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What is 21st Century Learning?
• Using Technology? – Has been around for over 30 years
• TTS, word processing
• 1:1 ? – We had it before, it was called a textbook
• Reading the textbook on a screen? – Don’t think so………
Employee Skill Requirements in Today’s Working World
• Creative & Critical Thinking • Problem Solving • Technology & Media Literate
21st Century Skill Requirements
• Communicate ideas effectively • Information Literate – Lots of Information!
– Who wrote it, what is it about, why, context, purpose
• Collaborate across many environments • Work well in teams
Tools Requirements! Addressing the Needs of Students
• To Access curriculum – Understanding, language barriers, vocabulary,
variety of sources and formats
• Organize thoughts • Communicate ideas • Writing Skills • Connection - Teacher - Student
Technology Can’t Be
Separate:
– Only computers on tables – Software installation to a specific computer – Accessibility as a specialized tool – Limited and focused on one system – Limited to in-school or in-room only
Accessibility
• Can’t take place at a specific computer or device
• Needs to be portable • Needs to be transferable (i.e. begin on one
computer/device and continue on another) • Needs to be used within an open environment
(hardware or software)
Evolution of Technology From…
• Using it as a separate accessory for – Drill and practice – Research using encyclopedia’s online – Substituting what was done on paper
• writing process with word processors
– Keyboarding – Portability meant putting a computer on a cart
Evolution to Today …
• Technology as an integrated tool containing – Web browsers and access to WiFi/Web as a standard – Millions of Apps/Applications – low cost – Built-in basic accessibility features such as TTS, Voice
Recognition, Switch Access – Easy connectivity to other devices (Bluetooth -
keyboards, speakers, projectors, switches, etc) – Incorporating files from multiple places (Image
Library, Dropbox, WeVideo, Evernote, Shared Drives)
Once those features became standard
• Technology became a tool for: – Collaboration – Compiling, collecting information from a variety of
sources – Synthesis of information – Easy tool for disseminating, collecting, monitoring
classroom materials such as assignments – Device agnostic
Accessibility has become Portable
• Integrated into all platforms – Example- switch access on computers, iPads,
Androids or TTS on any device
• TTS Voices became high quality • Devices became portable – laptops, tablets,
cell phones
Classroom Backchannel Programs
• TodaysMeet – www.todaysmeet.com • Padlet – www.padlet.com - Can connect to/from any device, compile
contributions, centralized - All students access and contribute - Not just for business!
21st Century Learning
• It is about – Pedagogy – Collaboration in learning – Beyond the classroom and bells – Connected beyond the school walls – Utilizing resources from anywhere – Utilizing resources immediately and fluidly
21st Century Learning
• Using those classroom resources to – Learn from – Communicate – Make sense of – Feedback – Organize
• Critical Thinking
Technology Integration
• With so many tools at a students disposal the tools and methods of education naturally stay in a constant flux. Student approach to it is like “a Lego approach” – look at all the pieces in the box….now what can I create with them, how can they be utilized to build something new, what ideas do they inspire?
…..who is the facilitator for learning….
Don’t limit the Tools
• Students learn and communicate ideas differently
• Students have diverse support needs for accessibility and interacting with information
• Technology gives all students a voice • Forcing all projects into a PowerPoint or a
Prezi negates those points!
Kurzweil 3000 firefly Tools for Accessibility, Engagement, Learning
• Reads aloud text • Highlights word by word as it reads • Definitions of selected words • Language translation • Highlighting of selected text • Zoom in on page • Import files from a variety of sources
Kurzweil 3000
• Extract highlighted text – create outline or study guide
• Highlight new vocabulary and extract to a Vocabulary Study Guide
• Add voice, text, bubble notes • Picture lookup of selected words
Replacing of Tools that didn’t Work
• Scanner – Where is it – Driver not installed – No plug, cable, space – Was controlled by the teacher – Needed to be scheduled – It didn’t need to be....expensive, overkill
New approach
• iPad, iPhone, iPod – Doc Scan, Scanner Pro, Prizmo take picture of image,
save as PDF – Printer Pro (app for iPad and computer) can access
KESI Virtual Printer on computer • Send directly from iPad in to Kurzweil 3000 on computer • Student can send what they need, when they need it • Now
• Issues? – remember, it’s about the student, not you…………………….
Interfacing Software Apps
• Virtual printers on iPads such as: – Presto by Collobos - https://collobos.com/ – iTunes app store:
• Printer Pro
• Print N Share
The Chromebook Experience
• Grab any Chromebook off the rack • Plug in a Hovercam T3 document camera • Launch the software from the Hovercam
website • Snap image of page • Save as PDF and open in firefly • Auto saves document in UL – open on any
other device later!
Universal Library
• Files are accessible from firefly on any device with an internet connection, from anywhere
• Files are accessible from any computer with an internet connection and Kurzweil 3000 Webclient installed, from anywhere
• Teachers can interact with student files, provide comments, supports, track progress
Kurzweil 3000 and firefly Accessibility
• Layers upon layers customized to individual student needs
• Customizable and flexible environment • Import, access, communicate understanding
Accessibility
• Need to stop assuming it is on a one to one needs basis
• Understand that it is part of emerging technologies
• Needs to be able to be utilized across many environments
• Should be set up and customized as a first step – Install the app! Populate a shared folder with
books!
Firefly
• Portability – accessible on all platforms • Teacher – Student connection • Accessibility features
– (TTS, Language Translation, Vocabulary/Visual Support, Customization)
• From Chromebook or computers users can import content directly into for supports
Kurzweil 3000
• Shares same Universal Library – share files, collect work, add comments
• Integrated Writing, Study Skills, Test Taking, • Accessibility – Language Translation, TTS,
Vocabulary Supports, Visual Supports, • Embed supports into traditional reading
materials – such as adding bubble notes to Tale of Two Cities
How do these tools fit into today’s toolbox?
• Portability in the cloud • Accessible by all platforms • Work with printed or electronic materials • Work with multiple file formats • Import materials via multiple means
– Scanner, import files, document camera, Virtual Print ….even from an iPad
• Utilize other programs/devices in conjunction with
More Important
• Supports student learning through – Access – Portability – Connection with teacher – feedback – Inclusive tools such as brainstorm, record audio,
outlining, extracting text, hyperlinks, more
Questions
Dan Herlihy dherlihy@juno.com
Deb Frohbieter
debby.frohbieter@kurzweiledu.com
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