Top Tips - Assistive Technology

There are lots of resources and strategies to help students with learning difficulties cope with the rigours of school life. Here are a few!

Tools to help Learning

Using Google Calendar to organise, remind and share!

Here are a few tips on transitioning into Google Tasks and Calendar:

Keep all homeworks, test dates, due dates, reminders and sports/hobbies in Google Calendar. There are a variety of views to see your events at a glance.
Add evening activities to their calendars to help them manage time and plan when they will complete homework and study.
Google Docs and links can be attached to events on the calendar ; no more looking for homework when it's time to complete it, or having to rummage around Haiku!
Keep all your nightly homework to-do’s in Google Tasks. These are things that you can check off.
You can set due dates and reminders for minutes, days or weeks, and you can connect this to your phone or iPad! You also have the option to customize how and when that reminder is delivered. It can either be emailed to you or pop up to remind you. If you choose pop up and you have synced your Google Calendar with your smartphone, the reminder should pop up on your phone as well.
You can share your calendar with anyone, teachers, parents, friends, tutors. They can then help you manage the organisation or scheduling.
Set your new tab page to your task list by using the Chrome extension New Tab to Tasks. This way you are always just a control + T away from writing down your to-do’s or crossing off homework!

Test your document's readability

Use this function in Word to check a documents readability level to make sure it is appropriate for the age range and reading levels of your students.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Test-your-document-s-readability-85b4969e-e80a-4777-8dd3-f7fc3c8b3fd2

Assistive Technology

Talking Calendar App that links to Google Calendar

Talking Calendar Reminder app - Apps on Google Play

If you have an android phone, this app is super as it connects to your google calendar and reminds you verbally when you set a notification.

Google Docs - Voice Typing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Zpw2taB4I

Note Taking - Note maker

Evernote is a great tool for teachers and students to capture notes, save research, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, record audio and more. Everything you add to your account is automatically synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

You connect Evernote to your Google Calendar:

https://www.technorms.com/563/easily-add-evernote-gadget-to-your-gmail-and-google-calendar/amp

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Chrome Extentions - A one stop shop for many apps to support learning

Text to Speech
Readability
Reading Comprehension
Focus
Navigation

http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/10/special-needs-extensions.html

https://www.additudemag.com/google-chrome-extensions-adhd-brain/

Google Extentions - 7 Google extensions & apps for learning disabilities

https://www.eastersealstech.com/2015/11/04/7-google-extensions-apps-for-learning-disabilities/

Google Tasks - Add to Google Calendar

A task list can be created in Google Calendar which can be used as a personal tick list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BLBUyN97Ik

https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/106237?hl=en

Google Keep - Note Taking App

This app allows students to make lists, record information (such as homework), create reminders and much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpwr6-Tgohg

Read & Write - Chrome Extention

This app reads text out loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2vKhWLwKI

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Grammar and Spellchecker

https://www.grammarly.com/

Accessibility on iOS

With built-in accessibility features, accessibility APIs, developer tools, iOS provides an extraordinary opportunity to deliver a superior mobile experience to every customer, including those with special needs. Award-winning features include VoiceOver—the revolutionary screen reader for blind and low vision users, Switch Control, playback of closed captioned or audio described video, Guided Access, Text to Speech, and more.

https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios/

https://www.raywenderlich.com/142058/ios-accessibility-tutorial

Wunderlist

Easy-to-use interface across all platforms.
Use on Desktop, Tablet, or Smartphone.
Change list on one device and it automatically syncs in real time to all the others too.
Set due dates with visual and audible reminders.
Create different To-Do lists for different areas of your life (home, college, church, finances, etc).
Set priorities so that urgent tasks are gathered from each list in one place.
Select “Today” for all tasks due today.
Add notes to tasks.
Share lists and collaborate with friends, family, and colleagues.

https://www.wunderlist.com/

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