Reading Decoding
Tier 1 Accessible and Technology for Decoding
Assistive Technology relates to individual needs and has a legal definition that specifically connects it to disability and relates to individual needs.
Accessible Technology can be used by anyone and has design features that expand use to people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities
Accessible Technology is directly usable without assistive technology or is made through interoperability with assistive technology
Offering Basic UDL best practices including:
Posting Lesson Goals
Offering Different ways to Access Text based information
Offer Different ways to Demonstrate Knowledge
Offer flexible work spaces / reading spaces
Provide regular feedback
OTHER UDL supports and interventions:
Picture supports
Word wall/word magnets/wordle
Post-it
Font size/type changes
Correction/cover-up tape Highlighters/highlighting tape Color-coding dots
Coloured overlays
Bookmarks/reading guides
Pocket or page magnifier
Text to speech (built in accessibility options in various devices including tablets, laptops, chromebooks) along with accessible educational materials
Proven reading websites (i.e. Raz-kids) offering different ways to engage in reading and accessing information
Digitize Text and offer digital content in a content management system (Google Classroom/ Showbie etc)
Offering Apps/Extensions that alter the distance between letters, lines, words with digitized text
Book holders
Page fluffers
Overdrive , Libby, Tumblebooks (Halifax Library website, Tumblereadables etc.
Universally Designed Technology including iPad tablets, Chromebooks
Tier 1 Accessible Technology Services for Decoding
Offer AT / UDL support to classroom teacher and teacher support team by offering general Assistive Technology training