1. Using Technology to Support Success in Education Randy K. Young, M.S. Ed. Randy K. Young Consulting Services, Inc. rkyoung2012@gmail.com

2. Crisis in New York Education “The children who most depend on the public schools for any chance in life are concentrated in schools struggling with all the dimensions of family and neighborhood poverty and isolation.” – http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/opinion/the-central-crisis-in- new-york-education.html?_r=0 “But the fact that the funding is unequal, and the education performance is also unequal, doesn’t necessarily mean that the funding is the cause of the achievement gap, or that more money would result in higher performance…. That’s probably a more important thing to worry about here: the neighborhood poverty and isolation. America already spends far more money on public education than other industrialized nations, and we have lower performance. American education performance is low not because we have bad schools; it’s low because we have a lot of poor people. We should work on fixing that problem.” – http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/the_new_yo rk_times_on_whats_wr.php

3. Educational Technology Technology provides effective opportunities for engaging students in authentic learning, targeting multiple intelligences and accommodating different learning styles of individual students. “Technology can reduce the educational disparities caused by race, income, and region; and accommodate differences in learning (Imel, 1999).” http://calpro- online.org/eric/textonly/docgen.asp?tbl=pab&ID=92http://calpro- online.org/eric/textonly/docgen.asp?tbl=pab&ID=92 “Students who are unsuccessful in traditional learning situations can find ways to be successful using diverse technologies” (Wesely, 2004) Educational technology: Why and how it counts for students at risk. In F. P. Schargel & J. Smink (Eds), Helping students graduate: A strategic approach to dropout prevention (pp. 186-194). Larchmont Technology is identified as one of the Fifteen Effective Strategies for Improving Student Attendance and Truancy Prevention: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED485683.pdf http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED485683.pdf

4. Education and Income Potential Tables are from http://www.education-online- search.com/articles/special_topics/education_and_income sourced from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings, US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2002http://www.education-online- search.com/articles/special_topics/education_and_income

5. Using Technology to Support At-Risk Student’s Learning Linda Darling-Hammond, Molly B. Zielezinski, and Shelley Goldman Effective Technology Use for At-Risk High School Students – interactive learning – use of technology to explore and create rather than to “drill and kill” – the right blend of teachers and technology Through the use of technology, students see content in many forms as it comes alive with maps, videos, hyperlinks to definitions, additional content, and more. https://edpolicy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/scope- pub-using-technology-report.pdf https://edpolicy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/scope- pub-using-technology-report.pdf

6. Universal Design for Learning Is what? A scientifically valid framework that Provides multiple means of access, assessment, and engagement and removes barriers in instruction Does what? to achieve academic and behavioral success for all For what? sped.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/.../udl-access-assess-engage.ppt/

7. The way we learn is as unique as our fingerprints sped.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/.../udl-access-assess-engage.ppt

8. Curb Cuts and Closed Captioning

9. Brain Imaging Showing Individual Differences 3 different people learning the same finger tapping task http://old.cast.org/tesmm/example2_3/brain.htm

10. Reduces barriers Meets the wide range of needs of all learners One size fits all approach is not effective Inspired from universal design in architecture Universal Design for Learning sped.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/.../udl-access-assess-engage.ppt

11. ACCESSASSESSMENTENGAGEMENT Adapted from CAST http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html

12. Three Principles of UDL 1. Access: provide multiple means of representation. 2. Assessment: provide multiple means of action and expression. 3. Engagement: provide multiple means of motivating learners.

13. http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east- 1.amazonaws.com/docs/114/817002/UDL_Placemat_of_Core_iPad_Apps.pd f

14. http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east- 1.amazonaws.com/docs/114/817002/UDL_Placemat_of_Core_iPad_Apps.pdf

15. http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east- 1.amazonaws.com/docs/114/817002/UDL_Placemat_of_Core_iPad_Apps.pdf

16. Center on Technology and Disability http://ctdinstitute.org/ Funded through OSEP to support professionals and families on advocacy for assistive and instructional technology to help students improve access education with the goal of improving outcomes. Website offers a Library of multilingual resources, Café for webinars with follow-up discussions and Learning Center for personal and professional development.

17. Online Learning for At-Risk and Credit Recovery Students At-risk student: “academic failure during the transition to high school is directly linked to the probability of dropping out.” http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/school-dropouts/easing- the-transition-to-high-school-an-investigation-of-reform-practices-to-promote-ninth-grade- success/legters-easing-transition-2001.pdf http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/school-dropouts/easing- the-transition-to-high-school-an-investigation-of-reform-practices-to-promote-ninth-grade- success/legters-easing-transition-2001.pdf Research shows that the flexibility and individualistic nature of online learning motivates learners who have failed in traditional settings. Online programs also provide valuable technology skills to this group of students who traditionally have less than interaction in this area compared to their peers who are not at-risk. http://www.inacol.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/09/NACOL_CreditRecovery_PromisingPractices.pdf http://www.inacol.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/09/NACOL_CreditRecovery_PromisingPractices.pdf

18. Resources Center for Applied Special Technology – http://www.cast.org/ http://www.cast.org/ National Center on Universal Design for Learning – http://www.udlcenter.org/ http://www.udlcenter.org/ “The Future is in the Margins” http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/Meyer- Rose_FutureisintheMargins_2.pdf New York State Education Department – http://www.nysed.gov/ http://www.nysed.gov/ New York City Department of Education – http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm – http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27BF8558-B895- 407A-8F3F- 78B1B69F030A/0/AcpolicyHighSchoolAcademicPolicyRefer enceGuide.pdf http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27BF8558-B895- 407A-8F3F- 78B1B69F030A/0/AcpolicyHighSchoolAcademicPolicyRefer enceGuide.pdf