Technology Tools for Reading Writing and Math

1. Technology Tools for Reading Writing and Math • Kathleen Puckett • Arizona State University

3. Technology opens access to a world of possibilities Reading: read aloud, defined, translated, captured, transformed, or linked to more information. Writing : voice recognition and electronic editing Attention and organization: personal digital assistants and organizational software.

4. Definitions of instructional and assistive technology • any item, piece of equipment, or product system,” excluding a surgically implanted device, “whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities” (IDEA 2004, P.L. 108-446 § 602 (1)(B))

5. IDEA 2004 further specifies: • Schools provide textbooks and other materials in specialized formats (Braille, large print, audio and/or digital) to students with print disabilities in a timely manner. • A standard file format (the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, or NIMAS), and a repository for distributing these files (National Instructional Materials Access Center, or NIMAC) available to state and local agencies.

6. Universal Design for Learning • Multiple Means of Representation • Multiple Means of Expression • Multiple Means of Engagement Differentiated Instruction Content—variations in readiness Process—variety of activities Products—variety of forms of expression

7. Technology Tools to Implement UDL • Laptop and Desktop Computers: • Adjustments to the Operating System • Adaptations, Additions and Accessories • Peripherals • Promising technology • Standard and low cost software • To the cloud!

8. Laptop and Desktop Computers: Adjustments to the Operating System Ease of Access (W) or Universal Access (M) • adjusts for vision, physical, hearing • speech recognition and text to speech, word completion and dictionaries Adaptations, Additions and Accessories • Monitor, keyboard, switches, mouse alternatives • Interactive White Boards

9. Peripherals • Microphone • Headset microphone if using speech recognition • Scanners • OCR software or specialized software (e.g. Kurzweil) • Braille devices

10. Promising technology • The Intel Readerhttp://www.intel.com/corporate/healthcare/emea/eng/reader/index.htm

11. The Mobile Reader http://www.knfbreader.com/index.php

12. Handheld mobile devices: PDA’s, iPod and iPad • Language development: easy podcasting • Reading fluency: recording for practice • Organizational skills: calendar for assignments • Lesson review: video clips and facetime collaboration • Behavioral monitoring: google form for student self monitoring • Web apps • Kindergarten • Autism: communication devices and general use

13. Standard and low cost software • Microsoft office word • (the most overlooked software for LD) • Speech recognition (activate in operating system) • Spell, grammar, thesaurus (on for use, off for assessment) • Auto summary • Document template • Comments, outline, search and replace • Readability

14. Auto Summary + Wikipedia • Wikipedia article on American Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War • Same Wikipedia article with Simple English selected as language • http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War • Text in Auto Summary

15. Example: Wikipedia

16. Wikipedia: Simple English

17. Auto Summary: 33% • The American Revolutionary War was a war fought between Great Britain and the original 13 British colonies in America. The American Army (Army of the colonies), led by George Washington, and other generals, defeated the armies of the British Empire. The war started after years of problems between the British Empire and the colonists of North America. There were 13 colonies, and the colonists (people living in the colonies) did not like many of the actions of the British government and taxes. In 1765, the British Parliament passed a Law called the Stamp Act. Not all colonists wanted to leave the British Empire. Before the Revolutionary War, most people in America were Loyalists; but after it, most people were Patriots.

18. Wiki Simple English Document run through Wordle

19. --or Tagxedo-

20. Specialized Word Processors • Rebus: Picture it or Writing with Symbols • Text to speech: • Intellitalk (www.intellitools.com) • Write Outloud(www.donjohnston.com) • Read and Write Gold (www.texthelp.com) • Word talk (free plug in for Word) http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/

21. Literacy Software • Kurzweil 3000 www.kurzweiledu.com • Read&Write gold www.texthelp.com • WYNN www.freedomscientific.com These programs will scan printed text and convert to digital text, and have literacy supports such as thesaurus, dictionary, extraction of highlights, and others.

22. To the Cloud!

23. ***Bookshare***www.bookshare.orgFree for Chaffee qualified students!!!Teachers can’t but tell all kids with Dis.

24. Other E-reading • http://www.storylineonline.net/ • Online stories read by screen actors guild volunteers

25. Concept mapping • Inspiration/kidspirationwww.inspiration.com • Solo www.donjohnston.com • Mindomowww.mindomo.com • Example • http://www.mindomo.com/maps/48511abbfb7e4145a33dbe6453d0f8af

26. Online information sources • Shahi visual dictionary • http://blachan.com/shahi/ • Qwiki • www.qwiki.com • Wolfram Alpha—this will blow your mind– but is how we will be searching for answers in the near future • http://www.wolframalpha.com/

29. Collaboration • Blogs • Brainstorm and generation of ideas • Wiki (wikispaces) www.wikispaces.com • Text based collaboration • Post a story, edit and sequence • Voicethreadwww.voicethread.com • Example: https://voicethread.com/#q+100+days.b354059.i1874033 • Glogsterwww.glogster.com • Preziwww.prezi.com • Prezi example

30. Math sites • Commercial: • Adaptive Curriculum www.adaptivecurriculum.com

31. Free Math Sites • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives • http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_1.html • Calculation nation • www.calculationnation.nctm.org • Hippocampus (Algebra support) • www.hippocampus.org • Cheryl Wissick’sWicki • http://webtoolboxes.wikispaces.com/Mathematics

32. Social Bookmarking • a web service --access bookmarks online • complete research, bookmark the site, insert a brief annotation about the site and tag the site • Tags -- keywords that identify • Collections--organized by the tags • Delicious www.delicious.com • Diigowww.diigo.com

33. *****Intervention Central**** • Word lists • Readability • Fluency generator assessments • Other Curriculum based measurements • Maze fluence • Chart and monitor progress • http://www.interventioncentral.org/index.php/tools/192-cbm-reading-fluency-passage-generator

34. Places to go • http://webtoolboxes.wikispaces.com • A comprehensive listing of software and web 2.0 tools developed by Cheryl Wissick, Ph.D. • http://www.teachparentstech.org/ • Website devoted to teaching parents basic technology tools in a humorous manner • http://www.funeducationalapps.com/ • Features a Friday update of apps for parents and kids for ipad and ipod use.

35. Things to do • LD online • www.ldonline.org • Council for Exceptional Children Technology and Media Division ***JOIN NOW*** • www.cec.sped.org • Learning Disabilities Association of America • www.ldanatl.org • Center for Applied Special Technology • www.cast.org

36. People to see • David Edyburn • Cheryl Wissick • Lynn Anderson-Inman • David Rose • Joy Zabala • Skip Stahl • Cynthia Okolo • Rena Lewis • Michael Berhmann

37. Thank you! • Link to presentation: • http://idaarizona.wikispaces.com