Google Chrome Supports for Struggling Learners April 5
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Google Chrome Supports for Struggling Learners April 5 th, 2014
The guy talking. . . Doug Rosette VP of Sales-East Texthelp, Inc. d. rosette@texthelp. com Doug has worked in the assistive technology industry for over 20 years. Previously, Doug worked for Cambium Learning, and he was the founder and principal partner at Pathways Technology where he sold software to schools districts and universities around the United States. Doug has a B. S. for Salem State University.
Goals for today. . . 1. Learn about taking a UDL approach to Google Apps e m i t f o y t 2. Understand why this is important ori re j a M he t n 3. View some really cool tools spe 4. Answer your questions
What is Universal Design? • Coined by Architect, Ron Mace • Design for everybody. • Tall, Short, Wide, Narrow • Range of strengths and abilities • Selwyn Goldsmith, author of Designing for the Disabled (1963), who pioneered the concept of free access for disabled people (created curb cut outs).
Retrofit = Modify After Failure
Technology Can Help… Remediation vs. Compensation: Edyburn, 2002
Why this is important
3 Months Later
Support Tools ❏ Text-to-speech ❏ Word prediction ❏ Visual & talking dictionaries ❏ Symbol Supports ❏ Translator ❏ Organizational and study tools
Research • Text-to-speech with dual highlighting can increase student comprehension by two grade levels. Sources: Elkind (1998), Montali and Lewandowski (1996), Disseldorp and Chambers (2002).
What is Read&Write for Google? • An extension that works with documents inside Google Drive. • Each icon represents a powerful tool. • These tools help students to read, write, organize, and research independently. • Read analyze Google Docs, PDF, e. Pub and. kes files
Master Text Complexity ORIGINAL TEXT EXTRACTED HIGHLIGHTS (Back)
Comprehension Tools (Back)
Read&Write for Google. TM
Digital Resources • *Bookshare: www. bookshare. org • *Learning Ally: www. learningally. org • *Access Text Network (Hi Ed): www. accesstext. org • Project Gutenberg: www. gutenberg. org • Bartleby: www. bartleby. com • Merlot from CSU: www. merlot. org • Tarheel Reader (K-4): http: //tarheelreader. org • Free epub: www. manybooks. net • www. epubbooks. com (some free) * For Students with Disabilities only
Demo
What did we see? ❏ Tools to help with reading, writing and organization in Google Docs ❏ Tools to help struggling readers with PDF, EPUB, KES, and web pages ❏ New reading supports available soon ❏ Any questions on this?
Questions? Doug Rosette VP of Sales - East Texthelp, Inc. d. rosette@texthelp. com #UDL #AIM #LD
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