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Chrome Assistive Technology Toolbox

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From www.chrometoolbox.com - November 15, 2013 10:03 PM

"As educators we believe that students with vision, hearing, physical, communication, and learning challenges have the same potential to learn as anyone else if the "mechanical" impediments to participation in the classroom are removed or lessened...We have attempted to collect many of the available apps and extensions which we believe could foster alternative forms of access for real learning to occur, with the ultimate hope of extending the definition as to who can be a learner in any particular setting."

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Chrome has an amazing number of free apps and extensions that help to provide access to individual whom have 'vision, hearing, physical, communication, and learning challenges.' This website allows you to search for by task, profile or keyword and includes a Google Presentation "Co-opting Chrome to Help Learners." Although these apps may be marketed as geared to assistive technology they are useful for all students.

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Teresa Pearl's comment, December 12, 2013 5:40 PM
This allows people to see all the tools available on Chrome. There are a ton of free apps that provide access to all learners. You can use the website to search for by task.
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4 Stages: The Integration Of Technology In Learning

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From www.teachthought.com - April 21, 2013 7:28 PM
What are the stages of technology in learning, and how can these stages be used as a framework for improving learning?
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This post is an infographic plus a description of four stages that one might use to view integration of technology in learning. After considering a variety of ways that technology might be used the 4 stages are introduced and described. The infographic provides additional information on the learning process as well as how digital media also plays a role.

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Drora Arussy's comment, April 24, 2013 7:06 AM
Emerging, Engaging, Extending and Empowering, that is wonderful! Technology can be used across the board, and definitely empowers/self-directs. You're right they do line up.
Bobbi Capwell's curator insight, May 6, 2013 9:10 AM

Good explanation of how to bridge integration to learning
Jody Beesley-Lazarski's curator insight, October 13, 2014 11:31 AM

Digital Media, included music, video, game based learning and various digital platforms are discussed in this article about how to effectively  integration these technologies into class curriculum.
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Student Access to Digital Learning Devices - From Digital Learning Now

From digitallearningnow.com - August 24, 2012 9:29 PM

An infographic that looks at the current state of student access to digital learning devices released by Digital Learning Now. (Scroll down the pdf to see the complete infographic.)

"The Digital Learning Now! Smart Series is a collection of interactive papers that will provide specific guidance for policy makers and educational leaders regarding adoption of Common Core Standards and the shift to personal digital learning."

To see the complete report: 

http://digitallearningnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DLN-Smart-Series-Paper-1-Final.pdf.

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4 Ways Technology Helps To Diversify Education -Educational Technology Guy

4 Ways Technology Helps To Diversify Education -Educational Technology Guy | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.fr - June 17, 2012 10:00 PM

"As technology advances, a greater number of countries are embracing the use of it in classrooms. While the U.S. is moving in that direction there seems to be some hesitation in deciding what technology should be used. Other countries are focusing on how to integrate it while we determine if we should. Here is a list of four ways technology is changing the face of education."

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Sloan’s 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education | Online Universities

Sloan’s 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education | Online Universities | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.onlineuniversities.com - April 6, 2012 6:34 AM
The Sloan Consortium is a professional leadership organization dedicated to helping online learning move into the mainstream of higher education.

As part of this mission they have published numerous effective practices for online education including their 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education. A closer look at these 5 principles and the associated resources serves as a gateway for examining and evaluating the effectiveness of online instruction. Here’s what they show us...

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What Connected Learning Truly Promotes Might Surprise You

What Connected Learning Truly Promotes Might Surprise You | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.teachthought.com - May 19, 2013 9:21 PM

"Continuing to teach in the stretching shadow of technology while only dealing with it through glimpses and gimmick is an awkward arrogance we may be dealing with for some time to come. But while education bickers on about how to best educate children, those children are making powerful moves–sometimes intentionally, sometimes as thoughtless, drifting trends–to fully reinvent the way human beings connect."

Beth Dichter's insight:

When you think of technology do you think of connected learning? Do you consider how you can use the Internet? Have you considered what the word Internet means: "inter, meaning connected, and net, as in network, visualizing multiple connectors and connectees."

Many of our students have access to the Internet, and they use that access outside of school. How? They communicate, text messaging, twitter, video and more. 

This post explores what may happen as more and more students connect using social media. After exploring acces the post moves on to discuss how technology impacts "peer performance" (and assessment). Technology provides tools that allows students to curate and critique performance.

The final section explores how this common experience has the potential to impact learners, in "visible and invisible ways."

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Nikolaus Wood's curator insight, May 24, 2013 12:50 PM

Business in terms of infomation technology is interesting. When education comes into the picture it becomes important to make sure that the product is actually useable for the students and that it can be used in a way that will benifite not only the students but also the teachers.
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iPad as the Teacher's Pet

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From learninginhand.com - April 18, 2013 9:14 PM
Hey, teacher! Got an iPad? Then you've got a toolbox that you can fill to help you be an even better teacher! Spend some time with this infographic to discover how your iPad can be your handy assistant.
Beth Dichter's insight:

This infographic looks at verbs, specifically at the following verbs:

* Show

* Manage

* Assess

* Interact

* Access

* Make

* Learn

For each verb there are a number of apps listed (the majority are free) and they "can help you capture learning artifacts, plan lessons, poll students, visualize concepts, share demonstrations, and much more."

This is a very large infographic and is available to print out as a long pdf (with active links for apps) or in either 6 or 24 pages (to put together and hang up). If you are looking for more ways to use an iPad as a teacher click through to the post.

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Chris Carter's curator insight, April 21, 2013 9:51 PM

Worth a look.
Chris Carter's comment, April 23, 2013 1:19 AM
Sorry for that, Rob. It works fine on mine.
Beth Dichter's comment, April 23, 2013 6:05 AM
The files are large, esp. if you download the 24 page one.
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Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom | Techdirt

Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom | Techdirt | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.techdirt.com - July 2, 2012 9:22 PM
A whole bunch of organizations and individuals are getting together today to launch the beginning of a process, the creation of an Internet Declaration of Freedom. We've seen how the internet has been under attack from various directions, and we...
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What happens when you give Kindles to kids in Ghana?

What happens when you give Kindles to kids in Ghana? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From gigaom.com - April 27, 2012 9:29 PM
Worldreader gives Kindles to students in sub-Saharan Africa. The nonprofit's new report, funded by USAID, shows that access to e-readers improved primary school students' reading skills significantly.
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