Meeting the Needs of Individuals - Special Education Keynote Presentation - Technology It's Different this time around! October 16, 2013 - Calabogie (Accessibility)

1. Meeting the Needs of Individuals
Technology – It’s Different This Time Around!
T. D’Amico, Oct. 2013

2. 4 Decades of Tech
Overview
3Rs and the 4Cs
Connected Educators
Mobile Learning
Extensions beyond Apps
Personalized Learning

3. 1973 Flashback

4. 1973 Xerox Alto

5. 1973 Renfrew
Special Education Teacher?

6. 1973 Technology Innovation
Ethernet invented
(connect computers –
networking)
Fibre Optics invented
IBM introduced first
laser bar code reader
for groceries

7. Ok... A few more...
• http://www.picgifs.co
m/graphics/dancingbaby/

8. 1970’s – stroll down memory lane

9. 1970’s – stroll down memory lane
Teacher salaries by 1976 had risen to:
$15,165 women
$19,337 men

10. Many things in Education
CHANGED
Bill 82

11. Many regulations since 1980

12. Technology in 1980s
Very Slow – Computers in Labs
Some locked down computers in Resource Rooms
Used to ...type notes - Some access at school, limited access at home

13. Technology in 1990’s
Big – Slow – Computers in Labs
Electronic versions of Print material
Big – Slow – locked down computers expertise and permission to use
in Resource Rooms
Limited access – slow speeds – required
Used to ...type notes - Some access at school, limited access at home

15. Technology since 2003
What’s happened in the last 10 years
Facebook – 2004
YouTube – 2005
Twitter – 2006
iPhone – 2007
Kindle - 2008
iPad - 2010

16. Technology changes
like never before!

17. Time to change...
Has your approach to special
education changed?

18. A Good Educator
has nothing to do with technology!

19. 4C’s
We need to complement the 3Rs with the 4Cs

20. Partnership for 21st Century Learning Skills (PC21)
Preparing 21C students for a Global Society
Above and Beyond the 4Cs
Route 21 – One stop shop for 21C skills
Pearson – Video series – 21C classrooms / skills
Canadian Education Association – Add the 4Cs to the 3Rs
The 4C’s
More information on the 4C’s
– do you model these skills?

21. ... There are tougher jobs!
Bullet proof vest tester

22. The best gift you can give a
student is ...hope!

23. Today I’m
Going To
Try And
Change The
World
- Johnny Reid

24. Activity
Share an
example of how
you have given
HOPE to a
student

25. 1 Minute Timer
Share how you have given
HOPE to a student

26. What do you think of
when you hear the
word...
BLIND?

28. Trivia Time

29. Actor/comedian
Dan Ackroyd

30. Tourettes and
Asperger syndrome
Dan Ackroyd

31. Professional
Soccer player
David Beckam

32. Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder
David Beckham

33. Actor
Harrison Ford

34. Depression
Harrison Ford

35. Pianist / singer
Billy Joel

36. Depression
Billy Joel

37. Artist
Vincent Van Gogh

38. Epilepsy
Vincent Van Gogh

39. Physicist/Author
Stephen Hawking

40. ALS
Stephen Hawking

41. Stephen Hawking
“If you are disabled, it is probably not your
fault, but it is no good blaming the world or
expecting it to take pity on you.
One has to have a positive attitude and must
make the best of the situation that one finds
oneself in; if one is physically disabled, one
cannot afford to be psychologically disabled
as well...

42. Stephen Hawking
...In my opinion, one should concentrate on
activities in which one's physical disability
will not present a serious handicap. I am
afraid that Olympic Games for the disabled
do not appeal to me, but it is easy for me to
say that because I never liked athletics
anyway”.
- Stephen Hawking

43. Entrepreneur
Richard Branson

44. Learning Disability Dyslexia
Richard Branson

45. Richard Branson
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn
from them and start again”.
-Richard Branson
“ I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of
schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have
failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left
school when I was 15 years old. And if I’m not
interested in something, I don’t grasp it.”
- Richard Branson

46. Actor
Tom Cruise

47. Learning disability /
dyslexia
Tom Cruise

48. Tom Cruise
“When I was about 7 years old, I had been
labeled dyslexic.
I'd try to concentrate on what I was
reading, then I'd get to the end of the page
and have very little memory of anything I'd
read.
I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous,
bored, frustrated, dumb. I would get angry.
My legs would actually hurt when I was
studying. My head ached...

