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- 1. Increasing Accessibility and Fostering Inclusive Classrooms with free tools from Microsoft Education Mike Tholfsen Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Education @mtholfsen
- 2. Mike Tholfsen @mtholfsen michtho@microsoft.com Mike Tholfsen is a Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft Education team focusing on Inclusive Classroom, Learning Tools and OneNote Class/Staff Notebooks. He is passionate about education and has been regularly working with students and teachers around the world over the past ten years to create products that improve student outcomes.
- 3. Agenda 1. Empowerment and Inclusion 2. Reading 3. Writing 4. Parent/Student Communication 5. Wrap Up and Q&A
- 4. Empowerment begins with inclusion For educators, diversity demands they provide inclusive, accessible learning environments that inspire confidence and encourage independence. “Students would rather go without than stand out. We need to move from assuming access to ensuring access in classrooms.” – Robin Lowell, Special Education Teacher
- 5. Engaging every learner in a diverse classroom With daily challenges—and limited resources—educators need to be confident they are able to optimize learning for a diverse population, as well as meet professional goals and standards. Up to 50% of instructional time can be lost to managing students’ needs, including assistive technology 72% of classrooms have special education students 73% of teachers report working in classrooms with student reading levels that span four or more grade levels 52% of teachers in the US have English as a second language learners in their classrooms Source: Primary Sources Third Edition, Scholastic, 2014.
- 6. Building a foundation for future success Inclusive education tools give more students personalized access to their curriculum, optimize teacher time, and improve learning outcomes. Students grow their potential and gain independence Teachers are more empowered to engage every learner Schools build reputations as positive places that promote equity and inclusion
- 7. Promoting independent learning Accessible technologies help students with disabilities unlock their full potential by addressing a diversity of needs: Visual Hearing Mental HealthNeurodiversityMobilityLearning See Microsoft Accessibility features for every classroom: http://aka.ms/AccessibilitySway • Low vision • Blind • Colorblind • Deaf • Hard of Hearing • Dyslexia • Dysgraphia • Dyscalculia • Autism • ADD/ADHA • Seizure • Cerebral Palsy • Muscle Dystrophy • Amputation • Anxiety • Depression • OCD
- 10. Demo
- 12. Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide, Dyslexic Advantage
- 13. “Learning Tools are a game changer in my Special Education Class”
- 19. Its global. English, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, etc.
- 20. Learning Tools 3rd party research study – RTI • 4th grade, 6th-8th, and 10-12th grade students • Reading Comprehension scores improved • Writing improved • Non-cognitive processes improved • Equal access of materials • Full Report: http://aka.ms/LearningToolsStudy
- 21. 10 Point Improvement in 4th grade Comprehension Scores
- 22. empowering
- 23. Universal “Nearly all of the study teachers mentioned how Learning Tools enabled their readers, regardless of skill level, to access content aimed at a higher reading level. In this case, “access” means comprehension of content that had previously been unavailable.”
- 24. New Updates! Flipgrid – Flipgrid now supports the immersive reader. Inclusive Microsoft of Google accounts Translation – Realtime translation of documents, word or sentence Math Equations – Immersive Reader will support reading math equations out loud in OneNote Windows 10 and OneNote Online Office Lens – Android Office Lens now supports Immersive Reader Edge –Dictionary for Reading View, ePub and PDF, Line Focus for Reading View, page theme colors for Reading View and ePub @mtholfsen #MicrosoftEDU
- 29. Read Aloud & word/line highlighting OneNote Desktop OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Word Desktop Word Mac Word iPad Outlook Web Outlook Desktop Teams Flipgrid Office Lens Edge browser Spacing and Font Size OneNote Desktop OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Word Desktop Word Mac Word Ipad Outlook Web Outlook Desktop Teams Flipgrid Office Lens Edge browser Page Colors OneNote Desktop OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Word Desktop Word Mac Word iPad Outlook Web Teams Flipgrid Office Lens Edge Browser Syllables OneNote Desktop OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Word Desktop Outlook Web Teams Flipgrid Edge Browser Parts of Speech OneNote Desktop OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Outlook Web Teams Flipgrid Edge Browser Line Focus OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Outlook Web Teams Flipgrid Picture Dictionary OneNote Online OneNote App OneNote iPad OneNote Mac Word Online Outlook Web Teams Flipgrid Dictation OneNote Desktop OneNote App OneNote Online Word Desktop Word Online Outlook Desktop PPT Desktop Deployment Guide: http://aka.ms/InclusiveDeployment
- 30. Seeing AI
- 31. Real Time Text Documents Products People Scenes Currency Talking Camera App for Blind Community http://SeeingAI.com Using on-device AI + Cloud Seeing AI Handwriting Light 7 Million Tasks Assisted 200K Downloads
- 32. First time in life stories
- 33. Accessible Technology & Employment "This app saved me $3500, because I was just about to buy a different device just to be able to read." "Microsoft have saved blind people thousands now. Honestly, amazed this thing is free considering how much we used to have to pay" "I use this app several times a day for my employment and personal life. This is by far my can't live without app." "This allowed me to get on with the job - the job of doing a job, working .. but also get on with the job of living."
