Assistive Technologies for Vision Assistance
There are many assistive technologies available for teachers and their students. In terms of vision assistance, there are Digital Braille applications , Image to speech, text to speech, speech to text and note taking apps. With these digital technologies, students with visual differences (with blind, low vision or other) can have equitable access to your […]
Assistive Technologies for Reading
There are many assistive technologies available for teachers and their students. In terms of reading, technologies can include text-to-speech software, monochrome text and coloured text and reading faster apps. These tools will help your students with varied reading abilities to engage in class and understand content. Providing students with choice and access to digital technologies such […]
Live Binders – resource sharing
Live binders is a platform developed to support curation of resources. Using ‘binders’, teachers can virtually create and share their own resource repositories, texts and lessons/units. You can visit ‘Livebinders’ – scan them or create your own binder of resources that you can share with others. LiveBinders allow teachers to create an online collection—paperless, aka […]
Google Street View: Explore natural wonders and world landmarks
Google Street View is a fun way to create your own 360 panoramic pictures and to engage in a 360 experience of places shared by others. Below is a live example: Google Street View can help students visualize and understand the world around them. By using Google Street view, students have the opportunity to explore, […]
Creative Commons Search: Find media you can use, share and remix!
CC Search is an engine where you to find Creative Commons content that you can share, use and remix for educational and other purposes. Using CC Search, you can search for a variety of media types. Remember, though, you still need to attribute/cite sources with most CC content. Some public domain sources do not require […]