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Welcome to my Padlet, a dedicated platform that explores the intersection of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Assistive Technology (AT), and neuroplasticity, with a special focus on the triad principles of UDL: multiple means of representation, multiple means of action and expression, and multiple means of engagement. This resource-rich site aims to provide educators, students, and researchers with comprehensive insights and tools to enhance learning experiences through the lens of UDL.

UDL is a framework rooted in the understanding that learning is as diverse as the human experience. It calls for flexible methods, materials, and assessments that accommodate the various needs and preferences of learners. The principles of neurology and neuroplasticity are central to this adaptability. Neuroplasticity is the brain's remarkable ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections

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The first principle, Multiple Means of Representation, focuses on presenting information in diverse ways to accommodate different learning preferences and sensory modalities. Also known as The What of Learning, MMR offers various means of customizing display information, auditory information, and visual information. MMR clarifies vocabulary, symbols, syntax, and structure. Decodes text, math, and symbols across languages and cultures, and provides information through multiple means of media. It is meant to activate prior knowledge, point out patterns, ideas, and relationships, and maximize the processing of information through visualizations and generalizations.

MMAE

The second principle, Multiple Means of Action and Expression incorporates options for physical actions by diversifying methods for response and navigation and optimizing access to tools and assistive technologies. This is achieved through using varied media for communication, providing multiple tools for construction, and scaffolding fluencies for practice and performance. To support executive functions, the lesson guides students in setting appropriate goals, aids in planning and strategy development, facilitate the management of information and resources, and enhances the capacity for monitoring progress. These elements collectively ensure that all students can actively participate and succeed in their learning journey, regardless of their individual needs.

MME

The third principle, Multiple Means of Engagement, involves The framework for creating an engaging learning environment that emphasizes multiple strategies to support student motivation and persistence. To recruit interest, the approach provides options that optimize individual choice and autonomy, ensuring that tasks are relevant, valuable, and authentic to the learner while minimizing threats and distractions. In sustaining effort and persistence, the framework heightens the salience of goals and objectives, varies demands and resources to offer optimal challenges, fosters collaboration and community, and increases mastery-oriented feedback. Self-regulation promotes expectations and beliefs that enhance motivation, facilitate personal coping skills and strategies, and encourage self-assessment and reflection. These strategies create a dynamic learning experience designed to motivate, support, and guide students as they navigate their educational paths.

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One such technology is digital text with accessibility features, such as Microsoft Immersive Reader, which can convert text to audio, adjust font sizes, and translate text into different languages, thereby making text-based information accessible to a wider range of learners. Another example is interactive videos and multimedia platforms like Edpuzzle, which allow educators to embed questions and comments into videos, making them interactive and engaging, thus helping students comprehend and retain information through visual and auditory means. Additionally, augmented reality (AR) applications like ClassVR provide learners with immersive virtual field trips, offering engaging experiences that help them visualize complex concepts across various subjects. Screen readers and text-to-speech software, such as NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access), deliver auditory feedback by reading digital text aloud, supporting learners who may have visual impairments or benefit from auditory processing of information. Also, C-pens offer amazing opportunities for greater access of information and education.

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Word processing and writing tools like Google Docs Microsoft Word or Grammerly offer features such as spell-check, grammar suggestions, and voice-typing, helping students articulate their ideas more effectively and manage the mechanics of writing. Digital storytelling applications like Storybird or Adobe Spark enable learners to create multimedia presentations, combining text, images, and audio to express their narratives creatively, allowing for diverse expression beyond traditional writing formats. Coding and programming platforms such as Scratch provide students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding through programming projects, encouraging logical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, which allows learners to construct and showcase their solutions. Graphical and design tools like Canva or Tinkercad allow students to create visual representations of their ideas, whether through graphic designs or 3D modeling, supporting learners in expressing concepts that might be difficult to convey through text alone.