- 34. Writing efficiently with Dictation, Editor, and Word Prediction
- 35. “Our pupils all pretty much without exception hate writing. The learning tools transformed writing for our pupils.” - Jan Lusty, Head of School at Knowl Hill
- 36. This is a story planning sheet for a 9 year old boy who is dyslexic.
- 37. The same child then wrote this story based on the plan, completely independently, on OneNote.
- 38. This is a story planning sheet for an 11 year old girl.
- 40. Fixing everything is not productive… encourage students to choose what’s most important Tackling everything at once can be overwhelming Want tools to let students self- assess their writing… clearly see what to work on Educator Needs - Teaching students to Write
- 41. Improved Spell Checker - Inclusive design to benefit everyone
- 42. Demo
- 43. Early Feedback I was working with a student (with dyslexia) last week who was trying to put together his resume. About 10 minutes in, he felt so defeated because his errors felt like roadblocks. He knew what he wanted to say, he just couldn’t get the words close enough and he wanted to give up. This feature (Editor) opened a door for him, it allowed him to focus on the content and ideas he was trying to get down. The options and synonyms gave him independence to not have to ask, or have someone sit by him and coach him through the entire document. Robin Lowell Microsoft Innovative Education Expert, and a special education, science, and mathematics teacher, as well as teacher of blind and visually impaired students.
- 44. New Announcements! Dictation in Office - Dictation in 9 languages for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote for Windows 10 Editor in Office – next generation spell checking, grammar checking and clarity and conciseness is now rolling out Windows 10 – Built in word prediction, Windows April 2018 Update
- 45. Word Prediction, Windows 10 April 2018 Update
- 46. Inclusive Student and Parent Communication
- 53. Microsoft Translator Smartphone apps for in-person, multi-device translation for two or more participants, speech or text 10 speech languages and 63 text languages Up to 100 participants at the same time Free Apps on iOS, Android, Windows UWP, PowerPoint and web. https://translator.microsoft.com/help/education/
- 54. Achieving more with accessibility – Inclusion in Action series Andrew, a young boy who read for the first time with Learning Tools. Justin, a young man who uses Office 365 to communicate with the world. Veronica, a student with low vision who created a perfect Sway. Cameron, a university lecturer who believes it is an exciting time to be a blind person with Seeing AI. Jack, a teacher who shows students what is possible with Office 365 and Narrator. Steve, who navigated a medical crisis with OneNote to access printed documents.
- 56. Get the Inclusive Classroom IT Deployment Guides http://aka.ms/InclusiveDeployment
- 57. “No one should have to ask for access, it should just be there.” Marlee Matlin Academy Award Winning Actress Outside In Talk at Microsoft December 2016
- 58. Building a foundation for future success Inclusive education tools give more students personalized access to their curriculum, optimize teacher time, and improve learning outcomes. Students grow their potential and gain independence Teachers are more empowered to engage every learner Schools build reputations as positive places that promote equity and inclusion
- 59. Partnering with schools for better student outcomes A decision to invest in accessibility tools and solutions is about more than leveling the playing field. Other factors for decision makers to consider include: Improvement Schools want to see evidence that their accessibility spend yields results How we help: When Microsoft Learning Tools are deployed, test scores increase1 Compliance Schools have legal obligations to offer accessible education How we help: Microsoft Accessibility solutions conform to Section 508, EN 301 549, and WCAG 2.0 AA Support Schools need a technology partner that is committed to their success How we help: Microsoft offers free IT support to teachers, parents, and students, including access to the Enterprise Disability Answer Desk 1Supporting research: http://edudownloads.azureedge.net/msdownloads/Learning_Tools_research_study_BSD.pdf and https://news.sky.com/story/trial-finds-using-microsofts-one-note-software-boosts-dyslexic-childrens-learning-10761839
- 60. Get Today’s Presentation and Demo Files http://aka.ms/InclusiveISTE Email michtho@microsoft.com Twitter @mtholfsen
- 61. 4 free things to try today 1. Communicate in new ways and collaborate seamlessly with Office 365 Aka.ms/OfficeEducation 2. Encourage independent reading and writing http://onenote.com/learningtools 3. Engage your diverse audience by presenting with subtitles Aka.ms/TranslatorForEducation 4. Go paper-less with Office Lens and OneNote Aka.ms/OfficeLens & OnenoteForTeachers.com @mtholfsen #MicrosoftEDU #ISTE18
- 62. Deep Dive Inclusive Classroom Webinars 1. Improving Reading and Writing with Microsoft Tools 2. Creating Inclusive and Engaging Content with Office 365 3. Enhancing Productivity with Windows 10 @mtholfsen #MicrosoftEDU #ISTE18
- 63. 5 links to bookmark and share 1. Educator Training on Inclusive Content aka.ms/accessiblecontenttraining 2. Educator Training for Personalizing Learning education.microsoft.com/GetTrained/accessibility 3. Office 365 Accessibility Support Documentation aka.ms/OfficeSupport 4. Answer Desk for Accessibility Support aka.ms/Edad 5. Microsoft Accessibility Overview Microsoft.com/Accessibility @mtholfsen #MicrosoftEDU #ISTE18
- 64. Learning Tools Links http://onenote.com/learningtools - Try out Learning Tools http://aka.ms/learningtoolsstudy - 3rd party research showing improved outcomes VIDEO: Learning Tools in special education - increasing student reading speeds VIDEO: Holly Springs Students and Learning Tools - dyslexia VIDEO: An 8 year old boy learns to read for the first time with the help of Learning Tools Learning Tools are a game changer for my special education students Struggling 1st grade readers improve with the help of OneNote Learning Tools An Adaptive Tech PD Miracle - Class Notebooks and Learning Tools New 3rd Party Learning Tools study - Learning Tools Languages samples - @mtholfsen #MicrosoftEDU #ISTE18
- 67. Audio Accessibility Visual Accessibility Text Accessibility
- 68. Audio Accessibility Ability to add closed captions for audio/video in PowerPoint and Sway Automatic live captions for PowerPoint via Microsoft Garage Presentation Translator add-in Automatic audio transcription in Skype Meeting Broadcast (preview) Auto-generated captions and transcriptions in English and Spanish for videos in Microsoft Stream Visual Accessibility Text Accessibility
- 69. Visual Accessibility Ability to add alternative text descriptions to visual objects in all apps Automatic suggestions for alt-text for images in Word and PowerPoint Ability to record narrations of PowerPoint slides and embed audio recordings in OneNote and Sway Text AccessibilityAudio Accessibility
- 70. Text Accessibility Transform printed text into searchable Office files with OCR via Office Lens Make content easy to navigate with built-in accessible Styles Make hyperlinks more readable by adding display names, auto- generated for Recent Items in Link Gallery Audio Accessibility Visual Accessibility
- 71. Accessibility Checkers In Office PC, Mac and Online apps to easily find accessibility issues With detailed guidance to fix issues Accessible Templates For Word, Excel and PowerPoint to get started on the right track Searchable by keyword “accessible” Accessible Emails & Export Formats Export as tagged PDFs from Office See MailTips prior to sending emails to those who prefer accessible content
- 73. Our vision Windows strives to enable the creator in everyone, dynamically adapting to our changing abilities, situations and devices
- 74. Windows 10 Accessibility vision Make your device easier to see or use without a screen. hearing Make your device easier to hear or use without sound. physical Make your device easier to use of you have limited reach or strength. cognition Make it easier to focus and get things done with Windows.
