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Pros:  Specialized keyboards that can have custom functions and appearance. These can help students with specific learning needs to see what they are typing and reduce their choices so as to not overwhelm them.

Cons:  This technology costs money and needs to be designed for a specific students needs. It is not a "one size fits all" technology most of the time,

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers can use this as an overlay on a students current device to provide writing and communication support.

How will students use this technology?
Students can use this to express themselves and communicate with others and assist them with writing and completing tasks.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
This technology could be used remotely, but only if the school district purchases it for students who would benefit from the and allow them to borrow them for at-home use.

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Pros:  Allows students who struggle with writing and/or spelling to get their thoughts down without worrying about grammar or spelling until they are complete. Students can be told when they may have made an error and choose to fix it right away or ignore it and keep writing and come back later to reread and fix it.

Cons:  At times, the technology may try to fix things that the student does not want changed. The student needs to be able to self-correct even with notification once the program alerts them. This can be a difficult skill for many learners.

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers will be able to use this technology for any students who need assistance with spelling, grammar, word usage, second language learners, punctuation and sentence structure.

How will students use this technology?
Students are able to write more freely without fear of making mistakes and not knowing how to fix them. Students can utilize the technology like having a friend or teacher near them to help them self-correct and become better writers and more confident.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
This technology can be used in remote learning at any time and with many programs when set up by the teacher.

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Pros:  Provides a visual support for students to monitor and understand how much time is left during an activity. It can help decrease test and lesson anxiety. It is free online on many websites or can be implemented into a google classroom for use by individual students as well.

Cons:  Teachers usually need to purchase a physical timer or find one they like online for free. Some students get more stressed with a timer, so it needs to be used appropriately.

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers can purchase a physical timer for their classroom that is large enough for students to see or project it on the school from a free online cite or app. Teachers can use it for lesson independent activities, they can use it to monitor their own teaching timing, they can use it during tests that are timed or for movement around the classroom. It can also be used to inform students how much time they have left to complete a task before moving on to a new one.

How will students use this technology?
Students can visually see the timer on the board or screen or control a physical one at their desk or on their computer to help the monitor how much time they have left to complete a task or until the end of testing time.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
This technology can be incorporated easily into remote learning with online websites and sharing of the teacher screen, placing a timer on a google classroom or other posted assignment or using a camera to place on a physical timer. Students can be given a link to a timer to utilize themselves if only a few students benefit from it.

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Pros:  Offers writing support for all ages and all disabilities and levels. Helps with students ability to stay organized. It can help make writing less intimidating for all students, especially students with specific learning needs. They can be individualized for specific student needs.

Cons:  Teachers need to design or find appropriate graphic organizers and differentiate them for students appropriately, which can be time consuming when done correctly. Teachers can make the mistake of designing graphic organizers that are too confusing or too easy or too difficult.

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers will use this as needed for any lessons to help students record their thoughts and ideas or break down given and learned information. This can make the information easier to process to learn and also take the fear out of writing away for many students.

How will students use this technology?
Students will utilize this technology for lessons as an option when provided by the teacher to assist them when learning or planning their writing.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
This technology is easily used remotely by posting a graphic organizer that can be typed on or printed and written on at home (if students are able). Many programs, such as Kami, google docs, slides, jamboard, etc can be set up with a graphic organizer for students to utilize at home.

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Pros:  Allows students to focus their attention on learning, rather than the discomfort of traditional classroom furniture. A large variety of options can be made available for students needs. Can help keep students engaged in learning. Give opportunities for movement while learning.

Cons:  Funding can be difficult to afford flexible seating options. Rules for all flexible seating needs to firmly be set in the classroom before use to ensure safety and learning disruptions for others.

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers can decide where to place the flexible seating in the classroom to best suit their needs and the needs of their individual students to provide the best learning environment. Teachers can always change or take away seating that is not working for the class or individuals.

How will students use this technology?
Students can choose the flexible seating that is most conducive to their needs and give them more freedom in deciding how they learn best. Students will learn to follow rules with the flexible seating while also focusing on their learning. Students can become excited about coming to their classroom and learning with a feeling of freedom and ownership.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
Flexible seating in the classroom does not work at all for remote learning because students are not able to access it from home, but the concept of flexible seating can be applied to learning at home by the teacher by allowing the to choose their most comfortable are in their home for them to learn and allow them to move and change that position or area throughout the day.

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Pros:  Allows students to make connections to the speech and text. Free and easy to use. Provides missing information when speakers have an accent or speak quickly or unclearly. Provides support for students who are hard of hearing.

Cons:  Can be difficult for low readers to follow along with text that may be too difficult to read. Sometimes closed-captioning can misinterpret what is being said, which can confuse students or even be inappropriate.

How will the teachers use this technology?
Teachers can use this with any video they want to show as a whole class, individual usage or small group. Teachers push the CC button below a video and closed-captioning appears.

How will students use this technology?
Students can read the text while listening to the audio. Students can be provided with the link to the video and rewatch it at their own pace and as many times as needed with the ability to pause the video as well.

How does remote learning affect the use of this technology?
This technology is easily used remotely by teaching students where to find the CC button on a video or by having the teacher present to students at home with the closed-captioning on.

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Pros: Do not have to manipulate a mouse or keyboard, decodes the human voice to create text, benefits students with stronger verbal skills

Cons: Lack of accuracy, time costs, background noise interference, accents and speech recognition, could be difficult for students who struggle to speak clearly

How will teachers use this technology?

allow students to express themselves          verbally, rather than focusing on their          writing skills. Help students to
represent their oral language skills.
Students can have more freedom
between writing and speaking.
Enables students to participate in the
writing process. Decrease student
writing anxiety with spelling, grammar,
etc. Increase independence when
writing. Allow students to practice
speaking in a low-pressure
environment and independently.

How will students use this technology?

Participate in the writing process at
their own pace. Be given the
opportunity to self-monitor and self-
correct. Opportunities to plan their
thoughts without worry about writing
them all down. Participate in
classroom activities without any fear
of writing, spelling, etc.

How does remote learning affect the use of technology?

This technology can easily be use
remotely and work can be submitted
after student has completed their
assignments if the teacher creates an
assignment for them. The teacher will
be able to monitor while they work if
they are using google classroom as
well.