Michigan Council for Exceptional Children (MCEC)

Thursday, March 6, 2014 from 1:10PM to 2:10PM

Accessibility in the Cloud - how to Make Your Web Browser Help Your Learners

Increasingly, more and more of our instructional materials will come from the web, but what are the resources in the student’s digital toolbox that support independence and can follow the student? In our session, we will highlight FREE apps and extensions to assist students in the areas of reading, writing, organization, study skills, and executive function.

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  The Need

• The Common Core State Standards articulate rigorous grade-level expectations for SWD's in Math and ELA. - PDF

• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that all students with IEP be provided with Assistive Technology

• That UDL and AT work well together

• Browser-based and cloud tools are 'easier' to implement than physical software installations 

Chrome vs Firefox vs Internet Explorer vs Safari

Freemium defined

Chrome Sync

 Google Accessibility Resources

General Accessibility

Chrome Browser Accessibility Extensions

Chrome AT Toolbox

Install This First

Extensions Manager - "The switcher"

Suggested Extensions

Ease of Use - and Navigation

Navigation shortcuts

GleeBox - keyboard navigation

Speed Dial

MetalMouth - voice based browsing

TTS - STT - Audio

Read and Write for Google - Feature Matrix

Select and Speak

Speak It 

ChromeVox - Users Guide

Kaizena Voice Comments

Google Docs Dictation Rumor  

Readability 

BeeLine Reader

Evernote Clearly

Readability Redux

Hemingway App for better writing

Visual Impairment

Chrome Daltonize 

Zoomy

General Use Tools

Google Dictionary

Other UDL Tool Sites

UDL Techtoolkit - Karen Jansowski

CAST Learning Tools

UDL Links

Center for Applied Special Technology

National UDL Center

 Suggested Twitter Users

http://twitter.com/attipscast

http://twitter.com/attipscast/accessibility-disability

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