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Tech Tools for Students with Disabilities: Accessibility Solutions

Explore various tech tools such as Sticky Keys, Filterkeys, and High Contrast for students with disabilities. Learn to create talking books, use whiteboard poetry, and make movies with helpful resources and websites.

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Tech Tools for Students with Disabilities: Accessibility Solutions

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  1. Technology for Students with Disabilities

  2. Tech Tools at Your Fingertips… • Left click on Start • Scroll to control panel • Left click on control panel • Left click on ease of access

  3. Accessibility Options • Sticky Keys- allows students who may be accessing the keyboard with one finger or pointer to capitalize letters and use the Ctrl button by only pressing one key.

  4. Accessibility Options • Filterkeys- allows windows to ignore brief or repeated keystrokes.

  5. Display Settings • High Contrast- Allows for visual contrasts that make the computer screen more accessible for students with vision impairments.

  6. Accessibility Wizard • This provides some great computer adaptations for your students.

  7. On Screen Keyboard • Practice using the on-screen keyboard option. Click on settings, then typing mode. This gives you the opportunity to type using your mouse by clicking, hovering, or hitting one key on the keyboard.

  8. Magnifier • Go to internet • Go to accessibility wizard, open magnifier

  9. How do you learn?? • www.2learn.org/learningstyles.html

  10. WWW….. • www.starfall.com • www.brainpop.com • www.kineticcity.com

  11. www. • http://resourceroom.net • www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx (click on library to go Specific Diagnoses Card Catalog) • www.netreach.net/~abrejcha/websites.htm • www.dotolearn.com (click on disabilities tab) • www.schoolpsychology.net/ • www.makoa.org/index.htm • www.halcyon.com/marcs/lessons.html • www.educationworld.com/special_ed/assistive/index.shtml • www.parentpals.com/2.0dictionary/dictnewsindex.html • http://parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Special_Education_Games/index.html • www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/ar.htm

  12. Sounds and Videos… • www.google.com • www.findsounds.com • www.freeplaymusic.com

  13. Cool text… • www.cooltext.com

  14. ITUNES • IPODs • IPOD Touch… • http://web.me.com/harrydickens/ipods/Apps.html

  15. WWW… • www.biologycorner.com/worksheets.php • www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html • www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/sample

  16. www… • http://www.storyplace.org • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/social/interactives.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/social/iraq_interactives.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/social/wwii_interactives.htm

  17. WORD CLOUDS • www.wordle.net

  18. Whiteboard poetry • www.magneticpoetry.com

  19. Word art… • A wonderful tool

  20. Powerpoint books… • Social story • Book with photographed pictures • Book with pictures from graphics • Student produced books

  21. Making a Talking Book with Power Point • Open a new presentation by clicking on file (office) and new • Click on blank presentation • Click on the first slide under layout (this should be a blank slide)

  22. Cont… • Go to your tool bar and click on Slide Show • Insert shape-action button—action setting—hyperlink to • Position the action buttons in bottom corners (click yes to hyperlink options)

  23. Cont… • Go to home on your toolbar and select Duplicate slides (right click on slide) Make as many as you need. • Let’s think pictures for our books…

  24. Inserting pictures… • Go to your first slide • Click on insert • Click on picture • Choose a picture from the clip art or file • Select a picture • Continue for all pages in the book

  25. Insert Text • Click on Insert • Click on Text Box • Type in text • You can enlarge text by clicking on the capital “A” on your tool bar • You can also enlarge your text by highlighting your text and increasing the font size on your tool bar

  26. Inserting Sound • Go to Insert • Select Movies/Sounds and Record Sound • Preview sound in Slide Show • Follow same directions for your other pages/slides • Preview your Talking book

  27. www.nettrekker.com

  28. Don Johnson materials…

  29. Let’s work those brains… • http://www.brainsbreaker.com/download.htm

  30. Making movies… • www.photoshow.com

  31. A long, long time ago… • http://ourtimelines.com • www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx • www.dmarie.com/timecap

  32. Have a great afternoon… • Angie Zimmerman • Literacy Specialist • Arch Ford Educational Service Cooperative • azimmerman@afsc.k12.ar.us

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