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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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Virtual academies remove barriers and unlock student potential

eSchool News

My role in launching specialized schools in Louisiana for students with low-incidence disabilities reinforced the importance of educational options, a need that is universal regardless of a student’s abilities, grade level, learning style, preferences, social class, and geographic location.

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7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching

eSchool News

The situation is made even more challenging by the lack of suitable feedback mechanisms to help teachers understand who is struggling in class and to help them quickly find the root cause of the student’s challenges. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework.

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A tale of two pilots

eSchool News

In early 2010, I began the search for the best amplification system to implement in the classrooms of Veterans Memorial Elementary School to improve learning for students with hearing loss and impairments, learning disabilities, and English Language learners. We made plans to expand our pilot.

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Assessments Become More Accessible With Speech Synthesis—and an Almost Human Voice

Edsurge

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities. These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. It can be a challenge to meet those expectations.

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6 Assistive Technologies That Can Help Students Reach Their Full Potential

EdTech Magazine

In fact, the National Education Association found nearly every general classroom across the country includes at least one student with a disability. Text-to-speech assistive technology is designed to help children with visual impairment or other disabilities that impact their ability to read. Over the past 10 years, the number of U.S.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

Edsurge

by law , “the number of students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class may not exceed 40% of the class with a maximum of 12 students with disabilities.” I used to do everything manually—differentiating curriculum and assessments, providing student feedback, and managing hard copies of classwork and homework.