Supporting Students with Special Needs in Remote Learning with Accessibility Features, Assistive Technology, Accommodations, Modifications and more!

#EduDuctTape S02-E040

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Today’s SoapBox Moment - “The Tale of the Dry
Erase Marker Fail”


Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous -
flipgrid.com/0a984ed4


Guests & the Tools & Tips that they
Shared:

Jake Miller - @MrJakeMiller

Jennifer Pearson - @1hightechteach

Jennifer's blog post & Podcast appearance on
Shake Up Learning

Jennifer's free webinars with Shake Up Learning

Kasey Bell’s “Grace is Greater Than Grades” post that
features Jennifer’s thoughts

Guided Access on iOS devices -
support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612

Set a timer!

Hatch app -
apps.apple.com/us/app/hatch-stay-focused/id1320527234

MathLearningCenter.org  

“If the method of delivery is already going to be
online, let’s have them process information offline.”

Sketchnoting with a purpose -
flipgrid.com/s/b112d1951bff



Catherine Day - @DayCatherineM

Meet Remotely with the IEP Team and plan this out

“Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework
to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all
people based on scientific insights into how humans
learn.” cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.XoVlotNKhpg



David Allan - @_david_allan

Be sure to look at the accommodations, modifications,
SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)

Modify content, process or product?

Assign work individually or in groups to
differentiate

Digital copies of your textbook? Audio copies?

Snap and Read - snapandread.com

Read & Write -
texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write

Chromebook Accessibility Features -
edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility

Select to Speak



Embed audio or directions into your platform, i.e.
Google Slides - youtube.com/watch?v=7HgPaeCVViA

Microsoft’s Immersive Reader  -
youtube.com/watch?v=wHJJCLV-DNg 

Immersive Reader Chrome Extension -
youtube.com/watch?v=NHfy6QoiXjE

How to scribe?  First - what are you assessing?
Is it actually writing?

Screencastify - screencastify.com

Loom - loom.com

Flipgrid - flipgrid.com

Chromebook Voice Typing -
support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893?hl=en

Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides
Speaker Notes -
support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en

Add in images of checklists

Give real-time feedback

Provide Word Banks

Use slides with 2 columns (resources on 1 side,
typing on the other)



Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles - @HillaryGFphdatp

Hillaryhelpsulearn.com

“Designing [online instruction] is not just flipping
a switch. It is designing with intention. So, how do we
support our learners with special needs? We design with
intention first.”

National Center on Accessible Educational Materials -
CAST - aem.cast.org

AEM's Upcoming Webinars

Council for Exceptional Children - cec.sped.org

Google Hangouts/Meet

Read & Write -
texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write

Flipgrid - Flipgrid.com

UDL - cast.org



Matt Meyer - @54Mr_Meyer

Matt’s 1st video - flipgrid.com/s/cf60b6a2442f

Iron Chef eduProtocol - eduprotocols.com/iron-chef

Matt’s 2nd video - flipgrid.com/s/e11a28f62652






Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous
- flipgrid.com/0a984ed4


MORE Guests & the Tools & Tips that they
Shared:

Lauren Hawkins - @TheiTeamHawk

iPad stuff:

Voice dictation on iPad -
support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343

Read Aloud on iPad -
support.apple.com/guide/ipad/turn-on-and-practice-voiceover-ipad9a246898/ipados

Tools for Learning - Reading.mov

Tools for Learning - Creating.mov

Tools for Learning - Writing.mov

‎Opening Doors to Access on Apple Books by Morgan
Cave-Twitter: @its_morgancave



Immersive Reader built into Flipgrid & Wakelet
(and other places)

Wakelet & Immersive Reader: bring text to
life

Flipgrid and Accessibility



Google Read & Write from TextHelp -
texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write

Equatio from TextHelp - EquatIO is now Free for
Teachers!



Angela Greene - @AngelaGreene12

Nearpod - Nearpod.com

Add audio-overlay on text-heavy slides to either (a)
read the text for them or (b) include messages to the
students



Pam Hubler - @SpecialTechie 

Chromebook Accessibility Features -
edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility

Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides
Speaker Notes -
support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en 



David Allan - @_david_allan

3 options for keeping your images in Google Slides
getting messed up by kids:

Editing the Master Slide -
jakemiller.net/update-the-master-slide-in-google-slides

Adding Images as Backgrounds -
jakemiller.net/creating-locking-google-slides-backgrounds

David’s suggestion - Put images on Google Slides
and cover them with a transparent rectangle



Use Google Slides to chunk assignments 

Lauren’s response and tip about using Keynote on
Apple Devices

Set video to play in separate chunks on different
slides
- shakeuplearning.com/blog/4-video-options-in-google-slides-that-will-make-your-day

Use Slide specific URLs
- jakemiller.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Different-Doc-Sheet-Slides-Bookmarks.gif