Top 10 New(er) Tricks to Integrating Assistive Technology M.Gollan-Wills-2012

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This ppt. was delivered at the iConference2012 for the Thames Valley District School Board. The following includes the top 10 new(er) tricks for integrating AT into your classes to best support your exceptional students.

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Top TEN Tricks of Integrating

Assistive Technology into the

Classroom

Mel Gollan-Wills, Program Services

How to Create a QR Code

http://www.qurify.com/en/

Insert the web address here

Portable Scanner and PDF

OCR Conversion (Photocopier)

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OCR cont’d

↑Face UP in feeder!

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AVC: Any Video Converter

Why the need to convert? Here are some examples:

•To convert an iTunes audio book to MP3 for other listening devices or cell phones.

•To convert a YouTube clip to a file type (wmv) that can be used in Movie Maker or Power Point.

•Turn your pdf files into Kindle eBooks.

http://www.kurzweiledu.com/

SMART ideas

http://smarttech.com/smartideas

Dragon Naturally Speaking

http://nuance.com/

http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/

The Dragon Dictation App for iPad is available for free for a limited time from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore*Need iOS 4

Proloquo2Go:

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC)

Audiobooks: W. Ross MacdonaldAERO

AT Library Employee Portal

Brainstorming: Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/

Get Started:1. Click “Create” 2. Type your words in the text box3. Click “Go”4. Randomize or choose the

Font, Layout and Colour you like 5. Publish or Print

http://www.edistorm.com/

http://headmagnet.com/

https://www.visualthesaurus.com/

iGoogle: Customize your Home Page

Web 2.0 Database: GoToWeb20

http://www.go2web20.net/

M.Gollan-Wills@tvdsb.on.ca

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