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Use Immersive Reader in Word desktop

1. Open your Word document.

2. Select the View tab, then select Immersive Reader . Immersive Reader will launch a full screen experience.

3. Choose the Immersive Reader options that work for you from the ribbon.

Read Aloud highlights each word as it reads your document to you.

Tip: Get directly to Read Aloud by right clicking anywhere in your document and selecting Read Aloud.

Close Immersive Reader

Select the View tab, then select Immersive Reader, then select Close Immersive Reader.

Use Immersive Reader in Word for the web

Select the View, then Immersive reader. Your document will open in a full screen format.

Using Immersive Reader

Once your document opens within Immersive Reader, you can do one or more of the following, depending on how you want to focus on the content in your document:

Voice Options

Select the gear icon to open Voice Settings.

The Voice Speed slider controls the playback speed of the reader.

Text options

You can change the appearance of your document by using Text options. The choices you make in text options can help remove visual distraction and improve text readability.

The Text Options menu lets you:

Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech controls grammar highlighting and helps readers understand complex sentences.

Reading preferences

Line Focus enables readers to narrow the focus of their reading experience by highlighting sets of one, three, or five lines within their chosen material in Immersive Reader.

Picture Dictionary gives you the ability to click on any single word and view visual support. You can also hear the word read aloud.

Translate allows you to view a selected word or the entire document in your preferred language.

Use the toggles to adjust your reading preferences.

Shortcut keys for Immersive Reader

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate.

Close Immersive Reader

Select the back arrow or tap Esc on your keyboard to exit Immersive Reader.

Use Immersive Reader in Word for iPad

Some Immersive Reader tools are available in Word for iPad. To turn on Immersive Reader while reading or editing a Word document:

2. Select Immersive Reader

3. Choose from the following tools to make your document more comfortable to read and edit.

Language support

Languages and products supported by Immersive Reader

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Use Learning Tools to help pronounce words correctly, read accurately, and understand what you read.

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How are Schools Implementing Virtual Reality in the Classroom? Get our FREE guide today!

Our "50 Creative Ways to Use ClassVR" provides practical and inspiring lesson ideas directly from our customers. Learn how students of all ages have explored a wide range of state aligned content, find out how teachers have used VR and how you could spark learning opportunities in your school's classroom setting!

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ClassVR's standalone VR headset comes with a unique student-friendly interface, embedded educational VR & AR resources and simple-to-use teacher controls. Using technology in a busy classroom isn't always as easy as it should be. The ClassVR interface and teacher portal provide the simple-to-use tools needed to ensure this exciting and engaging technology can deliver a [...]

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The original pen scanner brand for home, work and study - C-Pen

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C-Pen is the original high-quality state-of-the-art pen scanner for school, home and work usage. Created to scan, built to last - and designed to empower.

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Several technologies can be used to enhance student engagement in educational settings. Gamification platforms such as Kahoot! and Quizizz incorporate game-like elements into learning, making it interactive and fun while providing real-time feedback and competition to motivate active student participation. Additionally, adaptive learning technologies such as DreamBox, Alta, and Knewton use artificial intelligence to personalize content based on individual learner progress and needs, maintaining an optimal challenge level and keeping students persistently engaged. Tools like Anchor and Audacity allow students to create and share podcasts, providing another venue for voice and choice. This form of engagement can be particularly appealing to auditory learners and those who enjoy storytelling. Collectively, these technologies provide diverse and customizable pathways for students to connect with educational content meaningfully.

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A brief overview of Anchor

In this digital era, Anchor is a Spotify company that provides a go-to platform for podcasters. It is an easy to use platform to create podcasts with built-in features. The platform allows its users to record audio from anywhere. The podcasts could include audio conversations with multiple members, episode building, and much more. With minimal editing, a library of sound transition effects and background scores, Anchor is the perfect platform to advertise your brand, impart knowledge or simply for entertainment purposes. It allows the podcasters to earn money from their listeners and get access to sponsorships on the advertisements.

