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Our Job is to teach the students we have.Not the ones we would like to have.
Dr Kevin Maxwell.
Not the ones we used to have.Those we have right now.
All of them.
DIGITAL TOOLS & TIPS FOR DIVERSE
LEARNERSResources for helping students, develop independence & control
in their learning & experience success with universally designed digital tools
K I M M A R T I N
Inclusive Technologies Consultant
2014 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
@kimnitra
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"I don't have to feel dumb anymore.”
kid quote
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• Share out of the box, free or low cost accessibility tools that can be used immediately back in
your classrooms
• Share how digital technologies can help create a "least
restrictive environment," not only for students with
disabilities, but for everyone.
LEARNING INTENTION
Technology itself is not the innovationPlease Remember
• TONY VINCENT’s Evaluating Apps • Joy Zabala’s SETT framework
Consider the learning goals, environment & task when choosing a digital learning toolEvaluation rubrics help
when making decisions about the right tech tool
Purposeful use of digital
technology can enable
+ Independence + Self Advocacy
+ Access
Robson Square Vancouver
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING
CAN BE USED BY ALL AT OWN
CAPACITY AND ABILITY
Can have multiple means of access to suit any learners’ abilities. (support or extension)
Allows access (how), information
communication (what) and engagement (why)
to be differentiated
Showing all learners how to adjust or
modify settings on the digital tools they
access empowers & enables
personalization to meet their needs for
use
General AccessibilityConcentration
RelaxationOrganisation
Time ManagementLiteracy
GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY
Apple Store Accessibility
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Apple Special Education
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Google Accessibility Chrome & Android
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Windows Accessibility & Education
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CONCENTRATION • Guided Access
CONCENTRATION • Guided Access• Restricted Access
• Guided Access• Restricted Access• You Tube
• Type quiet before youtube• nicertube.com
CONCENTRATION
CONCENTRATION
Stay Focused 8Tracks Spotify
Calm 8 Tracks Spotify Watch Minder Noisli Smiling Mind WorryTime
RELAXATION
Evernote Post-It Notes Book Creator
Padlet Listastic Mod Math
ORGANISATION
Mind Map ToolsPopplet Ideament bubbl.us
Time Timer Min 2 Go
30-30 ChoreMonsterTIME
MANAGEMENT
• Speak Selection
TEXT TO SPEECH
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
TEXT TO SPEECH
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
• Speak Selection (iOS, OSX & Android)
• Speak Screen
• Windows 10 Narrator
Safari ReaderSIMPLIFY & REMOVE CLUTTER
Read & WriteSimplify Page Readability
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
QuickVoice
Sports Illustrated
(US)
Post-It Notes Time for Kids
National Geographics
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
AUDIO BOOKS
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
Newsela Scannable
Genius Scan Prizmo
ONLINE TEXT & OCR SCANS
Rewordify
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
SUMMARISING TEXTRead & WriteSimplify Page
Collect Highlights
NOTE TAKING Word Clouds VideoNot.es
ITunes Spoken Track
WINDOWS Narrator
LITERACY - READING & LISTENING
LITERACY - SPEECH TO TEXT / DICTATION
Microphone Android Voice Recorder CoWriter (Chrome Ex) Google Voice Typing
LITERACY - WRITING
Read & WriteDefault Template MyScript Stylus
LITERACY - NOTE TAKING
Flipink Paper 53 Penultimate
LITERACY - QR CODES
i-Nigma Kaywa ReaderQRafter Read & Create
LITERACY - WRITING
Mod Math
MyScript Calculator
NUMERACY
INKredible Stop Motion
AnimationDrawing
Explain Everything
Book Creator Green Screen
CREATIVITY & ENERGY
App Curators edshelf.com
learningworksforkids.com
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bridgingapps.org
@kimnitram
PadletSlideShareiTunesU CourseHANDOUT
EXN-XYP-KSC
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