Learning Technology for all Students

Many students are struggling learners and technology can be the key to supporting their diverse learning styles. My background is assistive technology with a little Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and differentiated instruction thrown into the mix. I've settled on using terms like flexible or learning technology that includes all students. This site will be a resource for software, multimedia, web sites and tips for educators who work with students who struggle with reading and writing.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Reading and Multimedia Slideshow

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Reading Supports Low Tech to High Tech

A Reading and Technology Continuum for Supporting Struggling Learners -From Low Tech to High Tech

(acknowledgment to WATI for the idea http://www.wati.org/ )

Start with standard text, use highlighters, post its

Standard text with active reading strategies, advance organizer, guided reading supports, graphic organizer for big picture

Talking portable electronic device (Franklin Speller) to define challenging words

Single word scanner (e.g. The Reading Pen), with speech output and word definition

Predictable text with repetition for younger students

Digital text but increase font size, spacing, change background and text color, may still need advance organizer and hyperlinks to vocabulary

Low readability, high interest text in standard or digital format

Digital text, with think aloud support & comments, text to speech support and graphic organizers as needed

Picture/symbols with text and text to speech if needed

Text to speech software such as Read Please, Thinking Reader, Solo, Read 180, Kurzweil with multimedia agents, notes, study, reading supports

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