Reasons to consider Anchor in your no-code stack

It also allows unlimited hosting and the launch of podcasts on multiple platforms.

You get detailed analytics support for user trackings like audience breakdown aggregated on age, gender, geolocation and listening apps.

Anchor offers you a wide range of audio recording and editing options.

You can unlock sponsorships or accept listener donations and make money as your audience grows.

What can you accomplish with Anchor?

With the help of Anchor, you can launch podcasts and even monetize them.

If you are an expert in your field, you can create a guide for the people hustling to be where you are.

For a music creator, you can mix and match audio tracks from Spotify and release your unique track and get recognized on a global platform.

Practices like mindfulness or topics like philosophy or simply your thoughts about life can all be converted into episodes of your very own podcast.

Top features of Anchor

Easy to use creation tools

Add tracks from Spotify

Record with friends

Video transcribes and covers art creations

Unlimited hosting and one-click distribution

User analytics

Pricing plans

Create, distribute, and monetize your podcast-all for free.

Learning resources

A few tweets about Anchor from real users

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All-in-one platform to create, distribute, and monetize your podcast from any device, for free

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Empower your students and teachers with:

Quick and easy onboarding through a single link

Shared folders for time-saving teacher collaboration

Advanced reports to track student performance and progress

Gamified learning experiences that build future-ready skills

Save time creating engaging lesson content with AI-enhanced Kahoot! creator

Premium ready-made and editable content to supplement curriculum

Scale up engagement and assessment at your educational institution with Kahoot! EDU.

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Kahoot! EDU District - a site-wide license to empower all of your teachers!

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Scale up engagement in your school district with access to advanced Kahoot! features across your entire educational institution.

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DreamBox Learning - Online Math & Reading Solutions for Students K-12

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DreamBox personalized math and reading solutions are proven to rapidly accelerate learning for K-12 students

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Writing

Assistive technology plays a crucial role in supporting students with writing, reading, and communication challenges. For struggling writers, these technologies offer tools that simplify the writing process by converting spoken words into text, helping to overcome difficulties with spelling and grammar. This enables students to focus on expressing their ideas more effectively.

Reading

For those experiencing reading difficulties, assistive technology provides solutions such as digital text readers that vocalize written materials. This support enhances comprehension and retention while allowing learners to engage with content at their own pace. By simultaneously highlighting text, these tools also aid visual tracking and reinforce word recognition skills.

AAC

Students who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) benefit from devices that enable them to communicate through symbol-based or text-based systems. These technologies are tailored to individual communication needs and developmental stages, allowing nonverbal or minimally verbal students to convey thoughts, participate in classroom activities, and interact socially.

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Chirp: Universal speech model | Cloud Speech-to-Text V2 documentation | Google Cloud

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Our AAC app family has two new members supporting children and parents on their AAC journey.

Built from the ground up with an easy-to-use layout, step-by-step guidance and support, you can easily make communication with AAC a part of your everyday life.

Try AssistiveWare Proloquo and Proloquo Coach free of charge for one month.

You'll love how this symbol-based app helps users learn how to express themselves. Proloquo2Go puts the user's development first, with innovative features based on clinical knowledge and user research.

It's also one of the few AAC apps designed to support all users, from beginning to advanced. Completely customizable and designed for a range of fine-motor and visual skills, the app's versatility makes it useful for non-speaking people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and a range of other diagnoses or speech impediments like apraxia and dysarthria.

Grow and develop

Communicate with ease

Core words stay in the same place throughout the vocabulary to aid motor planning.

Customizable folder organization. You can also create your own folders easily, based on thematic templates.

Designed for a range of fine-motor and visual skills with options like 23 pre-programmed grid sizes and accessibility settings which support scanning and Apple's VoiceOver.

Use it your way

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The app continues to grow with us, and each update brings only greater utility and reward. Rupert is seventeen now, and I can't see us ever using any other communication format.

