LeapIntoLD: Recent Episodes
LeapIntoLD
I will be sharing EdTech tools and strategies with the focus on differentiation and accommodation, as well as Assistive technology, to support the LD learner and the educators who teach them.
As a reading teacher and a technology integrator, I am passionate about getting ALL learners what they need and can benefit from
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Getting back on board with sharing some great tools with you over the next several weeks and months. Starting out today talking about tools like Zoom to start to reach out to our kids to get engagement through video conferencing and why it might be important
Really excited to share out a new tool from developer Winston Chen creator of the Voice Dream Reader app. He has added a robust scanner to make paper accessible.
Hear some of the reasons I love this blank whiteboard style educational technology tool to provide for supports for all learners.
It’s not about art, but about visually representing information in a way that makes sense the the learner. Check out sylviaduckworth.com for some great resources.
In this episode, hear what a student showed me as a way to support spelling and writing skills, along with working memory, all through speaking to Siri.
This summer the productivity apps from Apple all gained the ability to add audio recording. In this episode I will share how it will support a student with dyslexia and visual processing challenges prepare for an upcoming test.
How to determine if audible content impacts comprehension. Based on the work by Dr. Denise DeCoste and Linda Bastiani Wilson, The part is a systematic assessment process to determine if audible text impacts comprehension and factoring in is there a difference between human voices and digitized voices. See DonJohntson.com uPar for more information.
A more cost effective way to access texts read with a human voice for those with learning differences.
Learn about the free service of Bookshare.org to provide accessible text to those with learning disabilities in visual and auditory format for free.