Assistive Technology for Struggling Readers

Date:Saturday September 24, 2016
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate




We are really looking forward to this upcoming webinar on "Assistive Technology for Struggling Readers" with our special guest presenter, Mike Marotta. This webinar will benefit educators of struggling readers at all grade levels, and administrators. Mike Marotta, Assistive Technology Consultant and president of Inclusive Technology Solutions, LLC will share with us a broad range of low- and high-tech applications — including free solutions — to support students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Participants will increase their general awareness of assistive technology and walk away with a wide variety of accommodations to foster academic success for their students. From apps to software to cloud-based cross-platform supports, this webinar will explore tools that can aid struggling readers in the following areas: phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.

Mike Marotta, ATP is the owner of Inclusive Technology Solutions, LLC. Mike has been the field of Assistive Technology for over 25 years and his experience revolves around  a vast array of accommodations for persons with disabilities and their family/support members.  Mike believes that networking and information sharing are essential for successful evaluation, consideration, implementation and application of assistive technology. He has served as a statewide resource on assistive technology in New Jersey, New Hampshire, and in Alaska (contract pending), and has coordinated information repositories, online resources, wiki sites, blogs, podcast pages, and other internet based resources to enable easy access to correct and updated information on a timely basis to customers and stakeholders of assistive technology, in order to foster the development of an AT community and facilitate knowledge transfer. Mike is a nationally recognized speaker who has provided training at the local level as well as at the major national Assistive Technology conferences (ATIA, Closing the Gap, RESNA) in all areas of Assistive Technology.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording): 
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-09-24.0924.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Full Recording: http://tinyurl.com/MikeMarotta-9-24-16
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/September24_2016
Audio Recording (mp3): 

