Class Websites
- Keep parents involved
- Students catch up on work – make or embed videos and worksheets/notes
- Backwards classroom design
- Teacher planning
- Wix isn’t very user-friendly
Class Dojo
Link to website.
- Communication platform for educators, parents, and students
- Gamification, prompts, timers, videos & can lock students in zones on dojo
- Create lesson plans
- Downloadable messaging
- Point system
- Create digital portfolios for students – stays with them year to year
- Free time game option
- Collaboration and communication between students playing together
Mental Health and Technology
- Students are struggling with their mental health now more than ever. We as teachers must support our students, with also taking care of our own mental health.
- Meditation, yoga, movement breaks, gratitude practices, journaling
Mental Health Apps to use in the Classroom:
Inclusive Technology in the Classroom
For Students with Visual Impairment:
- Screen Readers (JAWS and NVDA)
- Electronic magnifiers
- Braille devices – hookup to another computer, and the device produces braille.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication:
- Communication devices / communication boards for students with limited verbal skills
Apps:
- LetMeTalk
- AVAZ
Technology for d/Deaf Students:
- Deaf – people who participate in the Deaf community
- deaf – see it as an auditory issue and do not participate in the Deaf community.
- HL – hearing loop system (magnetic field)
- FM – microphone and transmitter
Technology for Bilingual Students:
- Common Sense Education – reviews
- Basic translators – Google Translate, iVoice
- Duolingo (language lessons)
- Babbel (language lessons)
- Minecraft English Learning – English games and adventures
- Unplugged activity – make your own dictionary
Seesaw
See presentation!