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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & Twenty-first Century Literacy Skills

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & Twenty-first Century Literacy Skills. Angelo L. Tomaso School Created by: Katie DiDia. Who was that guy?. My Dad A New Teacher Someone interviewing at the school None of the above. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEAM. Warren Township Schools 213 Mount Horeb Road

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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & Twenty-first Century Literacy Skills

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  1. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & Twenty-first Century Literacy Skills Angelo L. Tomaso School Created by: Katie DiDia

  2. Who was that guy? • My Dad • A New Teacher • Someone interviewing at the school • None of the above

  3. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEAM Warren Township Schools 213 Mount Horeb Road Warren, New Jersey 07059 Faye Brady, Ed.D. Director of Special Services 908-753-5300 x 5716 Dr. Brian Friedlander

  4. Today’s buzz word is…

  5. 21st Century Literacy Skills

  6. 21st Century Skills • Expectations for Teachers All teachers will… • Continually develop skills in the educational applications of technology in order to model appropriate use for their students. • Learn to adapt models for integrating technology into the curriculum and create their own methods and products. • Be expected to use technology to effectively communicate with parents and students. Cited from: Warren Township’s Technology Plan 2010-2013 http://warrentboe.org/pdf/technology/plan/2010-2013%20Technology%20Plan.pdf

  7. What is Assistive Technology? • Programs that provide Text to Speech supports. • Programs and software to promote written expression and the writing process. • Programs that enhance listening comprehension and expressive language skills. • Programs that provide visual supports to help students better understand concepts and ideas.

  8. What software programs do we currently have here at ALT? • Read Out Loud • Bookshare • Start to Finish Books • Accelerated Reader • Picture It • Co-Writer/Solo • Write Out Loud • Kidspiration • Draft Builder • Inspiration • Picture It Reading Writing

  9. Today we will be focusing on… • Co-Writer • Kidspiration • Inspiration

  10. SOLO comes with Write: OutLoud, Read: OutLoud, Co:Writer, and Draft: Builder. Co:Writer 4000®: A word processor with an assistant. This software predicts words as the student is typing. These predicted words and sentences are spoken before being transferred to the word processor so the student gets immediate feedback.

  11. Who benefits from SOLO Software? Students with: • Illegible handwriting • Very poor phonetic or inventive spelling  • A physical disability that makes typing difficult • Difficulty translating thoughts into writing

  12. Here is a quick overview of Co:Writer Software • Co:Writer Overview Video

  13. We all know that our students have different learning styles. Visual Kinesthetic Auditory

  14. Who benefits from Inspiration/Kidspiration Software? • Kids can actually draw and fill in diagrams showing how their information fits together, in a linear or non-linear manner. • Kids are using a computer mouse to physically move information and pictures around, and they are using a keyboard to type. • Kids can use the text to speech feature to help auditory learners and those who don't read as well.

  15. Here is a quick overview of Inspiration Software • Go to Inspiration software/Help/Learn to Use/Training Videos/Visual Learning/In the Classroom.

  16. Our current plan is… We have 25 licenses available for Kidspiration & 35 licenses for Inspiration!

  17. Please let me know if you are interested!

  18. Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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