Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with special guest presenter, Billy Krakower, "Using Technology to Engage Students with Disabilities".
February 20, 2016
00:02 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Billy- too bad... but so happy that you could come
00:03 - Peggy George
We are so thrilled to have Billy with us to share today!!!
00:28 - Peggy George
Today's show will be a little different than our usual presentations. It will be an interview with our amazing guest, Billy Krakower sharing about using tech with learning disabled students.
00:48 - Peggy George
This will be a fun new adventure for us on Classroom 2.0 LIVE :-)
01:14 - Peggy George
The Newbie Lounge is an awesome place to meet people at the ISTE Conference :-)
01:22 - JennRegruth
Yes!
01:39 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Love ya Paula
01:50 - Peggy George
I'm so glad Billy has taken the time to write these books! I have learned so much from them!!
01:58 - Peggy George
http://www.billykrakower.com/
02:08 - Peggy George
Evolving Educators, LLC (evolvingeducators.com)
02:15 - Billy (@wkrakower)
This year I am teaching Gifted and Talented and STEM
02:20 - Peggy George
Woot!!! ASCD Emerging Leader :-)
02:28 - @bcdtech Maureen
He is also a flat classroom certified teacher- that's where I met him!
02:48 - Peggy George
https://twitter.com/wkrakower (Billy Krakower on Twitter)
02:58 - Peggy George
Whew! Billy is one busy educator!!!!
03:11 - Peggy George
Welcome Laura and tam! So glad you could join us!
03:25 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Connecting Your Students to the World with Paula and some guy named Jerry Blumengarten
03:25 - Peggy George
https://twitter.com/plnaugle (Paula Naugle on Twitter)
03:30 - tam
thank you, peggy! glad to be here!
03:36 - stidmama
:-) Hello all!
04:00 - Peggy George
that was an awesome introduction Paula!!!
04:23 - Peggy George
Hi stidmama! So glad you could join us!! Always great to have you in the room!
04:23 - JennRegruth
Great job, Paula!
04:27 - Peggy George
Welcome Eileen!
05:06 - Peggy George
Feel free to just keep your mic on Paula :-)
05:22 - @bcdtech Maureen
i'm having bandwidtj issues... it had better hold out!
05:23 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Thanks, everyone.
05:38 - Peggy George
Q1: How did you come to collaborate with Sharon Plante, both as teachers and as co-authors of your new book?
06:12 - Peggy George
I love this story! Shows the power of connecting with other educators who may not live anywheres near you!
06:25 - @bcdtech Maureen
I hadn't heard of it til I read Billy and Sharon's book!
06:57 - Peggy George
their book is fabulous! lots of great teaching strategies and tools!
07:18 - Billy (@wkrakower)
http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Students-Disabilities-Connected-Educators/dp/1506318266/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455987615&sr=8-1&keywords=using+technology+to+engage+students+with+learning+disabilities
07:20 - Peggy George
http://www.amazon.com/Connecting-Your-Students-World-Collaboration/dp/1138902969 (Book co-authored by Paula Naugle, Billy Krakower and Jerry Blumengarten: Connecting Your Students with the World: Tools and Projects to Make Global Collaboration Come Alive, K-8)
07:22 - Eileen
Hello Peggy😀
07:25 - David Gonzalez
I can't wait to read this book. I am ordering today after the webinar.
07:39 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Here is the link for the book http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Students-Disabilities-Connected-Educators/dp/1506318266/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455987615&sr=8-1&keywords=using+technology+to+engage+students+with+learning+disabilities
07:54 - Peggy George
If you have a Kindle you can order the book and start reading it today!
08:25 - Peggy George
http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Students-Disabilities-Connected-Educators/dp/1506318266
08:44 - Peggy George
all of these links are also in the Livebinder today. http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1937522
09:09 - @bcdtech Maureen
karen jan is on it too
09:09 - Peggy George
the stories are so helpful! always great to hear and learn from the teacher experiences :-)
09:34 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q3: What are some examples of assistive technology and why are assistive technologies important for students with learning disabilities?
09:48 - Peggy George
yes Maureen! Karen Jankowski is an outstanding leader with UDL! She did a great webinar for us awhile back :-)
10:23 - @bcdtech Maureen
too many districts don't use SETT to figure out what to use or don't consider kid preferences
11:29 - stidmama
I used live scribe for my master's....
11:45 - Peggy George
audio notetaker :-) https://www.sonocent.com/en-us/audio-notetaker
12:06 - Terri Gogola 1
I bought one for my ADD husband for his sales meetings.
