Accessibility in Online Learning
This Module highlights classroom considerations that promote access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities (est. completion time: 1.5 hours).
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Banking - Shawn - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Banking - Shawn - ASL/Spanish
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - DebitCards - Shawn - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - DebitCards - Shawn - ASL/Spanish
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Deductions - Brandon - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Deductions - Brandon - ASL/Spanish
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Income - Alina - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Income - Alina - ASL/Spanish
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Needs vs Wants - Don - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Needs vs Wants - Don - ASL/Spanish
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Ready to Work - Toni - ASL/English
Financial literacy - CashOnHand - Ready to Work - Toni - ASL/Spanish
Technology can be a powerful tool to assist students with special needs or any sort of learning challenge. In particular the Chrome web browser allows users to install a wide variety of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners, regardless of ability level.
In this blog post we will take a look at over 30 Chrome web extensions that can assist students in five main categories:
Text to Speech
Readability
Reading Comprehension
Focus
Navigation
Some of the tools fit into more than one topic, but each is only listed once. Certainly this list does not cover all of the useful web extensions available for struggling learners, but it is a great place to begin. In addition to the list of extension, I have also linked in the video from a webinar I did a while back on "Google Tools for Special Needs".
Explore this resource guide with links and handouts detailing inclusionary resources in an Early Learning setting.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction hosts Graduation: A Team Effort (GATE) Equity webinars that help growth minded educators and education advocates to learn from Washington districts who are closing opportunity gaps. Watch archived sessions on OSPI's YouTube playlist.
Hand in Hand C-2 - Community - Business and government
In response to school closures due to COVID-19, OSPI content experts have curated a selection of links to external organizations providing high-quality online educational materials – courses, lessons, videos, physical and outdoor activity suggestions, etc. Please note that in many cases, these resources are free to use online but are not openly licensed for wide scale reuse and adaptation.
Free reading options for all Pre K - 12 students. Sites include access for English learners as well as students with reading barriers. Opportunities are highlighted for online reading, downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, apps to read content on smartphones/tablets, and read aloud stories for our youngest learners.