Next, review curated resources for teaching and learning in "CONNECT."
MiTechKids Global Collaborator task card for kindergarten. March is not only Reading Month, but it is also time for March Madness NCAA College Basketball Tournament. The students will review the top 16 books that have circulated throughout your library during the school year, and the students choose the book of the year. This activity can also be used at all different levels as students choose books from their age level.
MiTechKids Creative Communicator task card for second grade. Sock Puppets is an iPad app that allows students to make their own puppet shows in seconds. Students can add puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds while incorporating their own voices to their show. The possibilities are endless.
21Things4Students: Thing 5 - Digital Footprint. In this Quest, you will investigate how social media can impact your digital footprint. There are many popular ways to boost your digital footprint using social media and other means. You will explore how to be socially responsible and empathetic in social media, your classroom, and your community.
21Things4Students: Thing 20 - Global Collaboration. In this Quest, you will have a chance to experience the different cultural perspectives someone might bring to a conversation in a work setting. You will also find out how non-verbal communication impacts conversations since different cultures interpret gestures and body language to mean different things.
21Things4Students: Thing 20 - Global Collaboration. In this Quest, your goal is to take what you have learned and participate in a synchronous connection to learn more about a global problem, issue, or concern in real-time.
Make Learning Accessible
AAC - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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What is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative Communication 7 ways to Include an AAC User in Conversation when providing synchronous activities that include a person who uses a speech generating device (AAC user) to communicate.
Accessible Social Media
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Learn the do's and don'ts of accesible social media.
Screen Readers
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NVDA allows blind and vision impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third party applications. Learn more about the features of NVDA.
Text Readers (Text to Speech)
- Text to Speech and Speech to Text for all Platforms provides a list of the available tools.
Accessibility for Synchronous Tools