12:12 - Peggy George
I have a Livescribe pen and it is amazing for taking notes and converting them to digital text :-)
12:13 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q4: In your book you say “t’ not about the tech, but for some students it is.”ell us more about that. How do you as a teacher decide when to use tech and when not to use it?
12:23 - @bcdtech Maureen
I have several livescribe pens and love them. The one that supposedly transcribes did not work for me at all... but the others- echo and sky worked really well
12:55 - @bcdtech Maureen
Tech can be the hook to get the student excited about learning
13:13 - Peggy George
finding that match is so important! what does the student really need?
13:41 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q5: What tools do you use with LD students to support reading and writing?
14:18 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Yes
14:21 - Peggy George
yes seeing it great Billy
14:22 - @bcdtech Maureen
Read and Write for Google rocks! Best tool in the world. Free for teachers- $$ for kids, but my district has it now for all students- really cheap
14:33 - Peggy George
https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-and-write-family/read-write-for-education
15:02 - Peggy George
https://www.bookshare.org/cms
15:09 - Peggy George
Bookshare looks fantastic!
15:18 - Peggy George
http://www.readworks.org/
15:31 - @bcdtech Maureen
There are also other sites with changing lexile- newsela
15:31 - stidmama
love readworks
15:34 - Peggy George
that is so helpful to be able to select books based on reading abilities
15:36 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Yes, love ReadWorks.org
15:36 - Terri Gogola 1
Our district is looking to make a new AT assessment of needs. Does anyone have one we could look at?
15:54 - @bcdtech Maureen
DIscover kids has different levels too- not free... but has monthly free stuff
16:09 - stidmama
newsela is an expensive one to get the most useful features
16:29 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Terri check WATI for long lists
16:40 - @bcdtech Maureen
Voice typing is wonderful!
17:00 - Peggy George
https://newsela.com/
17:13 - Peggy George
:-) that happens to all of us!
17:20 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Terri http://wati.org/?pageLoad=content/links/resources/index.php
17:57 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Terri http://natri.uky.edu/resources/fundamentals/defined.html
17:59 - Peggy George
@adobevoice https://standout.adobe.com/voice/
18:06 - @bcdtech Maureen
open dyslexic
18:17 - @bcdtech Maureen
Storyboardthat has it as well
18:20 - Peggy George
thanks for those links Maureen and Terri! I'll add them to our Livebinder after the show
18:39 - Peggy George
@VoiceDreamApp http://www.voicedream.com/
18:40 - @bcdtech Maureen
You can use beeline reader extension on chrome or dyslexia reader extension...
18:59 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Open Dyslexic
19:00 - Billy (@wkrakower)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opendyslexic/cdnapgfjopgaggbmfgbiinmmbdcglnam?hl=en
19:00 - Peggy George
what is the link for Beeline reader?
19:18 - Peggy George
that's really interesting Paula!
19:19 - @bcdtech Maureen
its in the chrone web store- hangon
19:36 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Live Scribe pen http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/
19:44 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Just ordered myself the Black Edition
19:51 - Peggy George
I remember when we used to use the colored transparencies to help some students be able to read the printed page better :-)
19:52 - @bcdtech Maureen
beeline https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beeline-reader/ifjafammaookpiajfbedmacfldaiamgg
19:54 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q6: How can technology support students in math who have dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia?
20:07 - Peggy George
all of those important dys words :-)
20:13 - Terri Gogola 1
Thanks Maureen
20:37 - Peggy George
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/dyslexia-what-it-is-and-isnt (Dyslexia, DYsgraphia, Dyscalculia explained)
20:40 - @bcdtech Maureen
I also use visor https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/visor/lhpbckonakppajdgicbjdfokagjofnob to make focus windows and for background color change
20:53 - Peggy George
http://otswithapps.com/2015/12/12/modmath-2-0-for-dysgraphia-available/
21:02 - Peggy George
yes
21:05 - Lorie Moffat
no
21:12 - @bcdtech Maureen
Alos try readability to clear up screenhttps:chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readability/oknpjjbmpnndlpmnhmekjpocelpnlfdi
22:00 - @bcdtech Maureen
There is an AT toolbar in chrome too https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/atbar/lihjlachbdicbhpalgegcgknkbmjhicl
22:00 - Peggy George
all of these links are in the Livebinder too :-)f
22:12 - Peggy George
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
23:01 - Peggy George
http://classtechtips.com/about/
23:06 - Peggy George
:-)
23:32 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q7: What are ways you allow students to differentiate the way they show their understand and knowledge?
