Assistive Technology by Anita Anderson

Social Studies

ashleymherrington — 2018-09-06 12:40:35 UTC

Social Studies: National Archives DocsTeach is an app that student's can download with thousands of primary sources to help with research, DBQ's for AP classes, etc. Teachers can also create a classroom within the app and add specific documents for their class.

Speech synthesizers/screen readers

2018-09-06 12:40:37 UTC

Reading Assistive technology

jwinsborohatcher — 2018-09-06 12:40:47 UTC

ClaroRead Plus-
ClaroRead Plus is screen reading software designed to allow students with reading difficulties to have word documents and pdf-files read to them.
https://youtu.be/b-dlHN9X3Oo (For non-coding experts)

(for the technlogically advanced)

Reading Ally-
Reading Ally is a vast online library of audio-books designed to allow students who struggle with reading to keep up with their fellow classmates and enjoy literature with significantly less debilitating stress.

Links:
https://youtu.be/mQdUzsSz_wk (For non-coding experts)

(for the technlogically advanced)

Gifted Tech

imwithspooky — 2018-09-06 12:40:55 UTC

- Education Genius program: allows students to annotate articles online & collaboratively https://edshelf.com/tool/education-genius/

- Minecraft Education Edition: allows students to build worlds together and has special programs for biome building, chemistry, architecture, and computer programming https://education.minecraft.net/

Example Science lab for ELL student

2018-09-06 12:40:58 UTC

http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=53489
Using lab instructions w/ pictures for all lab materials so that ELL students can recognize what they need to use, even if they had trouble with the written description of the lab

General

2018-09-06 12:41:17 UTC

1. Low tech (co-teaching) Expanded method of diverse instruction. This requires more planning and more evaluation.
2.https://www.edutopia.org/article/assistive-technology-resources
- Allows students to work more independently and create assignments
-It may create a barrier for students that are not able to use technology as well as others.

Science

2018-09-06 12:41:39 UTC

Accommodations in the lab
https://www.washington.edu/doit/making-science-labs-accessible-students-disabilities
Contains a list of accommodations for various disabilities including but not limited to: Deaf, Mobility impairment, Blindness, learning,
and attention disability

Math! <3

2018-09-06 12:41:48 UTC

+Calculators-Talking Desktop Calculator. Sci-Pod Low Vision Scientific Calculator (with headphones)
+Digital Graphing-can visually see the graphs and manipulate it
+Apps in IPad used in classrooms-familiar to the students. Help students with ADHD. Help with kinesthetic learners.
http://archives.gadoe.org/DMGetDocument.aspx/Math_Chart_revised_8-10.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6CFC3EAE26FFD23831AA37596E6C907F54E26E070D9A5463C&Type=D

http://www.dyscalculia.org/math-ld-books/math-tools

Social Studies

2018-09-06 12:43:09 UTC

Speech synthesizers/screen readers
-it can display and read text aloud on a computer screen, including text that can be typed, scanned, or text appearing on the internet.
-will benefit people who struggle with reading and writing

Time Management

hggordon5 — 2018-09-06 12:48:16 UTC

Long-term assignment planning tool- editable pdf that helps break down your work into chunks and set deadlines
Test prep strategy sheet- evaluate how prepared you are for an exam
Cold Turkey app- blocks distracting websites/apps for a set time

Reading

2018-09-06 14:02:52 UTC

Apps for enhancing reading abilities:

1. Comprehension (free programs include: LightSail, The Opposites; other apps in this category range from $0.99-$9.99) These apps focus on helping students develop strong reading comprehension skills with parts of speech, discerning between fact and fiction, as well as visually demonstrating components of a work in the form of a concept map.

2. Development (Book Reader is a well-rated, free app) This app focuses on allowing students the opportunity to create their own stories with interactive images, text areas, etc. This will give students the chance to put their reading and writing abilities to work in a fun, creative way.

3. Learning Ally Audio helps students who struggle with reading (like dyslexia) have a customizable reading experience. This helps them develop reading fluency in all grade levels. Textbooks are also available with this technology. Some are computerized voices but most are real narrations by a human reader.

4. Mad Libs. This app allows students to create their own stories by filling in the blanks (these blanks can range from selected adjectives, adverbs, etc). This is a fun way for students to use their grammatical knowledge.

5. Newsela. This website generates current events articles for each subject. Every article has 5 versions and they are written for various reading levels. Students can choose which version is best for them., read the article, and then take a comprehensive quiz based off of what they read. Or, teachers can assign an article based off what they are covering in class and talk about how the content connects with current events.

