Presented at BLC 17.

1. TECHNOLOGY &
SPECIAL EDUCATION:
A SHARED VISION
RHIANON E. GUTIERREZ
DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
INCLUSIVE DESIGN CONSULTANT
@RHIANONELAN | WWW.RHIANONGUTIERREZ.COM

2. Introduce Yourself!
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3. What do you notice about the
following images?

7. What did you notice? What
might they have in common?

8. Why should the technology
department collaborate with
other departments?

10. Departments can often work in silos
Opportunity to achieve coherence
Innovate and design with each other
Close opportunity and achievement gaps
An increase in digital access does not always mean equity

11. ~125 schools; ~57,000 students
20% Special Education
46% Non-English 1st Language
29% English Language Learners/
Limited English Proficiency
Boston Public Schools

12. Infrastructure, Support, Development,
Instructional, and Access
Instructional team supports schools and
departments with functional and strategic
digital literacies
Other teams support connectivity and
security, troubleshooting, development,
and purchasing
Technology Department in Boston
(BPSTechnology)

14. From research by Blackhurst (2005); designed by R.E. Gutierrez

15. From research by Blackhurst (2005); designed by R.E. Gutierrez

16. Source: CAST.org

17. UDL connects instructional
technology and assistive technology.

18. We are guided by core design
principles.

19. Define your goals and audience.
Think UDL.
Document and share your work.
Get feedback to improve on your design.

20. Collaboration #1
Professional Learning with
Read&Write for Google Chrome

21. Website: tiny.cc/readwritebps

22. Collaboration #2
Technology Expo for Diverse Learners
Learn Teach Lead:
A BPS Digital Learning Summit

23. Technology Expo for
Diverse Learners
Website: tiny.cc/bps_techexpo
Learn Teach Lead
Website: tiny.cc/BPSLTL16

24. Collaboration #3
BPS Inclusion Edcamp

25. Website: bit.ly/BPSinclusionedcamp

26. Collaboration #4
Designing Google Classroom
to Support All Learners

27. Video Playlist: bit.ly/UDLGCplaylist

28. Collaboration #5
School-Based Personalized
Professional Learning

30. Thoughtful planning requires time and
commitment
Flexibility and willingness to try new things
and learn together
Must be realistic about financial limitations
and resource availability
Show the learning and iterate to improve
future professional learning
Benefits & Challenges

31. What is an example of a recent
collaboration you had? What
worked? What was a challenge?
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32. How was it designed?
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34. How might you change it?
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35. Personalize professional learning even
more (Innovation)
Document and share work better and on a
larger, usable scale (Coherence)
Advocate for, improve upon, and
demonstrate design principles that include
all learners (Equity)
My Next Steps

36. Thank you!
RHIANON E. GUTIERREZ
DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
INCLUSIVE DESIGN CONSULTANT
@RHIANONELAN | WWW.RHIANONGUTIERREZ.COM