1. EDU614 Session 5
AT & iPads
Plus - Last set of tools for the classroom
- some are really fun!

2. Agenda
• Introduction to Assistive Technology and Augmentative
Communication
• iPad
• PhotoPeach
• QR codes
• Symbaloo
• Glogster - one I pay for
• Vimeo & flipped classroom
• Moodle

3. Project
Presentations
• Please save your powerpoint to slideshare, then post to
your blog on the ning.
• 15 - 20 minute presentation
• Detailed written plan on classroom use
• Email or hard copy (will not be returned)

4. First a ning used with 7th grader students
from the ELA teacher:
It is most commonly used for sharing my flipped classroom
videos as well as a platform for students to blog and get
feedback on their writing. Right now many kids are posting
on the peers' Defining Moment Personal Narrative blogs and
in the next few weeks we'd like to add a multimedia piece
and start working on digital portfolios.
We, as a teachers, have also tried to use the site to model
effective feedback and the important role that collaboration
plays in the writing process. The kids very much enjoy that
their writing can be made public and it's built a nice
community within the room too.

5. Dropbox
• Online storage of documents
• Access from any computer
• syncs wherever you work
• Dropbox
• if you want to sign up, let me invite you

6. Universal Design
for Learning
• UDL based on neuroscience
• each principle connects to key area of brain
• Multiple Means of Representation
• To increase recognition
• How a teacher prepares

7. UDL
• Multiple Means of Expression
• To expand strategic output
• Teacher plans for how students will express learning
• Multiple Means of Engagement
• To enhance involvement in learning
• How do we get students connected?

8. Assistive
Technology
• Like RTI Technology has levels too
• Level 1 - For everyone
• Level 2 - Greater access
• Level 3 - Assistive support

9. AT
• Allows manipulation and control of format
• Offers alternatives for access
• Supports multi-sensory instruction
• Supports greater personal independence
• Educational technology & assistive technology are a
continuum of access to learning.

10. Accessible
Instructional Materials
• AIM
• Students have a right to the same text
• Publishers are supposed to produce
digital forms
• CAST has a center for AIM

11. Important Questions...
• What does the student need to do to participate in the
classroom and achieve his/her IEP goals?
• What specifically is the student having difficulty with?
• What else has been tried?
• What will be the the criteria for determining the student’s
success?
• Who will be responsible for training, monitoring,
documenting, and reviewing the AT plan?

12. AT
• All students with a 504 or an IEP are eligible
• Assistive Technology has to be considered
• Not all qualify
• IEP is written first, then look at questions

13. SETT Framework
• S - Student First
• E - Environment
• T - Task
• T - Tool
• Joy Zabala - SETT Framework

14. the Student
• What does the student need to do?
• What are the student’s special needs?
• What are the student’s current abilities?

15. Environment
• What materials and equipment are currently available in
the environment?
• What is the physical arrangement?
• What is the instructional arrangement?
• Are there likely to be changes?
• Color is a powerful tool

16. Task
• What activities take place in the environment?
• What are the critical elements of the activities?
• How might technology support the student’s active
participation in those activities?

17. Tools
• FINAL step
• What no tech, low tech, and high tech options should be
considered when developing a system for a student with
these needs and abilities doing these tasks in these
environments?
• What strategies might be used to invite increased student
performance?
• How might these tools be tried out with the student in the
environment?

18. TechAccess
• Fact Sheets - wonderful resource sheets on
Assistive Technology and Augmentative
Communication

19. The DESE
• The
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
has awesome links to information, resources and
grants.
• Includes:
• CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology
• Easter Seals - allows teachers to try out technology

20. Mass Match
• MassMatch - initiative to get assistive
technology to people who need it
• FREE to borrow from ATRC Assistive
Technology Regional Centers.

21. National Center to Improve
Practice in Special Education
• NCIP - through technology, media and materials

22. Accessibility in the
Classroom
• Accessibility features in Microsoft products
• Includes tutorials

23. UDL Toolkit
• UDL toolkit wiki
• Please spend some time looking at the
resources:
• graphic organizers
• literacy
• study skills
• math
• writing

24. National Center on UDL
• National Center
• Examples & Resources
• Every principle is linked to resources & tools

25. iPad - a game
changer
• FreeTech4Teachers - iPad Apps for Education
• Steve Jobs & Apps for Autism
• 60 Minutes
• Teaching Learners with Special Needs
• Free Speech app

26. iPad
• a blog post how iPad is used in a special education
classroom
• A Blog Post listing many apps
• Apps Store has Special Education section
• and our friend Cybrary man’s list
• A handout for using iPad in the Special Education
Classroom

27. More on the iPad
• Live Binders on iPad in Schools - a
tremendous amount of material
• Mr. G Blog iPads, Web tools, math
education
• a CNN report
• App Smackdown
• iPad Apps in School great site by Richard
Byrne

28. Even more on the
iPad
• ipads in the classroom - Kathy Schrock
• Moms with apps blog
• Smart Apps for Kids
• my Pinterest board on iPad
• iPodsibilities
• blog, apps review, resources

29. Tell a story with pictures
• Photopeach
• Upload pictures
• Make a slide show
• Students can upload projects
• Easy way to share work

30. QR codes• What are those squares of black & white?
• How would I use them?
• Go to this glog to learn
• Hover over text to see link
• The Periodic Table using QR codes
• A Live Binder on QR codes
• All the tabs are links
• 20 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning

31. Symbaloo
• Another visual tool
• links to other sites
• Symbaloo
• a blog post: the fun continues
• An elementary math example
• Middle & High School math

32. Glogster
• My students favorite!
• Interactive poster
• can link documents or webpages
• can be embedded into wiki or blog
• Examples
• UDL toolkit
• Mine

33. Vimeo
• Easy to use video sharing website
• Vodcasting
• Great for flipped classroom

34. The Flipped
Classroom
• lectures/ instruction on video
• “work” in class with support
• Flipped Classroom network
• A three part article by “inventors”

35. Moodle
• Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
• Open source
• Free
• can be downloaded on one computer
• hosted on a server

36. Moodle continued
• One stop shop
• forums, blogs, wikis, lessons, activities, links, easy
messaging...
• My Classes

37. Word Clouds
• Analyze writing pieces
• Fun display
• Wordle
• simple

38. More Word Clouds
• Tagxedo
• a little fancier
• A blog post about 9 more word cloud generators
• Try a few!

39. Animation from
words
•voki
•text to audio
•voki for education

40. Animation from
words
• xtranormal
• text to video
• education safe
• The Golden Ratio
• Not free, but a 14 day free trial
• Both can be embedded
• Both are addicting - try one.