49. Tom Cruise
... All through school and well into my
career, I felt like I had a secret.
When I'd go to a new school, I wouldn't
want the other kids to know about my
learning disability, but then I'd be sent off
to remedial reading.”
- Tom Cruise

50. Scientist / Inventor
Albert Einstein

51. Language delays /
Asperger syndrome
Albert Einstein

52. Albert Einstein
“He told me that his teachers reported that . .
. he was mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift
forever in his foolish dreams.”
- Hans Albert Einstein (Albert Einstein’s father)
“The only thing that interferes with my
learning is my education.”
-Albert Einstein

53. Author
Agatha Christie

54. Learning Disability /
Agraphia
Agatha Christie

55. Agatha Christie
“I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the
“slow one” in the family.
It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted
it. Writing and spelling were always terribly
difficult for me. My letters were without
originality.
I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and
have remained so until this day. ”
- Agatha Christie

57. Do you know how to help each of
your students?

58. What if I can’t ask for help?

59. This is the best time to be a
Connected Educator

60. st
21
Century
Connected Educator
Rapid changes in technology now allow teachers
and students to connect

61. How do you Connect?

62. Share how you
connect with other
educators to
provide the best
support for your
students?
Your Turn

63. 1 Minute Timer
Share how you connect with
other educators to provide
the best support for your
students?

64. Twitter
Example: Hashtag
#autism – People to follow

65. Twitter
Tweets in your area of interest
Example: #autism

66. Twitter
Follow Lists – network of “like” individuals

67. Twitter
Participate in Twitter Chats

68. EdWeb
Free professional network

69. ScoopIT - Communities

70. ScoopIT - Communities

71. Pinterest

72. Pinterest Collection

73. Pinterest Pins

74. Pinterest Boards

75. Pinterest Pinners

76. Apologies
To the Ministry of Education...
We don’t need more research – we know
technology is having a positive impact!

77. Stories of success
JACOB BARNETT

79. Mobile changes everything!

80. 4 Key areas of Support
Communication
Organization
Accessibility
Personalized
Learning/Instruction

87. Hidden Treasures in iOS 7
Configure eye / head motion switches!

89. iTunes App Collections
Seeing and Hearing
Emotional Development
Language Development
Literacy and Learning
Diagnostics and Reference
Organization
Communication
Sensory and Visual Perception
Life Skills

90. iTunes App Collections

91. One Recommendation to save $
Daily apps
recommended
Creativity and
Exploration

92. Listly – make and follow lists!

93. Listly – List of Browser Extensions

94. Chrome Extensions
• Graphical quick links to
resources that your
students use:
• Calculator
• Dictionary
• Note Pad
• Google Search
• Reference tools
• Language translator
• Calendar

95. My personalized tabs

96. Chrome Extensions
• Free reading service
• Customize style and
typeface of what you
read
• Remove distractions
from web page articles
• Save articles for
reading later
• Add tags to quickly
search for saved
articles

97. Chrome Extensions
• Free text to Speech
• Giving voice to Chrome

98. Chrome Extensions
• Contextual spell
checker and
grammar checker
• Rephrase your
sentences
• Works within the
Chrome Browser –
websites, email,
etc.
• Also available for
MS Word

99. Chrome Extensions
• Sample use of Ginger extension when typing an email

100. Chrome Extensions
• Override the
default zoom
level for all
websites
• Set custom zoom
levels
• Personalize zoom
levels per site
with quick key
access

101. Chrome Extensions
• Read-aloud with
dual colour
highlighting
• Talking and
Picture
dictionaries
• Translator
• Fact finder
• Study skills
options
• Annotation tools

102. Chrome Extensions
• Teacher review of Read & Write free extension!

103. Chrome Extensions
• Double click
any word to see
or hear its
definition
• Automatically
translate foreign
words to your
language of
choice

104. Chrome Extensions
• Add fixed navigation
icons to the right side
of any web page
• Place the mouse
cursor over the
appearing link to
automate the required
action (ie. Click)

105. Chrome Extensions
• Magnify and
change the
colour of any
selected text
• Optional lenses
and optional
colours

106. Chrome Extensions
• Eliminate
distraction when
watching YouTube
videos

107. Chrome Extensions
• Limit time spent
on certain sites

108. Tools to Personalize Learning

109. OER Commons

110. Gooru Learning

111. Gooru Learning

112. Learn Zillion

113. CK12

114. CK12

115. CK12 – Braingenie (1-8)

116. A good teacher with strong relationships is
always better than a good tool!

117. The Future is bright!
I’m educating for today with the best resources I have
available to me right now!

118. Thank you for all that you do!

119. Thank You
For giving me hope
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