This document provides an overview of various technology tools that can help students with executive functioning issues. It discusses tools for organization, note-taking, homework, memory, time management, writing, and studying. Specific apps and websites are recommended for tasks like creating templates, digital planners, calendars, flashcards, and blocking distractions. Pros and cons of different paperless organization approaches are also considered. The document aims to help students develop skills for paying attention, prioritizing tasks, and managing their workload.

1. Technology Tools to help Students
with Their Executive Functioning
Issues
Hindie Becker Dershowitz
hindiebdershowitz@gmail.com
@Hindiedershowit

2. Pinterest
FlipBoard: Executive Functioning
@Hindie
Learnist

3. Organization Evaluation Tools
Wati.org Organization Tools
Onion Mountain Organization Problem Inventory

4. Digital Interventions for Documents Disorder
• Free Webinar:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MA
TN_Spring_2014_Webinar_Series

5. Socrative
Socrative Quiz
● Room 132378

6. • Part II: The Executive
Functions
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Preview
Discussion
Strategies
Review

7. Executive Functions
• Our attention is a relationship between
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and event and our response to an
event
Our behavior is the result of how we
respond to the event

8. How we pay attention
• Students pay attention differently
today then previous generations
Cathy Davis in her book
“Now You See It”

9. Working Definition of Attention
• How we use our attention in our
thinking
• How we use our attention in relation to
our feelings
• How we use our attention in our
actions

10. College Student Research
• Attention alternates between being
engaged and non-engaged
• Student self report via clicker
o Reported after they realized not engaged
• More engaged in non lecture activities
o Demonstrations, group work, clicker

11. National Center for Learning
Disabilities “Executive Function
around the Clock”

12. Executive Functions
● Organization
● Memory
● Planning
● Time Management
● Initiative

13. Types of Resources/Tools
• Websites
• Chrome Apps
• Chrome Extensions
• IOS Apps
• Android Apps

14. Tools and IEP
● When are Tools IT/ or classroom tools?
● When are Tools BYOT?
● When are Tools Assistive Technology?

15. Assistive Technology Tools
UDL Tools

17. Organization
• The ability to design and maintain
systems for keeping track of information
or materials
● Arranging information, systematizing
moving and sorting information

18. Organization

19. Organization
• Student needs to be in control
• Student needs to know how to access
information
• Type of learner

20. Organization
Notetaking
Writing
Backpack/Locker
Notebook
Studying
Homework
Classroom Assignments Correct materials for Class

21. " Orality and Literacy"
by Walter Ong
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Humans forget things easily, and the more time passes the
more we forget.
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Only 10 percent of an audio lecture may last in memory, but
students who take and review their notes can recall about
80% of a lecture
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University of Washington research suggests that physical
writing ( chirographic ) activates regions of the brain that
involve thinking, language and working memory.
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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/01/10-note-taking-tips-for-21st-century.html

22. Handwritten notes vs Typed notes

23. http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/student-toolkits-2/taking-notes/

24. Note Taking

25. Note Taking Tasks
• Listen To Teacher
• Observe/Refer, screen, board, book
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Utilize prior knowledge
• Prioritizing what is important

26. Notetaking
Different Subjects = Different needs
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History, Places, people, Time
Math, Process, steps
Science, Concepts, diagrams, Terms
Literature, plot setting Characters,

27. Note Taking Tasks
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Write/type/Draw notes
Review the notes later
Organize their notes
Locate information from notes
Extract key concepts to help with their
understanding

28. Notetaking Supports
Prime The Brain
• Teacher Preview
• Word Tree/Word Cloud
• Pre-Test
o Socrative

31. NoteTaking Tools
• Microsoft One Note: Win, IOS , Android
• Google Drive
• Notability: IOS App
• Evernote: Website, IOS and Android
• GoodReader: IOS App
• NoteSuite: IOS App
• PaperNotes: IOS App

32. Notetaking Options
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Three column notes/Cornell Method
Concept Maps
Outline
Drawing
Sticky Notes
Visual Codes
Camera

33. Cornell System
• A: Cue Column
o Recall Column
o Write after taking notes
• B: Summaries Area
o Brief Summary of Notes
• C: Note Taking
o Write Actual Notes

35. Cue Column
Note Taking Area
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Summary and/or reflections

36. Google Template
Use an Existing Templates
Sign in to your Google account
When viewing your list of GoogleDocs, choose Create New >
From Template.
Use the search box at the top of the page to find templates and
use the links on the left side of the page to narrow your search
by category or specific type of Google Doc.
When you find a template you like, click Use This Template. A
copy of the template will move to your list of Google Docs.
Modify the template as needed and use it.