23:55 - @bcdtech Maureen
There was one I learned about at masscue winter camp this past week- scrible https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scrible/ncjdkbfljbfclahddicjlandcamhkpii Supposedly has a lot of the features like read & write, but free
24:24 - Peggy George
http://otswithapps.com/2015/12/12/modmath-2-0-for-dysgraphia-available/ (ModMath)
24:28 - @bcdtech Maureen
Explain everything is a free chrome app
24:37 - Peggy George
@ModMath http://usemodmath.blogspot.com/ (ModMath Article)
24:54 - Peggy George
I love ThingLink too!!!!! integrates multimedia great!
25:18 - @bcdtech Maureen
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/explain-everything-whiteb/abgfnbfplmdnhfnonljpllnfcobfebag?hl=en
25:27 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q9: Teachers often feel overwhelmed with all of the new tech tools and don’ feel they have time to learn how to use them. What are some good ways teachers can learn about tech tools that will support student learning and how do they pick the right tool?
25:45 - @bcdtech Maureen
Qiat list serve is really good if you have questions
25:48 - Peggy George
love it Billy!! Ask on Twitter!! If you don't use Twitter to connect with other teachers you need to start :-)
26:16 - @bcdtech Maureen
There are also facebook groups, Understood.org and Karenjan's AT chat on Wed on twitter 8 pm
26:49 - stidmama
I hate twitter. Have had an account since it started, rarely log in. My brain doesn't work that way.
26:52 - Peggy George
@CAST_UDL http://www.cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.Vru4F5MrLG4
26:55 - David Gonzalez
Is that Eastern Time , Maureen?
27:06 - @bcdtech Maureen
yes David
27:14 - Peggy George
https://www.graphite.org/ (Graphite.org)
27:17 - David Gonzalez
Thanks Maureen.
27:24 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q8: What is your understanding of UDL and how in applying its principles, you can address the needs of ALL learners?
27:41 - Billy (@wkrakower)
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/assistive-technology-for-kids-with-learning-disabilities-an-overview/
27:45 - Terri Gogola 1
yes
27:46 - Peggy George
this is a great site for Math UDL http://www.theudlproject.com/math-k-5.html (UDL Math for Elementary School- Math lesson plans that follow the principles of Universal Design for Learning, and the accompanying materials.)
27:47 - Lisa @TheHomeworkdog
Yes
27:50 - Lorie Moffat
I can, Paula
27:51 - Peggy George
hearing you fine Paula
28:23 - Peggy George
a little bit of bandwidth lag right now for some reason
28:44 - stidmama
the UDL site looks good, too bad so many of the lessons are for smart boards
28:49 - @bcdtech Maureen
If all the tools are available for all kids- everyone wins
29:34 - @bcdtech Maureen
CAST has some good tools as well.
29:56 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Q10: What are some of the study skills that are challenging for LD students and what tools have you found helpful to teach them these skills?
29:57 - Peggy George
there are some great resources and stories in the book about graphic organizers :-)
30:02 - @bcdtech Maureen
So many EF issues for our kids
30:06 - Peggy George
http://cybraryman.com/graphicorganizers.html (Graphic Organizers)
30:16 - Peggy George
https://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (EducationPlace graphic organizers)
30:25 - @bcdtech Maureen
I love Google Keep, Using google classroom, Inspiration software
30:27 - Peggy George
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizers-reading-comprehension (Scholastic Graphic organizers for reading comprehension)
30:41 - Eileen
My students love using Quizlet or Socrative
30:42 - Terri Gogola 1
With Screenr gone...what are other's using for screencasting? Need to teach some educators some good tech stuff.
30:53 - @bcdtech Maureen
readwrite think has good graphic organizers
31:06 - Peggy George
short teacher videos (even student-created videos) are fantastic for helping kids learn and re-learn things!
31:12 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Terri I use screencastify or snagit chrome extension
31:17 - Peggy George
http://edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm (EdHelp graphic organizers)
31:29 - Peggy George
https://www.mindomo.com/ (Mindomo)
http://popplet.com/ (Popplet tool for iPad and web for capturing and organizing ideas)
31:54 - Peggy George
Cybraryman has some of the best resource collections on all kinds of topics!!!
