Podcast host Dr. Monica Burns joins me to identify ways that we can hear from ALL of our students. Her suggestion? Select tools that can give our learners choice and agency in how we hear from them! Tune in to hear what tools she suggests!
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Eric Curts - Creative Projects with Docs, Slides, and Sheets
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Control Alt Achieve author Eric Curts joins me to talk about creative projects with Docs, Slides, and Sheets including Stop Motion Animation, Choose Your Own Adventure Activities, Emoji Learning Activities, Rebus Stories, Blackout Poetry, and Pixel Art! We also touch on Canva for Education, Adobe Spark for Education, Google Forms headers, flashcard makers like Quizlet and Flippity.net, and more!
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Dr. Natasha Rachell - Engaging Instruction with Student Choice and EdTech
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Dr. Natasha Rachell joins me in this episode for lots of laughs, but also to share some of her strategies for making instruction engaging. Natasha shares about student choice, choice boards, the Flipgrid Discovery Library, Microsoft Sway, Wakelet, Mentimeter, Buncee, and the awesome Minecraft Good Trouble project!
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Joe Marquez - Strategies for UDL-Friendly Learning Experiences
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Joe Marquez delivers powerful tips for designing instructional experiences that are accessible for all learners and are pedagogically effective. He also brings it with ideas for how students can process and represent their learning in UDL-friendly ways. Tune in to hear Joe's wisdom and our discussion that touches on Edji, Pear Deck, Nearpod, Flipgrid, the Record to Slides extension, and more!
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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