37. Assignment Drop Box
http://tammyworcester.com/assignment-dropbox-with-googleform/

38. Accessible Google Forms
• Read and Write For Google
o Free Chrome Extension
o Free Vs Premium

39. Kustom Notes
• Create template in Kustom notes to
use on open kustom note app create
templates on computer first
http://www.kustomnote.com

40. Greece Central School District
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=478

41. Adobe Pro
• View and then Tools
• Forms and then Create
• Enable Keyboard

42. One Note

44. Chirp.io
Open up your Chirp App
Open up the PDF in Notability
o Executive Functioning
o Handbook for K-12
o Jericho Public Schools

45. PaperNotes+

46. Video Not.es
• Web based and Chrome App

47. Audio Notes
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Audio Note app ($4.99 and lite version)
o Take typed or handwritten notes
o Audio record within your notes
o IQ Note: IOS
Super Note App: Android and IOS
o Android and IOS
You Note: IOS
Say & Go: IOS
Voice Recorder Pro: IOS
Voice Note: Chrome App
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48. Visual Notetaking
• “The Art of Explanation making your
ideas products, and services easier to
understand” by Lee Lefever
• “Blah, Blah, Blah, What to do When
Words Don’t Work”
by Dan Roam

49. Pros and Cons

51. Paperless Organization
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Google Drive
Dropbox
iDrive
Edmodo
Email

52. Paperless Organization Tools
● Notability
● GoodReader
● Evernote
● NoteSuite
● Penultimate

53. Wirelessly Share Files
• Air Drop: IOS
• Flick: IOS, Mac, Android and Windows
• Chirp: IOS and Android
• InstaShare: IOS, Mac, Android, soon
Windows

54. Evernote
• Notebooks
• Notes
o Checklist
o Attach file
o Tag
o Audio
o WebClips

55. Evernote Tools
• Web Clipper
• Skitch: annotate, draw
• Peek: Study
• Kustom Note
• Textever Pro: Take Evernote notes on fly
• Swift Key: Word Prediction for notes
• Post Ever: Post text and/or pictures
• Live Minutes: Collaborate

56. Homework
Executive Functions
● Organization
● Memory
● Time Management

57. Homework
• What has worked with your students?
• What has not worked?

58. Homework
• Assignment?
• Purposeful?
• Capable?
• Relevant?

59. Homework
• Legible to student and to parent
• Materials
• Not Loose homework
• Next Day and Next month
• Routine Assignments

60. Homework
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Planners
Calendars
To Do Lists
Sticky Notes
Student’s Memory

61. Web Based & Mobile Planners
SquareLeaf: Web
Skoach: Web
Heap Note: Web and Chrome app
My Study Life : Web, Chrome, IOS, Android
Studiez: Mac, Iphone, iPad
My Homework: IOS, Android, Windows, Web
iHomework for iPhone
Erudio: IOS

62. Skoach.com

63. SquareLeaf
http://www.squareleaf.net/notepad

65. My Study Life

66. iStudiez

67. My Homework

68. Erudio

69. Google Student Planner

70. Pocket Mod
• Click on Create
Pocket Mod

71. Pros and Cons

72. Calendars
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Outlook
Google Calendar
Yahoo Calendar
IOS Calendar

73. How to create Google Calendar reminders

74. How to create Google Calendar Reminders

76. Mobile Calendars
• IOS Calendar
o Integrates with Reminders
o Mobile and iCloud
• Readdle’s Calendar 5
o Sync with IOS or Google

77. Pros and Cons

78. Memory
How do you remember?
• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic
• Work with a peer

79. Memory
● Short Time Memory: holds on average
7 bits of information
● Auditory and Visual Memory

80. Memory
• Active Working memory
● Long Term Memory

81. Memory
• Preview and Review
• Relationship stories
• Motivation/incentive to remember

82. http://chibird.com/search/procrastination

83. Reminders Web Based
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ToDoist Next: Web, IOS, Chrome,Android,
Mac
AnyDo: IOS, Chrome App and Extention
Google Keep for Chrome App
WunderList: Web, IOS, Android, Chrome,
Mac
Google Calendar
Remember the Milk
Weave
Productiv: Web, IOS, Android, Mac

