Resource site: www.differentiatingnecc2007.wikispaces.com
Presenters demonstrated a number of reading and writing tools for assistive tech (AT) and diverse learners. Issues of equity, fairness and bringing assistance to where it’s needed most were discussed. The site listed includes links to many readily accessible, free or low cost, online resources.
Two examples: as an alternative graphic organizer, Mind Domo (http://www.mindomo.com/) has features similar to Inspiration, but it’s free & web based. Another tool, Word Web (http://wordweb.info/free/) has a dictionary, thesaurus and word finder with applications for younger students and world language instruction. They also showed many text readers, such as Natural Reader (http://www.naturalreaders.com/ )Application: you want to listen to this blog posting because you can’t find your glasses, select the text you want read and press play! Note: not all applications are dual platform. See their wikispace above for lots more information.
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