Proloquo2Go lets you be you. Choose from 100 voices, ranging from friendly adult voices to genuine children's voices and bilingual voices. The voices are created using real recorded speech, making them feel surprisingly natural. For some languages, you even have multiple options.

Exploring insurance options for Proloquo2Go? We've got you covered.

Our partner, AbleNet, specializes in guiding people through the insurance process for AAC apps and devices. AbleNet works with ALL speech-language pathologists, regardless of their experience with speech devices.

Visit AbleNet's site or contact our support team and get Proloquo2Go the hassle-free way.

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Make every environment set up for quick access to AAC. These printable communication boards are handy to use across different environments. This is very helpful when the device is not available. Using core word boards means you can make AAC always available.
Quick communication boards (new!)
More words to communicate with. Read how to use the Quick communication boards.
Core word boards

Gateway to Language & Learning is an efficient core word vocabulary offering user vocabularies for children, teens, and adults.

Proloquo2Go has the CrescendoTM core word vocabulary built-in. The Gateway to Language and Learning© vocabulary is available as an in-app purchase.

Learn more about Crescendo and Gateway

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Proloquo2Go - AAC app with symbols - AssistiveWare

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You'll love how this symbol-based app helps users learn how to express themselves. Proloquo2Go puts the user's development first, with innovative features based on clinical knowledge and user research.

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Tasks
Generates images from input text. These models can be used to generate and modify images based on text prompts.

Input

A city above clouds, pastel colors, Victorian style

About Text-to-Image

Businesses can generate data for their their use cases by inputting text and getting image outputs.

Chatbots can be made more immersive if they provide contextual images based on the input provided by the user.

Different patterns can be generated to obtain unique pieces of fashion. Text-to-image models make creations easier for designers to conceptualize their design before actually implementing it.

Architects can utilise the models to construct an environment based out on the requirements of the floor plan. This can also include the furniture that has to be placed in that environment.

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You can use diffusers pipelines to infer with text-to-image models.

from diffusers import StableDiffusionPipeline, EulerDiscreteScheduler model_id = "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-2" scheduler = EulerDiscreteScheduler.from_pretrained(model_id, subfolder="scheduler") pipe = StableDiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(model_id, scheduler=scheduler, torch_dtype=torch.float16) pipe = pipe.to("cuda") prompt = "a photo of an astronaut riding a horse on mars" image = pipe(prompt).images[0]

You can use huggingface.js to infer text-to-image models on Hugging Face Hub.

import { HfInference } from "@huggingface/inference"; const inference = new HfInference(HF_TOKEN); await inference.textToImage({ model: "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-2", inputs: "award winning high resolution photo of a giant tortoise/((ladybird)) hybrid, [trending on artstation]", parameters: { negative_prompt: "blurry", }, });

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Metrics for Text-to-Image

IS

The Inception Score (IS) measure assesses diversity and meaningfulness. It uses a generated image sample to predict its label. A higher score signifies more diverse and meaningful images.

FID

The Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) calculates the distance between distributions between synthetic and real samples. A lower FID score indicates better similarity between the distributions of real and generated images.

R-Precision

R-precision assesses how the generated image aligns with the provided text description. It uses the generated images as queries to retrieve relevant text descriptions. The top 'r' relevant descriptions are selected and used to calculate R-precision as r/R, where 'R' is the number of ground truth descriptions associated with the generated images. A higher R-precision value indicates a better model.

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Drive Meaningful Progress

Customizable tools in Kurzweil 3000 align with research-based learning strategies and provide support throughout the learning process. As a result, students are able to independently grasp and articulate concepts more effectively.

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Assistive Learning Technologies & Literacy Software from Kurzweil Education

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Customizable tools in Kurzweil 3000 align with research-based learning strategies and provide support throughout the learning process. As a result, students are able to independently grasp and articulate concepts more effectively.

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Learn about CAST’s Universal Design for Learning framework, fostering inclusive educational experiences and improving learning outcomes for all learners.