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​Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:  (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2060427
(Note: Click on tab for "Mike Marotta-Assistive Tech for Struggling Readers" in the Livebinder).
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/mmatp @mmatp
Website: http://www.mmatp.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mikemarottaatp
Facebook: www.facebook.com/InclusiveTechSolutions
Instagram: InclusiveTechnologySolutions
https://mmatp.com/category/blog/ (Mike Marotta’s blog)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/atchat (#ATchat hosted by Mike Marotta, Wed. 8pm ET every week)
https://www.participate.com/chats/atchat (Participate in the #ATchat on Participate Learning to more easily follow questions and save resources that are shared)
http://paper.li/bwwojci/1361415475?edition_id=0f63d740-8071-11e6-b88f-0cc47a0d164b (PaperLi from #ATchat Weekly, September 21, 2016)
https://storify.com/mmatp/atchat-9-21-16 (Storify from #ATchat Weekly, September 21, 2016)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/ldchat (#LDchat, Wed. 12pm ET every week)
https://www.participate.com/chats/ldchat  Participate in the #LDchat on Participate Learning to more easily follow questions and save resources that are shared)
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/assistive-technologies-basics (Understood: Assistive Technology Basics)
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/assistive-technologies-basics/assistive-technology-for-reading (Understood: Assistive Technology for Reading)
http://mrsdichiarasatblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/designinga11y.html (Mrs Dichiaras AT Blog: Do’s and Don’ts on Designing for Accessibility)
http://www.joyzabala.com/Documents.html (Joy Zabala SETT documents-S = Student/Skills, E = Environment, T = Tasks, T = Tools)
http://aem.cast.org/ (National Center for Accessible Educational Materials-audio, Braille, large print, digital text)
http://www.edutopia.org/open-educational-resources-guide (Open Educational Resources-Resource Roundup)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/the-liberating-new-world-of-open-educational-resources-oer-copyright-fair-use-and-open-licensing (Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with fantastic Livebinder: The  Liberating New World of Open Educational Resources-Copyright, Fair Use and Open Licensing)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1971457?tabid=43a4a645-bbd2-aebb-2d37-db4c1ec6ba9d (Livebinder for Open Educational Resources: Copyright, Fair Use and Open Licensing)
https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Electronic-Merriam-Websters-Dictionary-SSD-256/dp/B00ESK3AMS (Franklin Electronic Merriam Websters Dictionary with Thesaurus and Spell Correction SSD-256)
https://cpenshop.com/ (C-Pen scanning reading pen)
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2015/02/19/how-to-enable-text-to-speech-on-ipad-iphone-for-kindle-ibooks-etc/ (How to Enable Text-to-Speech on iPad & iPhone for Kindle, iBooks, etc.)
http://www.theprimaryprofessor.com/ipad-tutorial-text-to-speech/ (Built-in iPad Text to Speech Tutorial with video)
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/text-to-speech-apps-for-ipad (Text to speech apps for iPad)
http://www.voicedream.com/ (DIGITAL TEXT: Voice Dream Reader (iOS & Android. Per Cindy Medeiros: It has to be digital text (OCR) for Voice Dream. I had a student who was trying to use it with a scanned in PDF (a picture basically) and it didn't work.)
https://www.learningally.org/link  (Learning Ally LINK: educational reading app)
http://www.ktvn.com/story/33100204/learning-ally-launches-new-educational-reading-app-as-part-of-plans-to-help-educators-support-more-students-with-visual-and-learning-disabilities (Learning Ally launches new educational reading app to support more sutdents with visual and learning disabilities)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/02/read-write-for-ipad-and-android-text-to.html (Richard Byrne: Read & Write for iPad and Android - Text to Speech and More)
http://donjohnston.com/par/  (Don Johnston: Protocol for accommodations in reading-PAR)
http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ (UDL Toolkit)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readability/oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi?hl=en (Chrome extension: Readability)
https://www.readability.com/addons (Readability for Google Chrome)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beeline-reader/ifjafammaookpiajfbedmacfldaiamgg?hl=en (Chrome extension: BeeLine Reader)
http://donjohnston.com/snap-read/ (Don Johnston: Snap & Read Universal)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/snapverter/plebojnaihkfjkkpgaemcjpnkmcpleih?hl=en-US  (Chrome extension: Snapverter)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwrite-for-google-chro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd?hl=en-US (Chrome extension: Read & Write for Google by TextHelp)
https://mmatp.com/chromeat/ (More Chrome resources for Assistive Technology)
http://bookcreator.com/ (Book Creator)
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ (iBooks Author)
http://blindsight.com/textdetective/ (Text Detective)
http://www.creaceed.com/prizmo (Prizmo scanning application)
https://www.claro-apps.com/ (Claro PDF and Scan Pen)
https://youtu.be/GkSCtCLz7h0 (Video: Claro ScanPen Demo, 34 secs.)
http://www.callscotland.org.uk/downloads/posters-and-leaflets/ (Call Scotland: Posters and Leaflets for poster: iPad Apps for Dyslexia and many more)
http://www.callscotland.org.uk/common-assets/cm-files/posters/ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia.pdf (Poster: iPad Apps for Learners with Dyslexia)
Closing Slides:
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2016/09/02/save-the-date-fall-virtcon-2016/  (DEN Fall Virtual Conference, October 22, 2016)
http://learningrevolution.com  (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://www.oercommons.org/ (OER Commons: Open Educational Resources)
http://www.dictionary.com (Online dictionary)
http://www.cast.org
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja  (@bcdtech Maureen: Google dictionary chrome extension)
https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html (Oronoque Westland: Adobe Acrobat DC PDF reader-free and has text to speech)
http://www.storylineonline.net/ (Patti Ruffing: I have used  with the closed captioning for my grandson who is learning to read. It's also great for non-English speaking students!)
http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/01/clearly-alternatives.html (Peggy George: Eric Curts has a great blog post about Clearly going away with alternatives)
https://newsela.com/about/  (Newsela: builds reading comprehension through leveled articles, real-time assessments and actionable insights.)
http://lifehacker.com/readability-is-shutting-down-heres-how-to-export-your-1786054002 (@bcdtech Maureen: If you have saved bookmarks on Readability this article provides information about how to save them before this feature is gone.)
http://ipadapps4school.com/2016/09/19/book-creator-for-ipad-is-50-off-this-week/  
(Book Creator for iPad is 50% off this week! Get it now! Celebrating 5 years on the App Store with a half-price sale. 19th to 25th September. Happy book making!)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/59592?tabid=f39c0a59-6a21-aefa-8aa4-db6703a98ed0 (Karen Janowski’s Livebinder of AT resources created Feb. 2011)