Assistive Tech

1. ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
Wilson Renew and Review Conference
July 8th and 9th, 2015
Presented by Nanci King-Shepardson M.S.Ed., Ed.S.
nkshep@msn.com

2. OUR SCHEDULE
Introductions
Slideshare link/ Parking Lot
SETT
Frustrations
Low Tech Tools and Web Based Tools: Time to Explore
Apps for Apple and PC products: Time to Explore
Extensions: Time to Explore
Cell Phone Tools and Laptop built ins: Time to Explore
Questions/Comments
20 minutes
45
minutes
20 minutes

3. INTRODUCTIONS AND
SLIDESHARE
link
Parking Lot

4. SETT
Student
Environment
Task
Tools
When we put the tools before the student…problems can occur.

5. FRUSTRATIONS?
PUT THEM IN THE PARKING LOT

6. LOW TECH TOOLS
The importance of anchoring students to the text
active reading kits
Toobaloo
Erasable highlighters
post its
flaggers
squishy balls
pocketmod: www.pocketmod.com
http://readingcompandtech.wikispaces.com/Free+Applications
http://readingcompandtech.wikispaces.com/Low+Tech+Tools

7. WEB BASED TOOLS
webspiration:
http://www.webspirationclassroom.com
karen janowski: udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com
http://readingcompandtech.wikispaces.com
Exploration

8. mark.coppin@annecenter.org
Best Source for Apps

9. APPS FOR APPLE AND PC PRODUCTS:
http://bit.ly/TransitionWheel
Exploration

10. http://bit.ly/ASDWheelV3

11. EXTENSIONS: “GOOGALIZING”
• Simone Leary: https://sites.google.com/site/googalizingeducation/

12. CELL PHONES AND LAPTOP BUILT INS
voice memos
text to speech
speech to text
note taking using a voice recorder in word (notebook layout)
keynote
exploration
https://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2013/
https://www.apple.com/accessibility/osx/#learning
https://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows7/

13. RESOURCES
Understood: www.understood.org
Hallowell:
http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=0019NWEzvrUeHqCNDlnr
EAARRdBpUR27UVUUNUpJrlz-LxtHe47PGonD4wJ_BysYkedztz0ZH6Sr5-
4s2sn7v-8nMwRhHp0SclL77FO355-p9g%3D
www.eida.org: The International Dyslexia site
http://www.thomascmurray.com/3-takeaways-from-iste2015/

14. QUESTIONS?
NKSHEP@MSN.COM