Videos

Speech-to-text removes barriers such as spelling and keyboarding when students engage in writing. After, students can use text-to-speech to further edit and enhance their writing.

Beth Poss shares resources where teachers can learn about assistive technology tools.

Many modern assistive technology tools can be accessed both at school and at home.

Flexible digital media can be manipulated to meet the diverse needs of students.

Brenda Smith Myles explains that individuals with autism need to have as much access to assistive technology as possible.

Beth Poss discusses the benefits of built-in assistive technology tools.

Beth Poss imagines the ideal UDL classroom.

In a UDL classroom, students who require assistive technology look no different than students choosing tools that best fit their learning needs.

In this webinar, AT Specialists Diana Petschauer and Kelsey Hall Dyslexia demonstrated AT tools to support students who experience dyslexia with regard to developing goals and choosing appropriate accommodations as part of student’s’ individualized education plans (IEPs); and discussed interventions designed to close achievement gaps by providing well-researched programming that is explicit, systematic, and multisensory in nature, with plenty of opportunities for practice.

Jacqueline Hess, Director of Disability Studies and Services & Early Care and Education at FHI 360, explores what technology can offer the youngest children.