Inclusive teaching using technology and the internet

E.A. Draffan – University of Southampton

Inclusive Teaching using Technology and the

Internet

A Vision of Students Dr. Michael Wesch at Kansas State University

http://youtu.be/dGCJ46vyR9o or for K12 http://youtu.be/_A-ZVCjfWf8

81% of teachers agree that ICT makes learning more effective.

Students ranked ‘using computers’ 4th out of 16 when asked their favourite ways to learn but 95% are computer users and 75% mobile phone users (8-19 yrs)

The top 3 choices were ‘learning in groups’, ‘doing practical things’ and ‘learning with friends’. Becta

66% of parents would like schools to use technologies such as text messaging and the internet to communicate more frequently. However, only 8% of parents were kept informed using these methods.

21st Century Teacher

Accessibility issues

•Some aspects of the collaboration applications do not work well with assistive technologies or allow for personalisation.

•Navigation and ease of use.

•Discussions have poor subject lines.

•Browser issues

•‘Open Source’ and free software may not always be updated and improved as developers move on.

•Some online learning spaces specifically designed for education may not be easy to use and content inaccessible.

Well-known user-interface, evolved from tools within word processors. “red squiggly line”

Tools within web browsers

Assistive technology tools that work across most applications

Support online

Photo credit: Flickr / laihiuyeung ryanne and Brian Cragun from IBM

AT working with other applications

Dictionaries

Mind Mapping

Screen Reading

Magnification

Text to Speech

Reference software

Tools that work within Browsers

1. Word Processing, spread sheets and forms – Google Drive (Google docs) and DropBox and Southampton Drop off!

2. Want a quick answer? – Wikipedia / Google Advanced / Scholar – CiteUlike and Mendeley

3. Typing - Senselang Touch Typing

4. Concept Mapping – Bubble-us and MindMeister

5. Videos online – Not just YouTube and iTunes U but also Jorum and Class Central plus our own Synote

6. Daisy Book Readers – tools for downloaded books

10 Internet Technologiesby K. Walsh on September 4, 2011

1. Video and Podcasting Resources

2. Digital Presentation Tools

3. Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools

4. Blogs & Blogging

5. Social Networking Tools

6. Image Capture

7. Student Response Systems & Poll/Survey Tools

8. Educational Gaming

9. Open Educational Resources

10. The iPad and other tablet devices

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/09/10-internet-technologies-educators-should-be-informed-about-2011-update/

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Web2Access www.web2access.org.uk

Free Tools to read a web page

Webanywhere

ATbarText Selection /TTS

Dictionary

Font resizing, styles and line spacing

Page style changes

Word Prediction / spell checking

ReadPlease 2003

NaturalReader 10

T-Bar & Vu-Bar Colour changing / reading window

Toolbar Additions - Firefox

Color That Site!

Text to Voice 1.05

Colorfultabs

Wikilook

Dictionary.com

Google toolbar

https://addons.mozilla.org/

Toolbar Additions – IE

CleanPage

ieSpell

RoboForm password manager

Google toolbar

RNIB Accessibility Toolbar

VozMe

http://www.ieaddons.com/gb/

Toolbar Additions for Chrome

Voice Search Chrome

LastPass password manager

After the Deadline spell checker

Webscreen shot for taking snapshots of more than the screen size

Easy Reader

MyNotesApp

https://chrome.google.com/extensions

Toolbar Additions for Opera

Autocomplete for the text input box.

Password hasher

Calculator

Taskboard

https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/

Toolbar Additions for Safari

1Password create passwords

PDF Browser Plugin for reading PDFs in the browser

Cooliris (formerly PicLens) for full screen picture and video watching.

http://safariaddons.com/en-US/safari/

Safari Reader – strips out ads and provides clear text

Pen DrivesFrom http://eduapps.org/

•AccessApps, provides a range of solutions to support writing, reading and planning, as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.

•TeachApps, is a collection of software specifically designed for teachers or lecturers.

•LearnApps, as its name implies, is specifically designed for learners.

From http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/projects/access-tools/download an accessible menu for pen drive applications.

eReadingStanza, Blio, Calibre, EasyReader, Adobe PDF, Google Books

Image to Text, iBooks -ePub and PDF reader -Supports VoiceOver interactions - iPhone

Moon+ Reader -Supports txt, html, epub, zip, opds - control of colour, line spacing, font size, orientation etc - Android

iCloudChrome OS

Student Strategies

www.lexdis.org.uk

Thank you

E.A. Draffan

Web and Internet ScienceElectronics and Computer Science,University of Southampton.Mobile 07976 289103E-mail: ead@ecs.soton.ac.uk

http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk