1. TECH Tools & Strategies
Innovations for Today & Tomorrow
Inclusion through Innovation
goo.gl/dNyGOZ
What’s right for My Student?
Sean J. Smith
#seanjsmith
What’s Personalized Learning?

2. This Afternoon… Frame Technology Use Technology Considerations
Navigating the World of Apps
More….

3. Let’s have a little Girl Explain it much better than me
8:45

4. They all have a Nolan
We know so much about Nolan

5. SETT Framework

6. This is what they could share about the child they are thinking of or working with…emphasize the process…

7.
Offering a few thoughts from what they share via the SETT experience

8. Equally important is that we know our child’s needs through

9. Tech Consideration Resources

10. Q uality
I ndicators for
A ssistive
T echnology

11.
Training
Materials
Resources

13. barriers

14. Look at it
More time
Think harder
Motivate them with money
Tell them what they are looking at -

15. Explicit instruction
Represent the material in a different format…

18. 3 Networks = 3 UDL Principles
So, let’s look at each in a break down to better understand…
Source: CAST. (2012)

19. explaineverything.com Could show this
have them go on a date and consider ways to use this for the students we have discussed…offer them note paper
give them three to consider
show Me
Notability
think about the student
the needs
the srengths

20. Show speech to text
Show word prediction
They reduce accessibility barriers

21. popplet.com

23. Phonics is the connection between sounds and letter symbols.
Vocabulary - In order to read words we must first know them.
Fluency is a reader’s ability to read with speed, accuracy and expression.
Phonemic Awareness is the understanding that words are created from phonemes (small units of sound in language).
5 component of reading
what are we talking about
don’t have time to go into detail but share to appreciate some of the needs we have when it comes to technology solutions
for example – how we address fluency might be quite different from understanding the text we are reading with speed or accuracy..
the technology we consider moving forward – I won’t connect the tech to each component but I think we as parents and educators need to have the components are the forefront of our thinking…
Reading Comprehension is understanding what a text is all about.

25. Pictello - www.assistiveware.com/product/pictello

27. Bookbuilder.com

28. www.bookshare.org Share a Book through Read Outloud
describe what the text to speech is doing
I can hear it
I can see it

29. Popular apps
Books
Text to speech
Other accessibility features – color of text, bookmarks, highlighting, and the list goes on..good you tube videos explaining the many features…

32. Show this and how it works
text to speech
modified text
structure the essential ideas
mature voice and the series if offering more strategy support allowing the connection betwee the etxt to speech with cogntive learning

34. Descriptive sentences:
State the facts (e.g., “My name is ___.” Or “The teacher is standing.”)
Include thoughts and feelings of the student and others in the story (e.g., “The teacher will like it when I listen.” Or “Many people want to learn.”)
Identify what others can do to help the student if help is needed (e.g., “If I feel upset, my teacher can help by___.”)
Express a shared opinion or reassure the student (e.g., “This is okay.”).

35. Directive Sentences:
Identify possible responses (e.g., “If I need a break, I can tell the teacher or put the break card on my desk and go to the beanbag.”)
Gently direct behavior (e.g., I will try to ____.”).

36. Let’s Go Digital Comics – Audio – Video – Virtual –
Toontastic, Comic Life, Make Beliefs Comix
Audio –
Just Press Record, Voice Recorder, Smart Record, Evernote
Video –
Animoto, iMotion, VivaVideo
Virtual –
QuiverVision, Social Skill Express

37. Steps for Implementation
Choose a target behavior
Gather the correct equipment
Collect baseline data
Plan the video recording
Record the video
Determine the environment and time of day for watching the video
Show the video
Collect data to Monitor Progress
Fade the video as needed

38. Story Board – Structure the Story
Make Beliefs Comix
Popplet
Inspiration
toontastic

39. Making our Own Show camtasia Show screencastify
Need to get -

43. I Need an App… Help with my writing Word prediction Text to speech
Knows most common spelling mistakes
Low Cost
TYOP-O
Another date…

44. I Need an App… Helps with story telling Offers pages of a book
Insert pictures of video
Bilingual speech voices
Popular for social narratives
Can share stories with others
Under $20
Picatello

45. I Need an App… Tracks behavior Exports charts to other devices
Records video of behavior
Upload data to remote portal
Automatic graphs
Behavior Tracker Pro

46. I Need an App… Mind mapping tool Records thoughts and journals
Create photo albums
Create class notes
Under $5
Popplet

47. TECH Tools & Strategies
Innovations for Today & Tomorrow
Inclusion through Innovation
goo.gl/dNyGOZ
What’s right for My Student?
Sean J. Smith
#seanjsmith
What’s Personalized Learning?