General Assistive TechnologyTask Timer

2018-09-06 14:08:21 UTC

Problem: You get distracted when doing a task.

How you use the app: Pick a task, choose the completion time, and the app keeps you on track by showing time elapsed and time remaining. Include breaks and use the intermittent vibration reminder to help you stay on task.

Benefits: You can customize Task Timer to your work preference — as a quick burst of activity or at a more leisurely pace.

Symbolab

2018-09-06 14:08:56 UTC

Students can check their work or formulas at home, or when the teacher is not available.

https://www.symbolab.com/

Social Studies:

2018-09-06 14:11:56 UTC

World Mobile News: (free)
1) Keeps students updated on world news, events and happenings.

Today History: (free)
1) Lists events that happened today in history from all of history (goes back to ancient times).
2) Lists who was born and who died on this day in history.

General Assistive Technology

2018-09-06 14:12:09 UTC

iRewardChart

Problem: Your child needs extra motivation to accomplish routine tasks.

[Finally! Apps That Build Productive Habits}

How to use the app: Input chores or behavior goals and track your child’s progress into iRewardChart over the course of the week. When he completes an action, he earns a star toward a reward.

Benefits: It offers children visual reinforcement of progress made — and rewards earned.

General Assistive technology

2018-09-06 14:12:09 UTC

Students can focus on auditory learnt with the reassurance that they will have written notes as a reference.

Europe Puzzle Map- social studies

2018-09-06 14:12:26 UTC

This is a puzzle game used to help students or anyone using the app to learn country map’s shape and name of European countries. To play you drag the country map to the correct position, when you drag all maps to its position, you win. The trivia function of the game helps the user memorize the country map and names of the Country.

Writing

chiniariel12 — 2018-09-06 14:13:19 UTC

Writing Challenge ($2.99 in the Apple App Store)

“Writing Challenge lets teachers turn creative writing into a game for students. Whether this app is used as for whole-class, small-group, or individual activity, you'll immediately see the potential of this powerful writing tool. Children will be given a writing prompt and a countdown clock. The goal of this challenge is to have students incorporate the prompt into their story before the time is up. As soon as the timer finishes, they'll be given something new to add to their story.”

This is an encouraging way to get students to write, and enjoy doing so. The time limit is motivating, and can even spark some competitiveness between students. The prompts makes the idea of writing original pieces less daunting, and calls for imaginitive thinking as well as innovative work that can be hard to get from students.

Sentence Builder ($5.99 in Apple App Store)

“Building sentences can be tricky; give your kid a leg up with this easy slot machine-esque tool, featuring basic nouns, verbs and articles. Line up the words correctly to match the pictures, and she'll be rewarded by a cheering animated pal. This app is especially great for practice with grammar and connector words, and is appealing for visual learners because of the graphic illustration of how grammar works. Three levels of play are possible and there are many additional settings, allowing the app to grow with your child.”

This app seems beneficial for students when practicing grammar. Grammar is an important part of being an effective writer, and that is something that should be
emphasized. There is also an option for teens with this app (Sentence Builder Teens), which can be helpful to students in high school who must learn to write assignments that have more substance.

Math<3 Desmos!!

2018-09-06 14:14:46 UTC

Desmos is a an"elegent graphing calculator and math simulations promote collaboration." Desmos is good for group work. Other teachers upload their own files and students have them right on hand.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/desmos

Gifted Technology

2018-09-06 14:15:37 UTC

Tynker: Tynker is a technology system designed to teach students coding through instructional videos and dynamic activities, as students progress they learn multiple coding languages and can even learn to code for robots and build apps.

NoRedInk: A personalized grammar education tool that has questions based on student interests and adaptive lessons that vary with student skill level.

Assistive Technology for Social studies

2018-09-06 14:17:38 UTC

Touchable Earth is an interactive app that utilizes he touch screen function to allow students to press a country and read or hear a short description of a country. This could be used to help students find where a country is as well as its neighbors to remember regions and geographic descriptions.

MyCongress is an app for iPads and iPhones that can give summaries and details of government officials currently and past elected. It even can link students to current officials news and social media to see their officials thoughts. This could be important in alllwing students to learn larger and smaller officials as most only know the president.

Science - middle school chemistry

2018-09-06 14:20:03 UTC

This website helps as a teacher resource for chemistry and physical science. Materials can be used in highschool along with middleschool. This website is useful for students who need to see “assignments” in English as well as Spanish.

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/

General Assistive Technology

2018-09-06 14:22:15 UTC

this can be used by teachers and students to capture notes, save research, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, record audio