1. No Cost/Low-Cost Technology Solutions for Diverse Learners: Considerations for Tiered Interventions

2. Accessible Text Differentiated Instruction at Your Fingertips!

3. Legal Mandates NIMAS Accessible Instructional Materials – IDEA 2004

4. NIMAS in Simple Terms NIMAS is an accessibility standard Publishers must comply – after January 2006 Each state has a NIMAC – a center to convert these files If you have a student who qualifies, you can request an accessible copy of the text from the NIMAC Braille, Audio, Digital formats

5. NIMAS – Who Qualifies? Blind persons Persons with Visual Impairments that prevent reading standard print materials Persons physically unable to access the text Severe Reading disability as a result of organic disfunction

6. So what do I do with students who don’t qualify for NIMAS?

7. OK. Now What?

8. Electronic Text Public Domain Free Sites

9. Text is Text, So What’s the Difference? Traditional Text Pros Cons Electronic Text Pros Cons Accessible Text Pros Cons

10. Sources of Electronic Text

11. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, LMNOP

12. Classic Reader http://www.classicreader.com

13. SparkNotes/No Fear Shakespeare Hundreds of Books, summarized Plot Analysis Character Analysis Chapter Summaries Already modified for your readers! Modern English equivalent http://www.sparknotes.comwww.sparknotes.com

14. Project Gutenberg http://gutenbuerg.orggutenbuerg.org

15. Baldwin Online Children’s Literature Project http://www.mainlesson.com

16. Access to Copyrighted Text Fiction and Nonfiction

17. Textbook Publisher Resources Leveled Readers, Pearson Success Net Audio CD’s

18. Bookshare.org

19. Bookshare.org – Who Qualifies? Blind or other disabilities that affect access to print. Must supply signed certification by appropriate professional – a recognized expert who can attest to physical basis that limits access to print.

20. Infini-Text

22. Text-to-Speech

23. Skill Check!

24. Read Please 2003 http://www.readplease.com

25. Artenspeak http:// http://www.artenscience.co.uk/artenscience/FreeSoftware.html

26. UltraHal http://www.zabaware.com/

27. Natural Reader http://www.naturalreaders.com

28. Type It, Read It http://www.schoolfreeware.comwww.schoolfreeware.com

29. Mac OS

30. Audio – Another Way to Read

31. Spoken Text http://www.spokentext.net

32. Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com

33. Free, Classic Audiobooks http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.comwww.freeclassicaudiobooks.com

34. LibriVox http://librivox.orglibrivox.org

35. Tumble Books Talking Books www.tumblebooks.com/

36. Audio Notes To do so, simply click on the ‘Insert’ tab and then ‘Object.’ You’ll see a list of objects to install you’ll need to scroll down to ‘Wave Sound.’ Click on ‘Wave Sound’ and then ‘OK.’ A simple audio recording window will open, showing controls that are very similar to those you will see on your CD player. Click the record button and speak your note. Then press the stop button. Click on ‘File’ and exit back to your Word document. You’ll see a loudspeaker icon that will play your audio note when you click on it. It will be located wherever your cursor was at the time the note was created.

37. Microsoft Word 2003

38. Find and Replace

39. Reading Level

40. Auto-Summarize

41. Audio Notes

42. Writing and Reading

43. Literacy Supports for Young Learners

44. Starfall.com http://www.starfall.com/

45. Literactive http://www.literactive.com

46. Writing Fix http://www.writingfix.comwww.writingfix.com

47. Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.orgwww.readwritethink.org

48. Study Skills and Practice to Differentiate Instruction

49. Microsoft Word 2007 Find and Replace Check that you are on the “home” tab in Microsoft Word. Look to the right end of the ribbon. Locate “find” Click on “find”

50. Microsoft Word 2007 Reading Level Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options. Click Proofing. Make sure Check grammar with spelling is selected. Under When correcting grammar in Word, select the Show readability statistics check box.

51. Microsoft Word 2007 Auto-Summarize Feature Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options. Select Customize Command Tab drop down list Select All Commands Locate Auto-Summarize Click the Add button Click OK Auto Summarize will appear in the quick access toolbar

52. Free Rice www.freerice.com

53. Quizlet www.quizlet.com

54. My Study Bar

55. Sheppard’s Software www.sheppardsoftware.com

56. Math

57. NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/illuminations.nctm.org

58. Interactivate http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/www.shodor.org/interactivate/

59. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.htmlnlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

60. HippoCampus www.hippocampus.org

61. Equipment Resources

62. www.infinitec.org

63. Infinitec ATEN Program: Assistive Technology Exchange Network http://www.infinitec.org/free-resources.htm

64. Infinitec Durable Medical Equipment Exchange http://www.infinitecdme.org

65. Infinitec SATteLiTeS Program State-wide Assistive Technology Library and Training Supports Program http://www.infinitec.org/free-resources.htm

66. Online Autism Training http://www.infinitec.org/autism.htm

67. Illinois Assistive Technology Project http://www.iltech.org

68. For more information, please contact Dave Hohulin UCP-Infinitec 708-444-8460 ext. 240 dhohulin@ucpnet.org http://www.infinitec.org

69. Sources Center for Applied Special Technology and LD OnLine, (2007). A Parent's Guide to Making Textbooks Accessible and Usable for Students with Learning Disabilities. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/16308 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/16308 IDEA Questions and Answers http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,dynamic,QaCorner,5, http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,dynamic,QaCorner,5, AIM Basics http://aim.cast.org/basicshttp://aim.cast.org/basics Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin, Editors; Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Childre.n Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research Council, 1998

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75. "…nothing in this section would relieve an SEA (or LEA) of its responsibility to ensure that children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats, but who do not fall within the category of children for whom the SEA may receive assistance from NIMAC, receive those instructional materials in a timely manner. Timely access to appropriate and accessible instructional materials is an inherent component of public agencies' obligations under the Act to ensure that FAPE is available for children with disabilities and that they participate in the general education curriculum as specified in their IEPs." (Section § 300.172(b)(3))