with BETH LIESENFELD, MOT, OTR/L & PENNY WILLIAMS
52 minutes
workshop
Unlocking Potential: Exploring Assistive Tech Tools for Enhanced Educational Access
Could assistive technology help your child/student overcome some of their roadblocks to learning? In this workshop, you’ll discover how to effectively leverage assistive technology tools in three areas: reading, writing, and organizing. Join us to peek over our shoulders as we walk through exactly how to set up and implement three powerful assistive technology tools. In the end, you’ll feel confident to advocate for tech tools to assist your struggling learner and ensure the educational access they deserve.
Key Themes:
- Student empowerment through assistive technology tools
- Overcoming organizational challenges with technology support
- Enhancing learning experience through accessible tools
- Parental advocacy for educational access needs
- Impact of technology on student self-esteem
- Importance of flexibility in problem-solving approaches
- Cultivating ongoing tech skills for academic success
(Click each resource below to visit their websites.)
- Google Docs — Speech to Text
- Co-Writer — Speech to Text, Read Back to Student, Predictive Text, Motor Impairments, Dictionary
- Snap & Read — Read Aloud PDFs, Websites, Etc, Including Speed Adjustment and Changing Grade Level or Difficulty of the Material, Make an Outline from Reading Material and It Makes the Citations List for You,
- Glean — Sync Recording with Notetaking, Transcribe Recording and Read It Aloud to You, Compiles Task List (best for middle and high school)
- Bookshare — Read Aloud and Highlight in Sync with Library of Many Fiction Books and Textbooks
- Microsoft OneNote (demonstrated on an iPad) — Create Digital Versions of Worksheets, Organize Documents in Folders Digitally, Turn in Assignments Electronically
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