1. We have entered the age of the Jetsons…Curriculum accessibility for ALL students Paige Buckingham- Special Education Facilitator Lawrence Public Schools- USD 497

2. The Jetsons Theme Song/Intro - YouTube https://youtu.be/eSptqzfTSSE

6. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) The term UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING means a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice that: (A) provides flexibility in the ways information is presented, in the ways students respond or demonstrate knowledge and skills, and in the ways students are engaged; and (B) reduces barriers in instruction, provides appropriate accommodations, supports, and challenges, and maintains high achievement expectations for all students, including students with disabilities and students who are limited English proficient.

8. Representation Provide options for perception Customize display, alternatives to auditory and visual information Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols Clarify vocabulary, symbols, syntax and structure Support decoding text, math notation, and symbols Promote understanding across languages Illustrate through multiple media Provide options for comprehension Activate background knowledge Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, relationships Guide information processing, visualization, and manipulation Maximize transfer and generalization

9. Action and Expression Provide options for physical action Vary the methods for response and navigation Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies Provide options for expression and communication Use multiple media for communication Use multiple tools for construction and composition Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance Provide options for executive functions Guide appropriate goal setting Facilitate managing information and resources Enhance capacity for monitoring progress

10. Accessibility Features Use tools built into systems first- this allows for the student to learn options that don’t require specialized apps, software, downloads Accessibility Features are now standard on ALL devices. Mac- Settings- Accessibility Windows- Ease of Access iPad- Settings- Accessibility

11. Mac Accessibility Accessibility Features Voice Over Zoom Dictation Contrast Option Cursor Size

12. More Mac Face Time Closed Caption iMessage Screen Flash Mono Audio Switch Access SlowKeys Sticky Keys Dictation Commands Mouse Keys Onscreen Keyboard Dictionary Text to Speech Word Completion

13. Windows Accessibility Features Ease of Access Video Ease of Access Set up Voice Recognition Microsoft Accessibility Site

14. Don Johnston Products These programs will be available across the district for all students within the first few weeks of school starting. Add to Chrome browser once you have created an account. An activation code is needed to do this. This will be provided to staff soon. CoWriter Universal- robust word prediction with the ability to add topic dictionaries. CoWriter Universal Snap and Read- Read from web, documents, change readability of a website, online text, etc. Snap and Read

15. Google Nerd Skills Google Documents- Can share with other and see what they have added in real time. Google Forms- Create survey that is shared with others OK Google- Talk to your computer when teaching- does a search Simple English in Wikipedia Reduces the grade level readying by 3-4 grades, along with amount of words Search Google by reading level Virtual tours in Google Maps Shake Up Learning website: http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/back- to-school-with-google-chrome-the-complete-guide

16. Chrome/Google Extensions Readability- A web and mobile app that zaps clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view. Speak It- Tired of reading? Select text you want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to read. Ad blocker- blocks ads on webpages- this keeps them more streamlined and easier to read Move It- Find you are sitting too long at a time using the computer? Move it will pop up at the length of time you set and give you an activity to do to keep you moving. Read and Write for Google- Open in Google Docs- allows you to have document read aloud

17. Tagxedo Tagxedo.com (does not work in Chrome)- Makes word walls with shapes

18. 3D coloring app Quiver (formerly ColARmix)- 3D coloring app (app on iPad, color sheets online @ http://quivervision.com/)http://quivervision.com/

19. Virtual and Skype Connections National parks service will do calls to your class for free- skype calls Biscayne national park in Florida Brown vs. Board of Education- webx link. They create a link that you just click onto. Yellowstone National Park- Skype call. Badlands National Park in South Dakota Yosemite National Park in California Classroom to classroom connections #mysteryskype- find a teacher in another country and connect with them http://education.skype.com 85,000 teachers enrolled. Scroll to bottom of the page and you will see the link to partners. Virtual photo walks from youtube- John Butterill Photographers attach a phone to the camera and take you with them while they take the photos

20. Audio Books All students Textbooks with audio access Balabolka- http://cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm free download with text to audio Balabolkahttp://cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm Can be downloaded onto USB drive to use anywhere. Librivox- http://librivox.org/- free audio books Librivoxhttp://librivox.org/- Students with a significant reading disability Bookshare- text books, novels in accessible format read with synthesized voice (building based access- ask your SLP) Learning Ally- text books, novels, in accessible format read with digitized voice (district based access- Contact Paige Buckingham)

21. Use of Pictures/Symbols with Text Boardmaker- Symbolate feature- talk to your building SLP for Boardmaker Online access

22. Modified Electronic Text CAST learning tools http://cast.org/learningtools/index.html CAST UDL book builder- create own digital books CAST UDL book builder http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

23. http://www.webmath.com- Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer. http://www.webmath.com- http://www.visuwords.com Free E-books Starfall Project Gutenberg State of Kansas Library Tumble books- no registration required (elementary and MS) Tumble books- One Click Digital- registration required One Click Digital-

24. What can you use tomorrow to help students in your classes? Windows Accessibility Tools iPad Accessibility Tools Kidspiration/ Inspiration Infinitec- www.myinfinitec.orgwww.myinfinitec.org Tar Heel Reader http://tarheelreader.org/http://tarheelreader.org/

25. Resources UDL Center CAST Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) Infinitec- myinfinitec.org- Register for access to trainings and adapted curriculum ideasmyinfinitec.org