ISTE 2016: Inclusive Learning Playground

Assistive Technology Tools for Accessibility:

When making it digital is not enough for Access for ALL…

Necessary for some, Beneficial

for ALL

1.How are you currently using technology to engage your learners, monitor their learning, and ensure access?

2.Have you gone “more digital”, but still have learners struggling to successfully engage with content?

There are specialized tools that

may be necessary for students to

access material…

What is Assistive

Technology (AT)?

The Technology Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (Tech Act) first defined AT:

Assistive technology device

"any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities."

The Tech Act described an assistive technology service

"any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device."

Examples of Assistive

Technology

• Text-to-speech• Speech-to-text• Word Prediction• Digital Graphic Organizers & Mind-

mapping • Digital/Multimedia note-taking• Organizational Tools – Calendars,

checklists• Tools to provide multiple means of

representation, expression and engagement:

• Polling Tools, Edpuzzle, Actively Learn,

• Alternate access to the computer/device• eyegaze, touchscreens, switches,

onscreen keyboards, etc. • Augmentative and Alternative

Communication (AAC)• Environmental Control • AT Assessment tools: uPAR, WPP

AT and the Law“Accessibility” According to Office of Civil Rights: Students with disabilities must be provided the opportunity to:1. acquire the same information2. engage in the same interactions, and3. enjoy the same services as students without disabilities with “substantially equivalent ease of use”.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(Section 504)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990

For K-12: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1997,2004 reauthorized) defines and requires AT for students in K-12. AT must be considered in ALL Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)

In Higher Ed: Students Self-Identify

What about Universal Design

for Learning (UDL)?

Representation, Expression, Engagement

Universal Design for Learning isan Educational Framework that guides the design of

1. learning goals2. materials3. methods4. assessments

With intentional consideration of the diversity of learners.

UDL Principles

1. Provide multiple means of engagement (WHY)

When students do not face barriers to accessing materials their engagement increases.

2. Provide multiple means of action and expression (HOW)

Allow use of multiple tools and modes for students to communicate their knowledge.

3. Provide multiple means of representation (WHAT)

Make sure all students can access the materials by offering alternatives to text, audio and visual information.

BOTHAT & UDL

are needed

Just because you build a ramp does not mean you no longer need the wheelchair…

UDL supports needs of ALL learners by guiding Curriculum Design and making the learning environment with as much flexibility and choice as possible.

AT supports the needs of INDIVIDUAL learners by overcoming barriers in the environment.

We need BOTH.

Many Technology tools previously considered “AT” are now readily available to ALL.

Video: Disability-led innovations for the Masses by Chris Bugajj

Top 10 Favorite AT/UDL Tools,

Ideas, and Resources

1.Built-in Accessibility Features2.The Cloud - Google Drive,

Dropbox, etc.3.Google Applications & Add-ons4.Chrome Webstore - Extensions5.Accessible Text resources6.Tools to embed supports in text

and video7.iPads, Apps & Accessories8.Alternate Note-Takers 9.Class Polling Tools10.PLNs/PLCs - Using Social

Media for Professional Development

Get Ready to sip through a Firehose...

1.Built-in Accessibility

FeaturesDo you know the power you have in your own device?

Mac: http://www.apple.com/accessibility/macosx/vision.html

Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windows8/default.aspx

iOS (iPad/iPhone): http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/

Google's Chrome Browser: (YES, USE THIS BROWSER!) http://www.google.com/accessibility/all-products-features.html

Google's Android OS: https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/600656

AND - Luis Perez’s youtube channel! Videos on Accessibility and UDL https://www.youtube.com/user/lfperez72

2. Storage in the CLOUD

• If you lose your USB or device, what happens?

• The Cloud is your FRIEND

Drive, Dropbox, onedrive, iCloud, etc.

• The Dog can’t eat homework in the cloud.

• Helps those who struggle managing materials.

• Allows for Sharing, Collaboration & Redefinition

3. Google Applications

• Drive - put your files in the CLOUD• Docs, Sheets, Forms, Drawing, etc.• Collaboration - sharing files & folders,

Remote meetings• Feedback - using comments feature and

viewing draft history• Voice Typing - Built-in Feature of Google

Docs. FREE Voice Recognition. “Tools->VoiceTyping”

• Research - “Tools->research” • Highlighters - highlight text notes and

written work • NEW - “Tool->Document Outline” added

to Google Docs March 2016• FREE Add-ons -> Get Add-ons

• Kaizena - add voice notes to provide feedback for students in Google Docs

• EasyBib - tool for citing sources• g(math) - for equations• Video.notes – for annotation videos

4. Google Chrome Web

StoreYES! You can add apps to

Google Chrome Browser...just

like in the Apple App Store!

