Assistive Technologies for Writing
There are many assistive technologies available for teachers and their students. In terms of digital technologies to support writing, there are tools include to help with Grammar check, word prediction as well as speech to text. Even spell check is an assisitive technology! In addition to the small selection of digital technologies noted below, consider […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Google Expeditions Pioneer Program
Imagine being able to take students on a field trip without leaving the classroom. With the Expeditions Pioneer Program, teachers lead a guided virtual reality tour of a range of places such as museums, wonders of the world, and even some otherwise inaccessible places like the deep sea or the surface of Mars! With the […]