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Providing multiple means of action & expression

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Providing multiple means of representation

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Providing multiple means of engagement

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Strategic Networks:
"How" of learning

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Recognition Networks:
"what" of learning

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Affective Networks:
"why" of learning

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There are also many means of action and expression. As mentioned before all learners are different. learners all have their own way of navigating their environment and expressing their knowledge and also expressing how they learn the best. It is important to recognize and incorporate different ways students can express themselves through strategy, practice, and organization. The first guideline is physical action. many things in the classroom can be limited which can cause barriers for students. In having a diverse classroom it is important for educators to include all materials that everyone is able to use. including the physical attributes that can attend to everyone's needs will allow students to navigate easily with no limits. Another guideline is expression and communication. There are many ways students use to communicate and some may struggle with one way or another. Therefore it is important to include alternative ways to communicate and express their knowledge in ways that help them be the most successful. In doing this it will help the students express knowledge, and have the ability to come up with new ideas and concepts making it a positive and well-rounded environment. The last guideline for the means of action and expression is executive functions. Using this in the classroom the students will be able to adapt to the learning environment quickly and easily. The students can set long-term goals, along with strategies for reaching their goals. It is important to expand executive capacity by changing the level of skills to help processing and comprehension, bringing executive skills and strategies. All of these are important and play a role in action and expression within the classroom.

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There are multiple means of engagement. The way the students stay engaged is all personal to them. Every student has their own way of learning and everyone has a different way of learning their best. To fulfill engagement it is important to recruit interest. To help keep engagement the instructor should change how the students learn as they develop their learning styles and develop new interests. The second checkpoint to fulfilling engagement is to sustain effort and persistence. As an educator, you want to help keep the students motivated. Set individual goals for students and help them build skills in self-regulation and determination. The third checkpoint that helps with engagement is self-regulation. Creating an environment where everyone in motivated and provided with everything they may need to support them is important. It is also very important that you create an environment where you are allowing individuals to find their own way such as finding their own motivation, setting their own goals, evaluating their own emotions, and more.

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There are multiple means of representation. All students learn differently, and everyone has their own preferred learning styles. There is diversity in every classroom therefore there are multiple approaches that need to be taken in the classroom. Using multiple representations in the classroom helps students to make connections within concepts. It is also important that we give the students option of representation. The first Guideline is perception. Make the most important information stand out to your students and present them multiple times through multiple approaches. The next guideline is language and symbols. Using vocabulary in the classroom and using symbols may help the students better understand and comprehend the information. Using different pictures, graphs, symbols, and words in multiple ways can help the students better understand concepts one way or another. The last guideline of representation is comprehension. comprehension is the students taking in and understanding their concepts. It is important to contain usable knowledge that can be assessable to students that can help with decision-making. It is important to incorporate categorization and active memorization skills into the classroom. These are important aspects in the means of representation in the classroom.

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https://sites.google.com/view/freeudltechtoolkit/study-skills-tools

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High School Study Skills - a sequential approach to improving Study Skills for High School students. Study Skills Tools (including Electronic Flashcard apps) Quizlet - Added smart study features. Check it out here "largest flash cards and study games website" Quizlet Mobile Brainscape - free and

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https://sites.google.com/view/freeudltechtoolkit/text-to-speech

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Why consider Text-to-speech (TTS)? Two reasons - 1. It is essential for struggling readers; when text is digital it is now accessible and removes decoding issues. 2. it supports the writing process, especially when editing and revising work

iOS Devices have Speak Selection (TTS) with highlighting built in for iPads running iOS 6 or 7. You must turn it on. Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Selection > On > Highlight Words. Adjust the "Speaking Rate" to what works

For "on-the-fly" immediate Optical Recognition of Text and then use text to speech, check out:

Speechify - developed by a Brown University Graduate who is dyslexic.

Seeing AI - Developed by Microsoft for the dyslexic and visually impaired

Office Lens ---> Immersive Reader Feature, also developed by Microsoft

One of the BEST options is the Read and Write for Google Chrome extension if your school uses Chromebooks. It's the reason to use Chrome. Show every student! They can listen to their work as part of the editing process. AND, it adds a browser add-on which allows you to listen to any text read to you, single words, paragraphs or whole pages. (And the premium version is ALWAYS free for teachers)

Immersive Reader/Learning Tools by Microsoft - This is awesome since Microsoft now offers Office 365 and OneNote free to students and teachers. Many languages and options available.

Speechify - Check this out - developed by a Brown University Graduate who is dyslexic. It is device agnostic and worth exploring. My son, who is dyslexic, loves this tool.

Capti - Explore the free option. Can save an Add to Capti bookmark and then open the text on your mobile device.

Announcify - a Google Chrome Extension which reads any website. One unique feature - it blurs the paragraphs that aren't being read so you can focus on the paragraph that you are listening to.

SpeakIt!-free for the Google Chrome browser. Supports multiple languages

Balabolka- Free text-to-speech download, can also download a portable version that runs off a USB thumb drive.can save as wav or MP3 file.

DSpeech- scroll down for a very cool free text-to-speech AND speech-to-text tool. PC only

My Study Bar - includes text to speech features, PC only.

Natural Reader - another free text-to-speech software program which converts any written text to speech (Word, pdf, websites, emails)

Orato - (scroll to the free download) PC only. allow for color choices, highlighting of words or sentences as they are read.

PowerTalk - free text-to-speech for PowerPoint presentations

Read The Words - Register first, upload file or choose text or website to read, a recording is generated which you can listen to online or download to an mp3 player, upload to a blog, etc. Very Cool tool worth letting your students explore.

Spoken Text - online text-to-speech MP3 converter

ReadPlease- there is a free version and a pay version.

Voki - a free program that allows educators and students to create and share online avatars using text-to-speech technology. Voki works from any and anyone can place a voki in a blog, website, or send in an email. Voki is being relaunched now (late 2010) and is offering more tools for educators.

WordTalk - a free text-to-speech program for the PC that works within WORD and Outlook and highlights each word that is read. Includes a talking spell checker and a talking thesaurus. WordTalk was upgraded in January 2009 and now includes the ability to save, and you can convert your text file to a wav or MP3 file. Makes this free download even more valuable. (Seems to be trickier with Office 2010 and Vista or Windows 7)

Free Speech-to-Text (Speech Recognition)

It is built into Windows and Mac Operating Systems.

It is built into Google Docs. Toolbar > Tools > Voice Typing

It is built into Word for Office 365 which is free for students and teachers.

If your student has a Smartphone, it is built in. When you are connected to wifi, use the microphone key on the keyboard to use it. To turn on speech recognition, go to Settings > General > Siri > ON

With Google Search on smart devices, Google Voice is available - allows you to speak your search.

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Free text to speech Text-to-Speech
Why consider Text-to-speech (TTS)? Two reasons -
1. It is essential for struggling readers; when text is digital it is now accessible and removes decoding issues. 2. it supports the writing process, especially when editing and revising work
Mobile Devices
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https://sites.google.com/view/freeudltechtoolkit/graphic-organizers

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App Organizers Popplet Lite - Great for brainstorming, organizing, mind mapping. Easy to use. SimpleMInd + - mind mapping app Chrome Extensions Mind Mup - Easy to use mind mapping/brainstorming tool, offers Google Drive or Dropbox storage Lucid Chart - collaborative diagrams for mind mapping,