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MAY 31, 2023

Christopher Bugaj Assistive Technology Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools One way for educators to meet the needs of students is to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their instructional practices. Both of these tools help to make reading and writing more accessible for all learners.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

“The concept of universal design is as longstanding as cuts in sidewalks, which were originally mandated to allow access for wheelchairs, but which ultimately ended up with the unintended consequence of benefiting babies in strollers, people on bicycles, and children on skates,” the authors write.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Have you considered how assistive technologies like text-to-speech can be tailored to individual needs? Engaging them in decision-making won’t only empower them but also increase the likelihood that they’ll embrace the technology.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Assistive technology tools for writing. Here are the most-read posts for the month of October, including: Freebie for history teachers. Digital Citizenship Week. 100+ Digcit websites. Dyslexia Awareness Month. Bully Prevention Month. Exercises to Strengthen Fingers for Keyboarding. Teacher Tech Training is Critical.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

A Helping Hand: Assistive Technology Tools for Writing. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. How Smart Tech and IoT are Making Educational Spaces More Accessible. Is Orton-Gillingham Right For Your Students? 3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

HumanWare Hardware HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Read & Write Chrome Extension This free-to-teachers extension will read passages aloud to users. These include text-to-speech, translations, webpage readers, and more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Students bring their work to class; teachers takes the piles of student work to their home or office and write comments by hand; those same piles of papers make their way back to the classrooms, where they are distributed back to the students. With a paperless classroom, this three-step method is replaced by a single, seamless process.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Read & Write. changing presentation methods (from verbal instructions to repetition, text size, or shortened pages).

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Read & Write. changing presentation methods (from verbal instructions to repetition, text size, or shortened pages).

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Learning Disabilities Disabilities Assistive Technology Reading 167

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Read & Write. More on visual needs: Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning. Chrome Extension.

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JULY 1, 2022

PRNewswire/ — Texthelp , a global leader in literacy and assistive technology, announced it has appointed Gus Schmedlen, Ed.D., Dr. Schmedlen brings over two decades of experience in the education technology sector to Texthelp. WOBURN, Mass. as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Read & Write. More on visual needs: Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning. Chrome Extension.

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APRIL 1, 2020

So instead of just writing an essay, which some of my students can’t do because they don’t have the tactical skills to hold a pencil, or maybe they struggle with language because they have autism or some other cognitive delay, they’re telling digital stories or they’re expressing themselves through simple three-act math movies.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

More on special needs: Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning. A Helping Hand: Assistive Technology Tools for Writing. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Read more on TeachHUB. 3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools. Is Orton-Gillingham Right For Your Students?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, some children are comfortable being direct and using their own character and experiences, while others might feel a need to create additional layers of emotional safety by writing about a different character or an imaginative experience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

While many schools are looking at the ramifications of students using AI to “cheat” or “avoid” classwork and writing papers, it is important to note that teachers themselves will be thrust into the AI world. This rapidly evolving technology has only begun to make an impact in the field of education.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Minecraft, Autism and 21st Century Learning I was unaware of this early on, but eventually discovered that I wasn’t the only one who found Minecraft useful as an assistive technology for people with autism. So, I paid for a small private server for my students to explore and work together safely.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

Even in the face of new generative AI tools that can write code, understanding how computers work and how we can communicate with them through code will still be vitally important. Department of Education and tremendous growth within the assistive technology industry over the last few years, I believe we’re in for a big change.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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JUNE 10, 2015

I use the term obstructed rather than reluctant as I, and many others love writing but just face challenges that make this harder to do. If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions.

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Technology Universal Design Learning Writing 103

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. Besides writing checks, Salesforce and its employees have committed to volunteering 20,000 hours in schools this year.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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eLearning Interdisciplinary Plagiarism Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other cognitive differences often experience auditory, visual, and spatial processing difficulties, affecting their reading, writing, and overall learning. Accommodations involve individual adjustments like assistive technology or alternate formats. Learning spaces I. link] [vii] Shew, D.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

Students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other cognitive differences often experience auditory, visual, and spatial processing difficulties, affecting their reading, writing, and overall learning. Accommodations involve individual adjustments like assistive technology or alternate formats. Learning spaces I. link] [vii] Shew, D.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

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JUNE 29, 2016

I had the opportunity to participate in it through Mouse Design League , a group of high school students from around NYC that come together to design assistive technology. This year was my first year at Emoti-Con. Around 35 original projects were part of this year’s collection.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, some children are comfortable being direct and using their own character and experiences, while others might feel a need to create additional layers of emotional safety by writing about a different character or an imaginative experience.

Activities 130

Activities Mobile Devices Culture Participation 130

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

While many schools are looking at the ramifications of students using AI to “cheat” or “avoid” classwork and writing papers, it is important to note that teachers themselves will be thrust into the AI world. This rapidly evolving technology has only begun to make an impact in the field of education.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus visually impaired students he helps in the classrooms of Northern California’s Sonoma County. The blind 5th-grader had to write a report on rural life and someone had suggested including an ox.

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JANUARY 1, 2025

. — Lance Rougeux, Senior Vice President of Curriculum, Instruction, & Student Engagement, Discovery Education As more states develop a profile of a graduate, the need for technical assistance, technological solutions, and resources for implementing competency-based education will grow.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Chief Academic Officer, EPS Learning We expect a renewed focus on human writing with a broader purpose–clear communication that demonstrates knowledge and understanding, enhanced, not replaced by available technology. . — Janine Walker-Caffrey , Ed.D., –Trent Workman, SVP for U.S.

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