Parent TIPS was a series of evening trainings on accessible technology presented in collaboration with the Parent Academy. You can download the content of the presentations below.
A slide show explaining the basics of UDL
Helps you find appropriate AT tools to support a variety of needs
Methods and Materials to Support Reading (175K pdf)
What are text readers?
Websites that have online books
Places to get digital text
Good websites to find curriculum related reading material
Bookshare.org
Accessible Book Collection
Using Bookshare.org at home
How to Enroll Your Child to Use Bookshare at Home (101K pdf)
How to download books from Bookshare at home (coming soon)
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Methods and Materials to Support Writing Traits (199K pdf)
Methods and Materials to Support Spelling (175K pdf)
Methods and Materials to Support Handwriting (181K pdf)
Writing Strategies
Quillsoft offers a free trial of WordQ word prediction software and SpeakQ speech to text software
Summarizing Text Using Word (92K pdf)
Guided Notes Using Word (96K pdf)
Using the Internet to Find and Save E-Text (181K pdf)
Graphic Organizer Diagrams in Word (49K pdf)
Rocket Graphs (40K pdf) to encourage kids to write more and track their progress
Sticky notes pre writing strategy (40K pdf) to help kids learn to organize their ideas before writing
Keyboarding
Handwriting Speeds (49K pdf) to help determine if keyboarding is a functional alternative to handwriting
Keyboarding Speed Log (230K pdf) to track progress with keyboarding
Keyboarding Practice Log (168K doc) to track practice sessions
Type to Learn 3 software (244K pdf) to build keyboarding skills
Keyboarding websites comparison chart (228K doc)
Methods and Materials to Support Learning and Study Skills (178K pdf)
Simple Assignment Sheet (56K Word) A simple chart to organize assignments with a picture for each subject area.
Detailed Assignment Sheet (24K Word) An organizer to help older students keep track of assignments.
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