Assistive Technology and Guidelines

What is Digital Accessibility? (And Why It’s Crucial at Schools)

ViewSonic Education

MAY 22, 2022

These can all assist users who may have physical impairments that make it difficult to operate a mouse, laptop touchpad, or touchscreen. . Accessibility Guidelines and POUR principles . One of the indicators that digital accessibility awareness has gained in power is the presence of global guidelines.

Accessibility

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CoSN 2025: Humans in an AI world

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Jones , CEO of CAST, Lindsay Kruse, CEO of All Means All, and Rachell Johnson , director of assistant technology at SCATP, will participate in a general session, Leadership, Not Bystanders, moderated by Sarah Radcliffe , director of Future Ready Learning in the School District of Altoona. On Tuesday, April 1, panelists Lindsay E.

Student Data Privacy

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Improving Accessibility Often Falls to Faculty. Here’s What They Can Do.

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

That’s especially concerning to her, given assistive technologies alone won’t always help. A lot of people are generally intimidated because there are so many guidelines, and if you don't have a technical background, that can be scary,” Eskridge says. You have to advocate for yourself.”

Accessibility

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How to create accessible e-learning design

Neo LMS

APRIL 25, 2017

The first thing to keep in mind is that it’s way easier to follow and implement accessibility guidelines and principles when creating from scratch online learning materials for courses rather than do this later. If you follow the above tips and guidelines, all your students, no matter their physical state, can learn what you teach.

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Building an Inclusive Classroom: 3 Key Fundamentals for Equity in Modern Classroom Design

ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Empowering Inclusivity Through EdTech Incorporating technology into the classroom is a powerful way to enhance inclusivity, enabling educators to create a more equitable learning environment that meets diverse learners’ needs.

UDL

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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Because if I can’t do that, then neither can assistive technology. HIPAA, the health privacy law, has relaxed their guidelines somewhat. You are not breaking HIPAA guidelines when you’re doing this if you need video, live synchronous conferencing, to make your therapy happen. 1 is: Can I select the text?

How To

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7 principles for AI in education

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

At Renaissance, we believe in harnessing the power of technology to accelerate learning for all students, and these principles resonate deeply with our mission,” said Jonathan Medin, Vice President of Psychometrics, Research, Learning Sciences and Innovation at Renaissance.

Pearson

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How to create a dyslexia-friendly environment in your school

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In “ Creating a Dyslexia-Friendly School ,” Terrie Noland, national director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally, presented on early intervention for dyslexic students, using the right AT (assistive technology) tools and accommodations for each learner, and creating environments in which students can thrive. Develop Guidelines.

How To

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Using Inclusive Technology to Break Barriers and Empower Learners

edWeb.net

AUGUST 4, 2023

CITES advances the conventional definitions of accessible and assistive technologies by providing a practical blueprint for districts to create inclusive environments for all members of their population. Dr. Smith also underscored the significance of extending an invitation to existing users of assistive technology.

Technology

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6 Steps to Take to Boost Tech Accessibility

edWeb.net

MARCH 23, 2023

Within an educational context, inclusive technology comprises assistive tools and strategies that reduce or remove barriers to the learning experience for students with disabilities, mainly in mainstream classrooms. Making those assistive technologies available to learners requires a specialized infrastructure.

Accessibility

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5 Steps For Addressing Equitable Learning Using Technology

edWeb.net

JANUARY 26, 2023

Step 2: Develop and communicate a school systemwide policy for accessibility including guidelines for purchasing Equity policies are great, but they don’t often talk about the role of assistive technology. In addition, administrators shouldn’t wait to buy all of the assistive technology until they think there is a need.

Technology

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Resources, stories, and connections with those who use social media in today’s k-12 classrooms

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 30, 2014

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Social Media

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How a Blind Student Who Felt Locked Out of STEM Classes Challenged—and Changed—Her University

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Tim Ferebee, acting assistive technology coordinator at Northern Virginia Community College, says that he sees the same problem on his campus with math and science courseware. “It might talk about a reaction or a synthesis, and the sighted people can look over at figure 25 and say, ‘Oh I really understand this.’ But I can’t do that.”

STEM

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools.

EdTech

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Annual Invent It challenge launches, focusing on solving health problems

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Specifically, the challenge encourages them to tackle issues such as nutrition, the importance of sleep, preventing the spread of disease, street safety, screen time, assistive technologies, mental and emotional health, sports safety, healthy air and water and elder health. The deadline for submitting inventions to the Spark!Lab

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Create a Dyslexia-Friendly Environment in Your School

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In “ Creating a Dyslexia-Friendly School ,” Terrie Noland, National Director, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally, presented on early intervention for dyslexic students, using the right AT (assistive technology) tools and accommodations for each learner, and creating environments in which students can thrive.

Guidelines

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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . A digital choice board allows teachers to provide extra guidelines within each choice without giving them a formula for how to put it all together. . Foster collaboration and community. Offer alternatives for auditory and visual information. . Choice Board Examples.

Conference

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Research to Better Support Your Students with Reading Disabilities

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Using assistive technology in the form of computer-based text-to-speech or human-recorded audiobooks can help students with reading problems sooner and more comprehensively. For example, if listening comprehension is no better than reading comprehension, assistive technology may not be beneficial.

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Can the content be interpreted by assistive technologies? According to the Assistive Technology Industry Association , "[a]ssistive technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.

Accessibility

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system. This includes assistive technology devices. Reframing expectations.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

With new guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education and tremendous growth within the assistive technology industry over the last few years, I believe we’re in for a big change.

EdTech

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Is #EdTech Really A Waste? 8 Lessons for The Uninformed

The Innovative Educator

APRIL 3, 2016

Technology is the very tool that gives students an authentic platform to question and debate ideas. Read about the social media guidelines created by students and teachers for students and teachers here. Not sure how?

EdTech

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This rapidly evolving technology has only begun to make an impact in the field of education. A trend I hope to see is the utilization of AI to dramatically expand accessibility for those with learning differences, revolutionizing assistive technology. AI may empower more students with greater independence in their education.

Trends

Trends EdTech Industry Data

65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This rapidly evolving technology has only begun to make an impact in the field of education. A trend I hope to see is the utilization of AI to dramatically expand accessibility for those with learning differences, revolutionizing assistive technology. AI may empower more students with greater independence in their education.

Trends

Trends EdTech Industry Data

Is Your School Website ADA Compliant?

Gaggle Speaks

JULY 25, 2016

Gaggle School & District Websites are designed to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. OCR is responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination by educational institutions on the bases of disability, race, color, national origin, sex and age.

Handbook

Handbook eBook Guidelines Assistive Technology

25 AI predictions for 2025

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Kara Stern , Director of Education and Engagement, SchoolStatus As access to AI resources gains ground in classrooms, educators will face a dire responsibility to not only master these tools but to establish guidelines and provide best practices to ensure effective and responsible use. –Trent Workman, SVP for U.S.

Trends

Trends Assessment Pearson Tools

50 predictions about what 2025 will bring to edtech, innovation, and everything in between

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

While high-dosage approaches have proven effective, they are inherently limited by reduced budgets, a limited pool of qualified tutors, and a lack of flexibility in implementation guidelines, ultimately making them difficult to scale more broadly.

EdTech

EdTech Industry System Assessment

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