Tag: ed tech tools

Using Chrome Accessibility Extensions

February 26, 2016

 We have been talking a lot about accessibility lately.  We have highlighted some low-tech assistive tech tools, as well as high tech resources, like Goalbook, which help teachers implement universal design for learning. We have also shared our favourite resources for special education teachers. Today, my article for the Yellin Center Blog, goes in-depth on some of the free, accessibility extensions for google chrome. Don’t forget that Microsoft and other browsers have similar features, so if you aren’t a chrome uses do a little digging into what your internet browser offers! Continue reading “Using Chrome Accessibility Extensions”

Back-to-School App Roundup for Teachers

September 10, 2015

 Well the start of school is upon us, and your social media accounts are undoubtedly  being flooded with adorable, toothless back to school photos from all the proud mamas and papas out there.  Teachers, however, are also gearing up to kick off the new school year.  This week they will be meeting the newest heard of young people entrusted to their care.  As such, I put together a great list of some of my favourite digital tools out there that make a teacher’s life a touch easier.  You can head over to my article posted at the Yellin Center for Mind, Brain and Education where you will find my write up accompanied by videos on each of the apps.  Below you will also find a copy of my commentary on the merits of each tool. Happy back to school, and an even happier school-year!

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Educational Technology Review: Animation-ish

November 5, 2014

icon-aiAnother ed tech review is up on the Yellin Center Blog.  This time it is for an incredible animation software program that has the power to assist educators in differentiating their instruction and cultivating a maker culture in the classroom. I was over the top excited to learn that one of my personal all-time favorite children’s authors has launched an award-winning software program titled Animation-ish. Peter H. Reynolds is the bestselling author and illustrator behind the incredible titles Ish, The Dot and The North Star. Each of the aforementioned held a very prominent and special place in my curriculum when I was a classroom teacher.  Now, Mr. Reynold has moved beyond books and into the digital space with the launch of Animation-ish, which is described as “an easy-to-use animation software program that inspires creativity and enables children to show what they know.”

For more on how to use the app, its undeniable merits for the classroom and more unabashed praise singing of this amazing tool head over to my review at the Yellin Center.