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Over the TOPS: Simple Technology Solutions for Accessing the Curriculum

Over the TOPS: Simple Technology Solutions for Accessing the Curriculum. Presented by CLIU Educational Consultants. WHO are you???. Today’s Focus. Review ways to support students with disabilities within the general education classroom

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Over the TOPS: Simple Technology Solutions for Accessing the Curriculum

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  1. Over the TOPS:Simple Technology Solutions for Accessing the Curriculum Presented by CLIU Educational Consultants

  2. WHO are you???

  3. Today’s Focus • Review ways to support students with disabilities within the general education classroom • Explore the concept of accommodations and modifications within the special ed classroom • Access tools, strategies, and resources (SDI)

  4. Activity: Poll Anywhere What modifications/adaptations are you currently making? Reading Paper/Pencil tasks Manipulatives

  5. Ways to Provide Access to the General Curriculum Accommodations • Change how students are taught and assessed Modifications • Change whatstudents are expected to learn and demonstrate

  6. Accommodation • Changes that can be made to the way students with disabilities are instructed and assessed • presentation, • response, • scheduling, • setting, • assistive technology. • howstudents are taught and assessed • Accommodations should not change expectations to the curriculum grade levels (do the same work, graded the same)

  7. Accommodationsmay be provided in five general areas Methods and materials for instruction Assignments and assessments Learning environment Time demands and scheduling Special communication systems

  8. Accommodation Examples • Books on CD/mp3 • math charts • additional time • oral test • oral reports • preferred seating • study carrel • amplified system • Braille writer • adapted keyboard/mouse • specialized software

  9. Accommodations • Learning environment • Positioning and mobility equipment • Small group/one-to-one instruction • Behavior management plan • Time demands and scheduling • Object or picture schedule • Additional time to complete tasks

  10. Accommodations •Special communication systems • Communication boards or devices (pictures, words, symbols) • Sign language • All areas • Personal assistance • Assistive technology

  11. Modification • Changes made in whata student is expected to learn. • content, • requirements, • level of mastery • may include partial completion of program requirements, and instruction in the access points for students with significant cognitive disabilities

  12. What Do Modifications Look Likein the Classroom? • Targeted objectives (lower-level/alternate) • Content (less/much lower level) • Assessments (simplified/different)

  13. Class Objective Write own first and last name, address, and phone number. Student’s Objective Copy own first and last name. Class Objective Describe the characteristics of mammals. Student’s Objective Identify three familiar mammals. Examples of Modifications

  14. Class Objective Learn historical and cultural information about Egypt. Student’s Objective Work cooperatively and make choices. Class Assessment Add two-digit numbers with regrouping. Student’s Assessment Add number facts to five. Examples of Modifications

  15. Levels of Participation • Competitive • Active • Involved • None

  16. Competitive • must meet the academic requirements expected of nondisabled peers • -specialists (SLP, etc.) act as consultants • -can have modified workloads and activities

  17. Active • participates in the general curriculum, but not expected to meet same academic standards as peers. • Benefits include exposure to structured educational sequence, peer social contact, and peer instruction. • Some students may be competitive in some academic areas, and active in others. • Students may receive supplemental instruction, ex. Math or reading. • Focus may shift from academic to functional goals as student progresses through school.

  18. Involved • limited academic involvement • participates less actively • included in “specials” like music, art, foods, etc. • Team decision! • Students may be combination of competitive, active, and involved.

  19. None • Never acceptable or defensible • Student is present in gen. Ed. Classroom but is passive and uninvolved for the majority of the time.

  20. What is your experience?ACTIVITY • Are students actively involved? • True of ALL or just SOME students? • What are the things that impact involvement for students? • How are (or can) issues that impact involvement in the general curriculum be addressed?

