Embedded Files
Resources for Students with an IEP
Resources for Students with an IEP
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)
In the Peel DSB, these 2 VLEs will be used in 2023-24
D2L Brightspace
Google Classroom
Both are linked to the BYOD Student Portal page (https://byod.peelschools.org/)
Log into your student account (######@pdsb.net) to access your courses
Tech Tips for D2L Brightspace are posted in our Google Classroom (attaching files, emailing teachers, etc)
Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that can help learners stay connected and on track with their courses in Brightspace Learning Environment. It provides one easy view of course calendars, readings, assignments, evaluations, grades, and announcement items.
Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology
Use with Google Docs, Slides, or any website
(text-to-speech &/or speech-to-text)
Use with Google Docs to help with Math notes
(speech-to-text &/or handwritten-to-text)
Use this with Read & Write for Chrome to record your answers on a PDF.
OrbitDoc PDF Reader also integrates seamlessly with EquatIO®? Use these two tools together for more engaging digital, math worksheets and to make stacks of photocopies and illegible answers a thing of the past.
Format pages using the OpenDyslexic font and low contrast help
Format pages using the OpenDyslexic font and low contrast help
Open-Dyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. This extension overrides all fonts on web pages with the OpenDyslexic font, and formats pages to be more easily readable.
https://opendyslexic.org/
How to Simplify Web Pages
How to Simplify Web Pages
Are all the ads and clutter on webpages distracting you?! Try one of these tips:
Enable Reader Mode
Simplify feature in Read & Write
How to Enable Reader Mode on Google.pdfHow to Print Web Pages without Ads & Clutter
How to Print Web Pages without Ads & Clutter
Print Webpages without ads and clutter.pdfImprove Your Keyboarding / Typing Skills
Improve Your Keyboarding / Typing Skills
Nitro Type: https://www.nitrotype.com (Chrome or Firefox)
Dance Mat Typing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
Typing Club: https://www.typingclub.com/
Organization Tools
Organization Tools
Apps for Focus & Concentration
Apps for Focus & Concentration
Phone Apps that remind you to put down your device & achieve your goal
Forest: https://www.forestapp.cc/
Plant a tree, stay focused, build your forest
Be Focused - Focus Timer (Apple only): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/be-focused-focus-timer/id973130201
Habitica: https://habitica.com/static/home
Computer Apps that block
Freedom: https://freedom.to/
LeechBlock: https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/
Fun & Relaxation
Fun & Relaxation
Neon Flames: https://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/#
This is Sand: https://thisissand.com/
Weave Silk: http://weavesilk.com/
Symmetry Artist: https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html
Links to other useful websites:
Links to other useful websites:
Peel DSB Special Education: http://www.peelschools.org/parents/specialed/Pages/default.aspx
LD Online: http://www.ldonline.org/
LDAO (Ontario): http://www.ldao.ca/
LDAPR (Peel): https://www.ldapr.ca/
LD @ School: https://www.ldatschool.ca/
Cawthra Park Announcements: http://schools.peelschools.org/sec/cawthrapark/aboutus/announcements/pages/default.aspx
Cawthra Park Teachers' pages: http://schools.peelschools.org/sec/cawthrapark/teachers/Pages/default.aspx
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