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Are you curious how Equatio can help with the UDL framework? Check out this handy tool matcher guide.

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We know that communication is an essential need for people who rely on eyegaze technology. With local COVID-19 precautions in place, Eyegaze employees are following CDC guidelines for safe business operations and many of our staff members are working in-house or remotely as needed. We provide our evaluation and training procedures remotely and in-person according to safety guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to monitor our regional guidelines for the health of our employees and customers.
How is my Eyegaze Edge® built?
Our team members are building cameras, configuring Eyegaze Edge® tablets, assembling parts, then sanitizing communication devices before shipping across the globe. This allows us to safely deliver sanitized communication devices where they are needed.
Virtual Tech support:
Our team provides training and remote support via phone and TeamViewer, which is installed on each Eyegaze Edge® device.
Virtual AAC Demonstrations:
Is your client in need of a virtual demonstration of the Eyegaze Edge® as part of your telehealth AAC evaluation? We've developed a procedure to provide your patient a safe way to trial an Eyegaze Edge® without the need for someone to enter their home. In fact, we've been providing remote assessments since the early 1990's where no local Eyegaze representative was present! Contact us or call us at 1-800-EYEGAZE.

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We know that communication is an essential need for people who rely on eyegaze technology. With local COVID-19 precautions in place, Eyegaze employees are following CDC guidelines for safe business operations and many of our staff members are working in-house or remotely as needed.

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In silence, sits a boy at the room's rear,

His pen moves quickly 'cross the lines, a page.

His focus set on rhymes that fly and veer,

The rhythm flows, like lyrics in his brain.

The teacher's voice rings out, in measured pace,

She speaks of verse in iambs, beat or beats.

The class absorbs each sound, like sacred grace,

Yet he, the dreamer, taps a different treat.

Though labeled as a slacker, off the path,

His mind constructs a world beyond the teach’.

A tidal wave of words, no room for math,

While raps unfurl, his voice begins to reach.

Though whispers mark him off as lost in class,

The chalkboard fills with lines in steady sway,

Describing art, its rules so fine and tight.

Yet he, immersed in rhymes that float away,

Finds music's code in shuffles of the boots

Their pens trace forms the books declare as true,

His voice defies the lines, seeking its sound.

In scribbles cast across deserted view,

A masterpiece in secret worlds is found.

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Again, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that seeks to optimize teaching and learning for all individuals by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, action, and expression. This approach recognizes the diversity of learners, including those who are neurodivergent, and leverages the concept of neuroplasticity to enhance learning opportunities. The principle of multiple means of engagement focuses on providing learners various ways to interact with content, considering the differences in motivation, interests, and the psychological resources they bring into the educational setting. For neurodivergent individuals, engagement can be facilitated through personalized and varied choices, allowing the brain to adapt and form new neural connections when learners explore their interests and motivations.

For neurodivergent learners, such as those with ADHD or autism, flexible representation caters to their individual learning preferences and reinforces the adaptable nature of neuroplasticity. Learners should also have multiple ways to demonstrate their knowledge, which might mean completing a project instead of a written test or using digital forms of communication. For neurodivergent individuals, varied forms of expression and action can empower them to communicate imaginatively and accurately reflect their understanding. Neuroplasticity allows their brains the incredible ability to change and adapt in response to experience, which is central to this framework. By incorporating UDL principles and leveraging assistive technology, educators can create learning experiences that harness neuroplasticity, helping individuals develop new strategies for learning and interaction. UDL, combined with assistive technology and a focus on neurodivergent needs, uses neuroplasticity to foster an adaptable, inclusive learning environment. This approach ensures all students have equitable opportunities to succeed regardless of their differences.

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Approximately a year ago, I participated in a class that tasked us with describing an aspect of our past. We were encouraged to express ourselves using a range of creative formats. Seizing this opportunity, I composed and recorded my piece in under an hour.