  21. Doesn’t look like… Looks like… Meaningful Participation

  22. Considerations • Visual Access • Auditory Access • Kinesthetic/Sensory Access • Motor Access • Cognitive Access

  23. Low Tech Solutions Reading Writing Manipulatives

  24. SHOW AND TELL!!! • Reading • Writing • Manipulatives (including math, science)

  25. Low Tech Solutions for Reading • Adapted text • Symbol text (rebus) • Check reading level (online tools) • Story kits - manipulatives

  26. Low Tech Solutions for Writing • Paper labels • Adapted fill ins • Specialty paper/writing tools • Visual aids

  27. Writing the Low Tech Way Don’t discount: • Post-it notes! • Word banks • Writing PART of the word/sentence (partial scribing) • Templates • Writing buddy

  28. Low Tech Solutions for Manipulatives (including math) • Easy to grasp manipulatives • Magnets • Velcro • Whiteboards • Chalkboards • Graph paper (online how-to) • Color coding

  29. Computer-based Solutions • Reading • Writing • Manipulatives

  30. Computer Based Solutions for Reading • Text to Speech • Free Programs -WordTalk • Bookshare(also free) • Purchased programs • Symbol Assisted Reading Some online resources • Mostly purchased programs (Clicker, BoardMaker, Intellitools Classroom Suite, Slater Pix Writer/Reader)

  31. BoardMaker

  32. Clicker 5

  33. PixReader (Slater)

  34. Intellitools Classroom Suite

  35. Text to Speech • Vozme lets you turn your text into speech. You can choose a male or a female voice and you create mp3 files and listen to them anywhere you are. • ReadtheWordsis a  service that can generate sounding audio file from almost any written material. It can read the words out loud, that you you want it to read. There are 15 different voice selection and you can hear a sample before you create it. This application can also read Spanish and French too. • iSpeech is another text-to-speech application that will convert  your text (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, blogs, RSS feeds etc.) content into audio with minimal effort, no software installation and no technical expertise. You can download it, podcast it or embed it to your blog or your website. • HearWho  converts your text to speech and saves it as an MP3 file so that you can listen to it on any device capable of playing MP3 files, such as ipods, PDAs, mobile phones, MP3 players. • NaturalReaders can convert your text such as  MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. It can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player. • Text2Speech is another free online text to speech converter.

  36. More text to speech… • Kakomessenger is a fun text to-speech application. It’s a singing telegram machine that will sing your text. You choose between two singers, Gina and Humphrey, write your text and let the singers sing them for you. • TalkingPets is another fun text-to-speech application that makes the pets talk. You chose your pet, accessorize it, write your text, choose the voice and your pet is ready to talk. • ReadSpeaker is a site that gives your website or your blog a voice. There are nine languages and 18 voices to choose from. By using this service, you can attract your visitors, make it easy to read your content and enable your readers to do something else while they listen to your blog. • Vokican be an alternative to text to speech applications. You can write your text, choose the accent and let the Voki avatar says it for you. You can get the link or embed it to your blog or your website. • SayitRight is a text-to-speech software that assists you with English pronunciation of the words. You can also slow down the text and see the mouth movements for a sound or word.

  37. Computer Solutions for Writing • Simply using a keyboard and mouse for legible output • Using a portable keyboard – NEO, Dana

  38. Commercial Solutions • Keyboarding software – free or purchased • Word prediction software

  39. Computer Based Solutions for Writing • The wonder of MS Office! • Word options • FormsMultiple ChoiceWorksheets • Autocorrect options • Visual changes • Summarize • Highlight • Comments • Voice comments

  40. More Office tricks! • Powerpoint • Studying • Games • Flashcards

  41. Computer Based Solutions for Manipulation of Materials • MS Paint! • Worksheets • Coloring

  42. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Math)

  43. Using Paint to create manipulatives • Labels • coloring

  44. Online programs • Math Manipulatives • More Math • Math Playground • Read Write Think – cross curricular manipulatives

  45. Resources All resources can be found and downloaded at: https://iu21at.wikispaces.com/

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