- 75. Accessibility in Action • Come see some of the accessibility updates and new features for Windows 10 01 Color Filters Differentiated color filters for those with color blindness 02 Narrator Our screen reader, updated with intelligent image description for pictures lacking alternative text 03 Magnifier Magnifier and narrator integration will have a new experience through the combination of zoom and text read aloud capabilities 04 Eye Control Investing deeply in new features like eye control allowing people with ALS and other physical disabilities to control Windows with their gaze
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- NOTE: These stats can be replaced by the presenter with relevant, localized data if available. Depressing stats from https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-literacy-america : 2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. More than 70% of America’s inmates cannot read above a 4th grade level. 1 in 4 children in America grow up without learning how to read. Students who don't read proficiently by the 3rd grade are 4 times likelier to drop out of school. Nearly 85% of the juveniles who face trial in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate, proving that there is a close relationship between illiteracy and crime. More than 60% of all inmates are functionally illiterate. From http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/learning-disabilities/types/reading/the-importance-of-reading/ : Roughly 85% of children diagnosed with learning difficulties have a primary problem with reading and related language skills. Most reading disabilities are neurodevelopmental in nature. Neurodevelopmental problems don’t go away, but they can be managed. Most children with reading disabilities can become proficient readers and can learn strategies for success in school. From https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all : Globally, however, at least 750 million youth and adults still cannot read and write and 250 million children are failing to acquire basic literacy skills. This results in an exclusion of low-literate and low-skilled youth and adults from full participation in their communities and societies.
- Students dramatically increased in their sight word recognition. All 4 students had 80 percent or greater ability to read their assigned sight words. One student, who only knew 3 percent of the sight word list for 1st grade in September, now can recognize 100 percent of the words to automaticity. On the Reading MAP test (from beginning to the end of the school year), Student 1 increased 16 points, Student 2 increased 17 points, Student 3 increased 19 points, and Student 4 increased 11 points. This is an amazing double digit growth for students who are in Tier 2 for reading interventions.
- Are Learning Tools relevant in just one or only a few markets or are they a global phenomena? Learning Tools have global appeal. Although we did not localize the initial version, it is being used throughout the world with Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and other text. Our next versions will deliver on localization.
- Learning Tools is available across a wide variety of applications, as this table highlights.
- Some case studies: Our pupils all pretty much without exception hate writing. The learning tools transformed writing for our pupils.
- As you can see the teacher has scribed for him because writing is a tortuous task for him. It is pretty illegible and a very slow process. He then used the learning tools to actually write his story.
- This child was able to write this entirely independently, removing the embarrassment of having an adult looking over his shoulder. He could type and then use the immersive reader to read it back to himself. If he chose the wrong word from the spellcheck menu, he would realise his mistake when he had it read back to him again. His output increased dramatically. He said “Using OneNote has made me work quicker.” “No-one has to tell me when I have written something wrong. The computer does it by showing me or when I listen back using Immersive Reader.” It is very difficult to develop the higher thinking skills needed for creative writing if you can’t write your thoughts down.
- Fluency in transferring thoughts to written word is improved – pupils have found it easier to transfer thoughts to typing/computer Using Immersive Reader increased independent working so pupils were able to hear their own work whilst the words were highlighted Increased self-confidence with creative writing Immersive Reader was able to read their work to the rest of the class. This meant they could share work without being embarrassed about own reading skills. Understanding words helped my write stories. OneNote has given me confidence in writing. I like the talk back.” “It is easier to type that to write. It is less stressful than writing on paper.” “OneNote helps me to notice my spelling mistakes when it talks back and highlights the words at the same time.”
