Special Education
Technology Center
Inclusive Insights & Access Tips
Issue 3 | Dec 2023
Empowering Inclusive Learning Through Alternative Writing Access
Building a truly inclusive classroom involves recognizing and embracing the various ways in which students express their ideas. Utilizing tools like voice typing, word banks, and alternative pencils ensures that students with diverse needs can actively engage in the writing process. Inclusive access promotes a more equitable educational environment, allowing students to express their thoughts and ideas regardless of traditional writing constraints. This shift not only enhances individual learning experiences but also cultivates a more inclusive and supportive classroom culture, where every student can contribute and thrive.
Accessible Assignments
Ensuring the accessibility of assignments is paramount for an inclusive learning environment. Using Snap Type Pro to type into worksheets, alternative pencils, or voice-typing tools gives students with diverse needs onramps to actively engage with written tasks. For more ideas on making worksheets more accessible visit this resource page on Making Worksheets Accessible.Predictable Chart Writing
Predictable chart writing, or shared writing, serves as a valuable support for emergent writers. With this approach, the teacher and students create a chart together, focusing on predictable language patterns or themes. This shared experience provides a scaffold for emergent writers, offering a structured framework while allowing students to actively participate.School
Spotlight
The Edutopia video called Exploring Tools
Through Content, shows how students
express ideas in different ways using
technology. Says their principal, “It’s not
just about substituting programming for
something that we could’ve done in
writing. It’s to be able to give students
additional ways to express their learning,
to go out and find information, pull that
together, use their own voice… we want
students to learn how to be learners for
the rest of their lives.” New & Notable
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- 12/11: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Drive Educational Outcomes, STEM
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