1. EDU614 Session 8
Teacher Resources
Assistive Technology
iPads

2. Agenda
Presentations - you are just sharing what you learned with us,
showing us your work and telling us how the technology connects
to the classroom. No stress. Questions?
Course Evaluation
Teaching web literacy
Student researchers
Teacher Resources
Assistive Technology in the classroom
iPads

3. Course evaluations
Please be specific as it helps
me improve my teaching and
the learning experience for
others.

4. Teaching Web Literacy
November Learning Resources
Alan November on teaching web literacy
A Lesson in teaching web literacy
Teaching Zach to Think
A lesson plan based on the tree octopus site
Strategies for online comprehension and evaluation

5. SOME INTERESTING SITES
From Edudemic
20 great websites for Elementary classrooms
From Ed tech and mobile learning
Internet safety cheat sheet for parents & teachers
From Edventures
Finding free children’s books online

6. Screenleap
Share your screen with anyone with a
browser.
screenleap.com/msfavazza

7. Resources
ELA + : ReadWriteThink.org
Lesson plans, student interactive, mobil apps
Sortable by grade level
WatchKnowLearn
The best source for free educational videos
Sortable by age and subject area

8. Universal Design for Learning
UDL based on neuroscience
each principle connects to key area of brain
Multiple Means of Representation
To increase recognition
How a teacher prepares

9. UDL
Multiple Means of Expression
To expand strategic output
Teacher plans for how students will express learning
Multiple Means of Engagement
To enhance involvement in learning
How do we get students connected?

10. Assistive Technology
Like RTI Technology has levels too
Level 1 - For everyone
Level 2 - Greater access
Level 3 - Assistive support

11. Accessible Instructional Materials
Accessible Instructional Materials
Students have a right to the same text
Publishers are required to produce digital
forms
CAST has a center for AIM

12. Important Questions...
What does the student need to do to participate in the
classroom and achieve his/her IEP goals?
What specifically is the student having difficulty with?
What else has been tried?
What will be the the criteria for determining the student’s
success?
Who will be responsible for training, monitoring,
documenting, and reviewing the AT plan?

13. AT
All students with a 504 or an IEP are eligible
Assistive Technology has to be considered
Not all qualify
IEP is written first, then look at questions

14. SETT Framework
S - Student First
E - Environment
T - Task
T - Tool
Joy Zabala - SETT Framework

15. the Student
What does the student need to do?
What are the student’s special needs?
What are the student’s current abilities?

16. Environment
What materials and equipment are currently
available in the environment?
What is the physical arrangement?
What is the instructional arrangement?
Are there likely to be changes?
Color is a powerful tool

17. Task
What activities take place in the
environment?
What are the critical elements of the
activities?
How might technology support the student’s
active participation in those activities?

18. Tools
FINAL step
What no tech, low tech, and high tech options should be
considered when developing a system for a student with
these needs and abilities doing these tasks in these
environments?
What strategies might be used to invite increased student
performance?
How might these tools be tried out with the student in the
environment?

19. TechAccess
Fact Sheets

20. The DESE
The
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
has awesome links for digital learning.
Tabs

21. Mass Match
• MassMatch - initiative to get assistive
technology to people who need it
• FREE to borrow from ATRC Assistive
Technology Regional Centers.

22. National Center to Improve Practice
in Special Education
NCIP - through technology, media and
materials
take a look

23. UDL Toolkit
UDL toolkit wiki
graphic organizers
literacy
study skills
math
writing

24. National Center on UDL
National Center on UDL
Examples & Resources
Every principle is linked to resources &
tools

25. iPad - a game changer
Steve Jobs & Apps for Autism
60 Minutes

26. iPad Accessibility
OX 6.0 and greater - can lock iPad in one app
Settings, General, Accessibility, Guided Access
Other Accessibility features:
Assistive Touch
VoiceOver
Zoom
See Accessibility on Apple

27. iPad Apps
I’ll share some, then invite you to share your favorite apps
Those I use
Google Drive
Dropbox
Scannable
For young children
books
WriteReader - for beginning readers
LunchBox - puzzles, memory games
Zoo Train - letters, puzzles, music, visual problem solving
Abby Preschool Shape Puzzles with words
Starfall - mixed content, early elementary level

28. iPad Apps
For the general classroom
Thinking Blocks - math elementary and middle school
Educreations - teacher or student created tutorials
Little Story Creator
Virtual Manipulatives - fractions, decimals, percents
Motion Math - Hungry Fish - addition, subtraction,
negatives
Deep Sea Duel - NCTM - target number
Visible Body Atlas
Seesaw - a learning journal

29. iPad Apps
Auditory and Visual learning - - From kindergarten.com
For Special Education & Early Childhood
ABA apps
customizable, tracks data
Class, Which does not belong?, Which goes together, What
rhymes?, Animals, Food, Sight Words
Any would you like to share?

30. iPad
Richard Byrne’s iPad apps 4 school
Free Speech app - Augmentative communication
iPodsibilities - a blog on using iPads
Teaching learners with multiple special needs - a blog
A Blog Post listing many apps
Apps Store has Special Education section

31. More on the iPad
Live Binders on iPad in Schools - a tremendous
amount of material
Mr. G Blog iPads, Web tools, math education
and our friend Cybrary man’s list
A handout for using iPad in the Special
Education Classroom

32. Even more on the iPad
iPads in the Classroom - Kathy Schrock
check out her Bloomin’ Apps
Moms with apps blog
Smart Apps for Kids -100 free apps for
preschoolers
sign up for daily free app