Google “Chrome Web Store” and prepare to get lost in all of the possibilities!Some favorites:

SpeakIt - Reads text on any website or google docs to proof written work

Screencastify - simple tool to video record your screen - great for tutorials!

Kami - Free tool to annotate PDFs (Draw, type, highlight, etc.)

Extensity - To manage your extensions!Chrome web store launcherMovenote - Free Google Drive tool to

present your documents (Powerpoints, articles, reports, etc.) with Video

RWGC - comprehensive reading, writing, note-taking support. FREE for educators

Snap&Read - Leveled reading, study ToolsCo:Writer universal- word prediction

5. Accessible Text

• Accessible Educational Materials

• http://aem.cast.org/ • Accessible Websites• Accessible PDFs• Learning Ally• Bookshare• Accesstext • Fireflybykurzweil• ReadandWrite for Google Chr

ome• Voice Dream Reader App • Kindle -

Reading Enhancements• Text to Speech• Whispersynch for Voice• Immersion Reading

6. Tools to Embed Supports

in text/videoMike Phillips video - with Questions and supports

Add comments, quizzes, etc to worksheets, videos, files!

• www.edpuzzle.com • Edpuzzle Chrome Extensio

n• Actively Learn• zaption• QR Codes

• www.qrstuff.com• Inigma• Qrafter• Black and White and Scanned

All over • Scrible

7. Ipad/iPhone Apps and

Accessories

• Accessories• Stylus, Keyboard, Cases, switch

interfaces, Keyguards• Features:

• Switch Accessibility for physical access• Vision Accessibility• TTS & STT built in

• Apps:• VoiceDream Reader• Cricksoft Apps• Book Creator• ModMath• Snaptype• ClaroScanPen• Inspiration/Kidspiration• Notability• Choiceworks• Evernote• GoWorksheet ...

8. Alternative Note-Takers

• Sonnocent Audionotetaker - multimedia 3-column notes, including audio highlighting of lectures.

• Notability - multimedia note-taking across devices

• Evernote - multimedia note-taking across devices

• Scrible - annotate websites and collect notes

• VideoNot.es – Google App – Flipped classroom? Let students annotate video!

• LiveScribe Pen - record lectures, combine digital/handwritten note-taking

9. Class Polling/Discussio

n Tools

Poll Everywhere - Live online polling of class using cellphone texting!

Google Forms – Digital collection of responses for a variety of question types.

Plickers - Low-Tech polling of class using multiple choice questions, printed codes, and Instructor’s cell phone.

Padlet - Online Discussion/Sharing board

Kahoot - Online multiple choice quizzes

Today’s Meet – For back channeling

10. Social Media as Professional Development

• Twitter• Hashtags(#) to follow a subject

• Tweetdeck • Facebook• Pinterest • Symbaloo• Youtube• Professional Blogs

• www.freetech4teachers.com • Professional Listservs

Model Lifelong Learning!

#atchat #edtechchat #spedchat #ntchat #udlchat #inclusiveILN

Technology changes at an exponential rate… How do we keep up?

Next StepsWhich tool would you like to explore hands-on??

Baby steps, one step at a time...

1.The NEXT time you are confronted with a struggling student, you now have an idea of the tools that are available to support that student!

2.Identify resources to support your ongoing learning

a. Inclusive Learning Networkb. Twitter/Social Mediac. Others?

3. Be KIND to yourself, you can’t

make a digital transformation all at once! 4. Pick a tool(s) to Explore!

Explore

● Google’s Voice Typing Tool

● Google’s Research Tool

● Videonot.es app for Google

● Read&Write for Google Chrome from Texthelp, Inc.

● Snap&Read from Don Johnston, Inc.

● Co:Writer from Don Johnston, Inc.

● Kami

● Firefly by Kurzweil

● Zaption or EdPuzzle

● Actively Learn

● VoiceDream Reader app for iPad

● Notability app for iPad

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/804342310367133698

AT Resources

• ISTE’s Inclusive Learning Network https://sites.google.com/site/4inclusivelearning/home

• Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology www.qiat.org

• The SETT Framework for AT www.joyzabala.com

• The Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)

• www.atia.org • Easter Seals www.easterseals.com • Chrome as AT• Technology and Media Division of the

Council for Exceptional Children http://www.tamcec.org/

• Conferences: ATIA, CTG, CSUN, ATCNE

UDL Resources

• CAST: www.cast.org

• National Center on Accessible

Educational Materials (AEM)

http://aem.cast.org/

• National UDL Center:

www.udlcenter.org

• UDL Implementation and Research

Network: http://udl-irn.org/

• Video:

The Myth of Average by Todd Rose

Thank you!jennifer.edge-savage@simmons.edu

President-Elect, ISTE’s Inclusive Learning Network

Twitter: @jennifersavedge

#simmonsastech #atchat