Reaching all Learners: AT Tips & Tricks that Work-Karen Janowski

Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Time:
9:00am Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Elluminate




Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-02-19.0906.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for recording: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live-KarenJanowski

Chat log: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+FEB192011

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Recording (video):  https://youtu.be/1qlm70dKnZg

Topic: Reaching all Learners: AT Tips & Tricks that Work

Special Guest: Karen Janowski

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added at the end of the list)

LiveBinder Links: http://livebinders.com/edit?id=59592
(Note: Click on tab for February 19-Karen Janowski)

http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/ (Karen Janowski’s blog: Teaching Every Student)
http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/  (UDL Toolkit)
http://groups.diigo.com/site/redirect_item/apps-designed-with-disability-in-mind-pdf-application-pdf-object-2442192 (updated through January 2011. Excellent visual presentation/user interface. includes descriptions and prices)
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/  (ASCD Online book: Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning by
David H. Rose & Anne Meyer)
http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/2008/09/its-not-about-tools-its-about.html  (Karen’s Blog: It’s Not About the Tools; It’s About the Possibilities)
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html  (What is UDL?)
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines (UDL Guidelines presented using UDL principles)
http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/  (CAST UDL Lesson Builder)
http://www.youtube.com/UDLCAST (CAST UDL YouTube Channel)
http://www.udlcenter.org (National Center on Universal Design for Learning)
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=model&book=30018&page=1 (UDL version of the Tortoise and the Hare)
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ (Teaching Every Student: teaching resources, tools, activities and lesson plans to learn about and practice UDL)
http://livebinders.com/shelf/search?search=&terms=assistive (many LiveBinders with links and resources for Assistive Technology)
http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=61925 (LiveBinder of Assistive Technology blogs)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/at-in-sped (Diigo group: AT in SPED-requires free Diigo login)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/special-ed-in-the-21st-century (Diigo group: Special Ed in the 21st Century-requires free Diigo Login)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/special-education-technology-integration (Diigo group: Special Education Technology Integration)
http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm (Differentiating Instruction: One Size Doesn’t Fit All)
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/  (Ira Socol’s blog: SpeEdChange)
http://www.slideshare.net/irasocol/toolbelt-theory (Ira Socol SlideShare presentation on Toolbelt Theory)
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/05/toolbelt-theory-for-everyone.html (Ira Socol blogpost: Toolbelt Theory for Everyone)
http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ (Online version for translation-language portal for many languages)
http://www.dragonmobileapps.com/apple/dictation.html (Dragon Mobile Apps for Android, Apple, Blackberry)
http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ (free text-to-speech plugin for MSWord)
http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm (Dragon home page for many software programs for speech recognition)
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/tools/writeonline/default.aspx (Write Online: writing tool for schools and colleges. Word prediction, great quality speech and unique Wordbar)
http://www.ricklavoie.com/videos.html (F.A.T. City Workshop-How Difficult Can This be video and discussion guide by Rick Lavoie)
http://www.bookshare.org  (Bookshare: Books without barriers-Accessible books & periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities)
http://reading.ecb.org/ (Into the Book: reading comprehension resource for     K-4 students and teachers focused on eight research-based strategies-free, online activities)
http://scribe.googlelabs.com/  (Google Scribe: provides text completion service-using information from what you have already typed in a document, Google Scribe provides related word or phrase completion suggestions)
http://www.paperrater.com/ (PaperRater-free online proofreading: grammar/spelling check, plagiarism detector, writing suggestions-no downloads)
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2011/02/12/paper-rater-rates-my-paper/ (Blog post by Joyce Valenza where she reviews PaperRater)
http://www.storylineonline.net/ (Storyline Online: online streaming video program where children’s books are read aloud-includes activities and lesson ideas-great for K-5)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autoverbal-talking-soundboard/id368727888?mt=8 (AutoVerbal Talking Soundpad Pro: incredible iphone/ipad app-hundreds of picture buttons including buttons to speak your pre-programmed messages. Type ANYTHING and it will be spoken using text-to-speech/$9.99)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speak-it-text-to-speech/id308629295?mt=8 (SpeakIt: text to speech iphone/ipad app/$1.99; can read your emails, news articles, docs and more while you exit the app & do other things)
http://www.spellingcity.com/  (Spelling City-a free spelling website that makes teaching spelling exciting-provides students a simple online way to take a practice spelling test; activities that teach word meaning and writing skills, and vocabulary activities too)
http://lingro.com/ (Cool online dictionary-Lingro remembers all the words you look up, so you can easily review and study them).   
http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html  (Send a geoGreeting-message spelled with letter blocks and added to Google map)
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html  (ARRA link Karen mentioned for AT funding--scroll down to Uses of IDEA, Part B ARRA Funds)
Final words from Karen Janowski: I encourage you to target two new tools or tips you will try with your students next week!

Karen’s photo credits:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/04/idsa-northeast-district-c.html (Shift Conference)
http://www.nancyoutloud.com/ (Open Door Blog)
http://www.navegabem.com/our-team.html (TEAM website)
http://www.core77.com/blog/book_reviews/book_review_process_by_jennifer_hudson_11289.asp (Book review: Process)