TCEA presentation: BYOT and Differentiated Classroom

1. BYOT in a Differentiated Classroom
Session Number: 133539
Date: 2/6/2013
Hindie Becker Dershowitz
Hindie Dershowitz Consulting

3. BYOT Policies
Pros
Cons
Myths
Reasons
Responsible use/acceptable use
• http://www.merunetworks.com/2012-
brand/downloads/2012-wp-planning-for-byod-10-
checklists-to-help-make-the-move.pdf

4. BYOD & Special Education
IDEA 2004
• AT must be provided at no cost to family
• If required it is needed to ensure FAPE
• Evaluation
History of BYOD with AAC
• Samples in DropBox Folder

5. Questions to ask ARD Committee
IEP considerations
• Goals
• Accommodations
• STARR (State Testing)
• Backup options from school
• Peripherals
• Repair
• Alternative options
District Forms
• Is there a need for one specific to AT?

6. STARR Considerations

7. BYOT in a Differentiated
Classroom
UDL: Universal Design for Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bDvKnY0g6e4

8. Cognitive Rescaling Strategies
“cognitive rescaling. I define cognitive
rescaling as a process of altering the cognitive
difficulty of information.”
Interventions that alter the cognitive accessibility
of text By Dave L. Edyburn
http://www.paec.org/fdlrstech/SummerInstitute/f
dlrs2004/Edyburn/PDFs/Cognitiverescaling.pdf

9. When is it UDL and when is it AT
UDL
Technology
Differentiation
AT
Student Needs tool to be able to complete
assignment
Tool could be same tool as classmates
Tool could be a specialized tool

10. Internet Options

11. Read & Write for Google Docs
• Free in Chrome Webstore
Google Docs
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read
%26write-for-google-doc/inoeo
nmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd

12. Chrome
 iSpeech provides auditory feedback to
highlighted text
Ginger: grammar and spell check
Clearly: make pages easier to read
Voice Search

13. FireFox Extenstions
 Talking Clipboard
– http://talkingclipboard.com/
 Accessibar
– https://addons.mozilla.org/en-
us/firefox/addon/accessibar/?src=search
 Firefox text to speech
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-
US/firefox/addon/text-to-voice/

14. Safari
• Handout from www.billziegler.com
• Set the computer up to read text
– System Preferences: Speech:Text to Speech- Select
your System Voice & Rate.
• You can re-set the HOT key that triggers the speech
• De-clutter text on Safari web pages
• Use Cover Flow and Top Sites to allow struggling
readers to locate folders, documents and Internet sites

16. AIM Navigator

17. Data Base

18. PAR
Protocol for Accommodations in Reading
Oral Reading
Adult Reading
Text Reader
Computer/Mobile Device
Likert Scale
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/par/index.html

20. Text To Speech Supports for a Fee
 Kurzweil (booth 419)
 WYNN
Read Write and Gold (1826)
Snap and Read
Don Johnston

21. Free Options
Edu Apps
• http://eduapps.org/
Natural Reader
• http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.php
Word Talk: Plug in for Word
• http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/
 Speak Computer downloads
• http://speakcomputers.com/SpeakComputer.aspx

22. Adobe PDF
Only the teacher needs Adobe Pro
– Enable editing
– Save and share file
Select View Menu > Tools > Forms
Create

23. Adobe PDF
Enable editing in Adobe Pro
– http://natri.uky.edu/assoc_projects/qiat/documents/
resourcebank/V-
2CreateinteractiveFormsAdobeProfessional.pdf
– http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrob
at/pdf/acrobat-xi-accessible-forms.pdf
Students can use form on any computer

24. Reading Resources

25. Accessible Instructional Materials
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcPIMlOJJkc#

26. BookShare.org
Accessible books
Free to students with a print disability
Booth 1641

27. Alternate Print Resources
Learning Ally
• https://www.learningally.org/state-landing-
pages/texas/
BookBuilder
• http://bookbuilder.cast.org/
Tar Heel Reader
• http://tarheelreader.org

28. Start to Finish Titles
Start to Finish online
Site License Starting at $429 per year

29. Make Beliefs Comix.com

30. Mobile Devices

31. Feature Match Guidelines

33. iPad Accessibility
Speech with highlighting
Guided Access
Voice Over
Shared Drop Box folder

34. Text Reading apps:
Read2go: reads Bookshare books
ClaroSpeak: reads any accessible text
• vBookz PDF Voice Reader is an app that reads
your PDF files aloud. dds orientation and
navigation tools that enhances the reading
experience. An interactive cursor allows users to
follow along, pause reading or even repeat lines
to ensure reading
• Pinned via web

35. Accessible Apps
iWordQ
• http://www.goqsoftware.com/en/writing-
products/iwordq/
Voice Dream Reader
• http://www.voicedream.com/
ClaroSpeak US
http://www.claro-apps.com/clarospeak/index.html

36. Word Prediction Apps
iWordQ
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iwordq-
us/id557929840?mt=8
Predictable
• https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/predictable/id4044450
07?mt=8
Brevity
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brevity-ultrafast-text-
editor/id424431516?mt=8
Type-O
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/typ-o-hd-writing-is-for-
everybody!/id372971659?mt=8

37. PDF annotation Apps
PaperPort Notes
Notability
GoodReader
PDF Expert
NeuAnnotate: can set to delete PDF

38. Clicker Apps
Crick Software (Booth 2139)
Clicker Sentences
Clicker Docs

39. Math Apps

40. My script calculator
Handwrite math problems
Free

41. Math apps
Panther Math Paper
http://www.cast.org/about/news/2013-01-31.html

42. Android
Google Play Books have text to speech options
Moon and Reader: provides Text To speech
Iovana Text To speech Pro
Classic Text to Speech

43. • http://share.snacktools.com/597AE797C6F/fzc56
jip

44. BYOT Resources
Livebinder on BYOD
• http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=404796
Symbaloo resources on BYOD
• http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/52byot-
byodresources
Pinterest
ohttp://pinterest.com/hindie/
SlideShare
• http://www.slideshare.net/hindie/byot-in-a-
differentiated-classroom

46. Hindie Becker Dershowitz
Hindie Dershowitz Consulting
hindiebdershowitz@gmail.com
281-467-6965