5. • Common Tools Quick Access
• Magnification
• On screen keyboard
• Narration
• High Contrast
6. • Use the computer without a display
• Use the computer without a mouse or
keyboard
• Make the mouse easier to use
• Make the keyboard easier to use
• Use text or visual alternatives for sounds
• Make it easier to focus on tasks
12. InstaPaper and
ReadAbility
Text extraction from the web
•www.readability.com
•http://www.instapaper.com
13.
14. EverNote
• http://evernote.com/
• Demo/Overview:
http://evernote.com/video/
• Once downloaded, you can right-click on
any resource (website, video, PP) and it will
be added to your folder
18. Khan Academy
Free online learning lessons
Thousands of videos in all subject areas
Broken down into specific lessons
Tutorials
Can be downloaded, emailed, saved
Once downloaded won’t need to have
Internet access
Provides ability to put content into
practice
19. Khan Academy
Data Available demo video:
http://www.universalsubtitl
es.org/en/videos/yhWoQT
AZ1fPX/info/khan-
academy-reports-overview/
20. Live Binders
http://www.livebinders.com/
90-second overview of the site:
http://www.livebinders.com/welcome/video_window?video=
%2Fswf%2Fwhat.swf
Can be used to create your own binders, allows universal
access, can be linked to blogs or other websites
Pre-made binders for teachers and for students
Teachers: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=108629
Students: http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/featured
21. LiveBinder:
“If it’s not free, it’s not for
me”
http://www.livebinders.com/play/present?id=127549
Example: Grammar Ninjas
http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
Provides grammar practice in a game format
3 levels of difficulty
23. Research Guides for
Students
•www.aresearchguide.com
• How to search, cite, add
footnotes and endnotes,
bibliography, and more
• Checks student’s work for
grammar errors and
plagiarism
• Links to useful resources
(i.e., practice quoting,
summarizing, paraphrasing
to avoid plagiarism)
24. Paper Rater
• http://www.paperrater.com/
• Free grammar and spelling check for
student papers
• Students can self-correct before submitting
• Teachers can check student work for
plagiarism and it will offer a recommended
grade for the paper
Free Online Storage- 2 gig If you can download it on your device (or computer) you can upload it to DropBox Can access from anywhere since all content is stored on site Instead of sending email attachments, can upload to DropBox Some programs or sites have an option to save directly to DropBox It is NOT encrypted/secure so don’t post or save confidential Std records, such as IEPs, because it isn’t considered secure (as required by FERPA)
Digital audio book reader Can download to laptop, desktop, iDevice Use your library card acct.# to access Take kids to library to get a card, and then show how to use it (the NEW library) Any std can listen to books Can burn CDs or use thumbdrives to save books, portable Libraries have restricted numbers of books to loan at any one time, not unlimited access; your access to downloaded books expires after the due date (can change date/time on your computer from Settings to prevent from expiring) Can buy books or rent books if there is a long waiting list or can place a hold
Free App that opens ePub files so it looks like a book Need this to read ePubs or will look like jibberish
Portable document camera lets you display items to the class via Smartboard Plugs into computer and projector, uses USB, doesn’t need electricity Has full screen or small creen mode, zoom Can record what is happening on the camera in real time to make instructional videos, for std review or re-teach Can post to your Showbie acct.
Free web extractor that will clear the visual stimuli for Stds to improve clarity- will extract main article from website and put in hypertext links to definitions or other resources Can then send to another account or program (such as Showbie or EverNote) When you install (no web ticket needed) you will be prompted to add ReadAbility to your Favorites Toolbar (read now, read later, send to Kindle) Whenever you are on a website or in a document or presentation, you can click one of those buttons and it will send it or save it in a clean format Read it Later will let you access from any device Can change the font, size, color, and background color of any website content Can email the article (or add to DropBox) or post it to your website, or save as an ePub file (which is a mini-eBook that you can read on your device w/o internet access; puts it directly into your iBooks library) Can also use Natural Reader or Snap&Read (Don Johnston) to read the text aloud- Suzanne, can you use Windows 7 to read it aloud???
You will automatically be given an email address when you register Can email articles to yourself (up to 20 at a time) Can also send anything (web article, Word doc, PDF) to your Kindle
A site where you can send/save/capture anything, right from that page When download (don’t need a web ticket), you’ll be given the option to add EverNote to your Favorites Bar or make an icon for toolbar Helps you to find things fast Can create an account for a class or subject or student that you or others can post to and all can see Can right-click
Collect, assign, and review std work from anywhere (i.e., on iPad) If download the update, can post voice notes on your assignments and std work Free- can store up to 10 lessons in your account Can post eBooks, PP presentations, Word docs, images, PDFs, links to other websites Parents and stds can access anywhere; Ps can see HW and assessment dates Nothing stored on your computer, all stored on site (access from anywhere) Can upload Communication Boards for Ps Can give diff stds diff access to materials, or can give unrestricted access to everyone (public) Easy to use, intuitive Could use for Homebound or Twilight (diff teachers can post assignments to one site for a particular std)
Instructional videos, Std practice exercises, Data collection Free- all grant funded Math, Political Science, Science, some History, (no language arts), some LLL- i.e., car repair Takes a subject, such as Algebra, and breaks it down into short lessons (chunking) with a video for ea. Practical applications in each lesson (generalization of skills and application) Can download videos (Youtube) and email it or post to another location (Showbie, EverNote) Great for tutorials and Reteaching, stds who have difficulty remember lesson can review Parents can review the content w/Std to help them with homework Stds can make their own videos to post to the site
Electronic Binders with multiple resources on a given topic or unit Std group work, can save to one location Teachers can put all content in one place There are also public binders already created by teachers- for Teachers and Stds Great technology binders, such as “If it’s not free, it’s not for me” [go to demo, next slide]
The plagiarism feature is a for-fee program called Grammerly, use PaperRater for a free one