84. ToDoist
• https://en.todoist.com

85. WunderList
• https://www.wunderlist.com

86. Remember the Milk
• http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

87. Producteev

88. Mobile Time Management
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Awesome Note+ To-do/Calendar/Reminder synch
to evernote or google
Reminders
Alert Notes
Dooo
Gettodo
SteerList
GQueues- Manage Tasks sync with Google. IOS
and Android also

89. Mobile Time Management
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Bug Me! Stickies Pro: Android, IOS
Producteev: Web, Android, IOS
StickyBoard 2: IOS Ipad
Beep Me: IOS
Shifu: Android
Studious:Android

90. Pros and Cons

91. Writing Tools
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Preview of the Work
Models
Brainstorming
Outlines
StickyNotes
Rubrics
Expectations
Review

92. Writing
• Text to Speech Supports
• Word Prediction
• Grammar/Spelling Supports
• Voice Recognition

93. Ginger Software
Free, Basic and Premium

94. Brainstorming/Mind Maps
Google Draw: Web
Read Write and Think Timeline: Web and
IOS and Android
Magical Pad: Mac and iPad
Inspiration: Windows, Mac, IOS,
MindMeister: Web, IOS and Android
Lucidchart: Chrome app, Android
Bubbl.us Web

95. Google Draw
Google Draw App

96. Read Write and Think Timeline
• http://www.readwritethink.org/parentafterschool-resources/gamestools/timeline-a-30246.html

97. LucidChart
• Chrome App

98. Bubble.us
• https://bubbl.us/

99. Pros and Cons

100. Studying
• Organization
• Attention
• Memory
• Planning
• Time Management

101. Studying Tools
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Online Flashcards
Evernote
Timers
Sticky Notes
To Do Lists
Calendars
Planners
Visuals

102. Flashcards
• Chegg: IOS
• Evernote Peek: iPad
• StudyBlue: Android, IOS, Online
• Card Kiwi: Webbased

103. StudyBlue
• http://www.studyblue.com/

104. Card Kiwi
http://cardkiwi.com/

105. Studying Tools
• Exam Time: Web
• Classmint.com: Web
• Data Notebook for iPad
• OutLines Outloud: IOS
• KaHards: Website, IOS, Android
• Word: Outlines

106. Exam Time

107. Classmint.com

108. Outlines Outloud

109. Kahrds

110. Word
• View tab
o Outline
• Click on Levels
• Type and add sublevels
• Double Click to hide sublevels

112. Pros and Cons

113. Time Management

114. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/a-nicecomic-featuring-12-types-of.html

115. Procrastination Tools
• Self Control: Mac
• Cold Turkey: Web download
• Productivity Owl: Chrome Extension
• Rescue Time: Web
• I am Studying: Chrome Extension
• TimeStats: Chrome Extension

116. Productivity Owl
• Present on every page
• Allows only specified
• amount on each page

117. Rescue Time

118. I Am Studying Blocker

119. Time Stats

120. Pomodoro Technique
• Tomatoes: Web and Chrome
• PomLife Lite for Android
• IOS Clock
• 30/30 IOS and Android
• Google Timer

121. Tomatoes
• http://tomato.es/

122. Google Timer

123. Online Stop Watch

124. Pros and Cons

125. BookMark Options
Live Binder
Learn.ist
Diigo
BookMarks Tagger
FlipBoard
Evernote
Pocket
Symbaloo

126. Print
• Chrome Apps/ Extentions
o Print Friendly
o Clearly: Firefox and Chrome
o iReader
• Website
o Printwhatyoulike.com

128. Resources
● http://www.pinterest.com/hindie/executivefunction
● FlipBoard: Hindie: Executive Function
● http://learni.st/users/5997/boards/42494-technology-tools-for-students-with-executive-functioning-issues
● Sparks, David. Paperless. 1.3.2013 eBook
● Provenzano, Nicholas .The Nerdy Teacher Presents:
The Beginner’s Guide to Using Evernote on the iPad.
2011. eBook . TheNerdyTeacher.com
● Doherty, David.Beyond the Paperless Classroom.
11.2012. eBook

129. Questions
Thank you
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@hindiedershowit