- The new Editor Context Menu - Designed from ground up to be accessible Inclusive design to help everyone; but affordances are especially effective for people with dyslexia. Help users choose the right suggestion. Previously, we simply offered 5 different spelling suggestions (i.e. letter strings) without contextual or other cues. But people with dyslexia often have several different reasons for having difficulty selecting the correctly spelled word from a list of similarly spelled words, including challenges remembering spelling rules, absence of a visual memory tracing of the correctly spelled word, and visual attention challenges. All of these make it difficult to either perceive the differences between various alternatives, or to determine which is the correct alternative. Providing additional “meaning level” context through synonyms, definitions, or uses of alternatives will greatly improve the dyslexic reader’s ability to identify the correct choice. Offering too many choices is known to increase decision time logarithmically and cause decision fatigue – something known as Hick’s Law. (see ref: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/the-hick-hyman-law-an-argument-against-complexity-in-user-interface-design). This is especially pertinent to people with dyslexia, who have slower processing time and more difficulty with reading speed and accuracy. We decrease the maximum number of spelling suggestions from 5 to 3, with marginal drop in the likelihood of offering the correct spelling suggestion within these top 3. Synonyms vs. Definitions: We’ve chosen to show synonyms as opposed to definitions or usage samples for the following reasons. First, they are the most efficient at the level of reading: the fewest words are required to convey enough information to make a decision; and of course less text should help dyslexic individuals because visual crowding (more text) and impaired visual search would be less of an issue. Secondly, people with dyslexia often have strengths in analogical reasoning, and broader semantic maps, so creating a “word cloud” through listing several synonyms is likely to be a highly efficient. Showing synonyms alongside each suggestion adds somewhat to the visual clutter of the user interface. But in fact, research indicates that dyslexic reading issues are actually worsened by extreme brevity and the lack of context. Having extra context provides clues to word identification and “second chances”. We've also improved the spelling suggestions themselves. We leverage an online spellcheck engine which provides a larger language model and a phonetic spelling component that gives us better suggestions, when checking high-edit distance errors typical of people with dyslexia. Improved compatibility with screen readers: Office and Windows have worked closely to ensure that the additional context provided in the Editor context menu is properly exposed in UIA, where they can be accessed by screen readers and other Assistive Technologies.
- I’ll close out with an anecdote from our colleague Robin, who is a Microsoft Innovative Education Expert, and teacher for kids with various disabilities. Robin was recently helping one of her students, who has dyslexia, to put together a resume. After about 10 minutes, the student was on the verge of giving up, because even though he knew what he wanted to say, but just couldn't get the words right close enough. Robin let him try Editor, and it was a revelation for him. By easing the spelling task, it let him focus on the CONTENT and IDEAS he was trying to get down. And most liberating was the independence it gave him; of not having to ask someone to sit by him and coach him through the entire document! And those of you who've worked with these students know how precious this independence is!
- Sarah, Mark, Justin,
- We have worked with marketing to tell our story through the voices of the people that have been impacted by the work.
- Marlee Matlin won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God in 1986 and is the only deaf performer to win the award. Learn more at https://blogs.microsoft.com/jobs/qa-actress-author-producer-marlee-matlin/
- Disability Answer Desk (DAD) offers 24 hour
- Office 365 reduces barriers across by covering authoring of accessible content across the disability spectrum
- Important feature that showcases a great example of Inclusive Design, when you consider the benefit to people in noisy environments, those who can’t raise the volume on their device (e.g. at the library), people consuming in a different language, etc.
- Another inclusive design example in how narrations of slides can help people with sight and learning disabilities, in addition to helping the presenter practice!
- Accessible links are also readable links, which again showcases inclusive design principles that magnify accessibility impact onto mainstream scenarios.
- We have affordances for a variety of disabilities out of the box at no additional cost We are addressing hidden disabilities like dyslexia with learning tools in Edge and dictation anywhere We are investing deeply in new features like Eye Gaze
- showing some of the new features is great. I think it is great to pick up on Office themes, e.g. we have learning tools in Web, ePub and PDF (which builds on their story) and we have dictation on any text surface (which builds on their story).