32:02 - Sylvianne LH
Screencastomatic is a great screencast recorder that's free
32:03 - Peggy George
https://quizlet.com/ (Quizlet study tool (flashcards, tests and study games)
32:11 - Eileen
Quizlet has flash cards and many games
32:15 - Peggy George
http://www.cram.com/ (Cram: create flashcards)
http://flashcardsdeluxe.com/flashcards/ (Flashcards Deluxe: powerful flashcard app which you can use to study just about anything)
32:15 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Assistive technology for kids with LD: An overview - http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/assistive-technology-for-kids-with-learning-disabilities-an-overview/
32:41 - Peggy George
https://standout.adobe.com/voice/ (Adobe Voice: turn your story into a stunning, animated video)
32:54 - Sylvianne LH
https://screencast-o-matic.com/home
33:17 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Enhancing Learning Through Differentiated Technology - http://www.edutopia.org/blog/enhanced-learning-through-differentiated-technology-julie-stern
33:22 - Peggy George
Voicethread is another great tool for collaborating on learning! https://voicethread.com/about/features/ (VoiceThread features)
33:59 - Peggy George
Another great tool for students to share what they know! http://www.redjumper.net/bookcreator/ (BookCreator app)
34:09 - Peggy George
Siri is fabulous!
34:44 - @bcdtech Maureen
speak it google chrome extension can read to you too
34:59 - Peggy George
I had no idea you could do all of those things with Siri until I read their book!!! Much more than just asking it questions!
35:00 - Sharon Gullett 1
Online World Book and Britannica has a voice option too
35:02 - Sylvianne LH
Dragon app is great or Dragon naturally speaking or PC
35:05 - @bcdtech Maureen
Can you tell I like Google chrome?
35:25 - Terri Gogola 1
thanks for the screencasting resources ;)
35:43 - @bcdtech Maureen
Dragon doesn't do a great job with the picth of kid voices- voice typing in docs is amazing
36:05 - Peggy George
love it Maureen!!! keep sharing!!
36:22 - Peggy George
http://donjohnston.com/snap-read/ (Snap&Read Universal Reading Tool)
http://donjohnston.com/cowriter/ (Co:Writer Universal for Google Chrome)
36:38 - Lorie Moffat
@ Maureen - thanks so much for jumping in to answer questions. :)
36:42 - Peggy George
amen about too much testing!!!
37:02 - Peggy George
This is an amazing tool! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak?hl=en-US (SpeakIt extension)
37:19 - stidmama
Because the tests do not demonstrate student growth (only whether they can perform at a predetermined level), students who read at a level below expected are disadvantaged on the tests.
37:22 - NinaPeery
I love this answer! Giving grades is teaching our students to think that failing is bad.
37:25 - @bcdtech Maureen
@Peggy- heading up to Troy next week to learn more about Snap and Read - I think it will be a game changer for some of the middle/ HS kids if I can convince admin to buy it
37:40 - Peggy George
lucky you Maureen!
38:03 - Eileen
We feel the testing results are viewed as our report cards...Sad.
38:34 - @bcdtech Maureen
My google chrome AT god- Mike Marotta- he's from Jersey too- https://mmatp.com/chromeat/
38:38 - Peggy George
Colleen King has some fantastic math games on her site that would provide really fun opportunities to practice math skills including problem solving with word problems :-) http://www.mathplayground.com/math_monster_multiplication.html (Math Playground: Math Monster Multiplication)
38:48 - Peggy George
yes Eileen! so sad!!!
38:49 - Glenn Hervieux @sisqitman
Maybe some day people at the state/federal level will understand the impact of testing and what assessment is best for students.
39:06 - Terri Gogola 1
Data needs to be given back to the educators to drive education...not evaluations!!!!
39:08 - Sylvianne LH
I love using Exit Ticket http://exitticket.org/ it allows students to be set tests but grouped according to ability. Then tracks their scores. It is moving to Gooru soon, but a lovely system
39:26 - Peggy George
great suggestion Sylvianne!!! thanks!
39:34 - @bcdtech Maureen
Billy- do you/did you use UPar for reading assessment?
40:15 - Peggy George
you don't have to be an expert on the tools to use them! let the students take the lead and you can learn them together :-)
40:24 - stidmama
Thanks for the great ideas. I am loading the book onto my Kindle right now!
40:40 - @bcdtech Maureen
Do you have any wonderful resources for written expression for kids who have disabilities/
40:41 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Nope we use DRA and as of today not using online/tech for reading but might be using STAR 360
40:56 - Eileen
Now I am seeing more students in gifted with reading disabilities. Thank you for the websites I may try to use to support these students.
41:03 - Peggy George
these are some great sites for videos and lesson plans for students/teachers! https://jr.brainpop.com/ (Jr. BrainPOP lessons and video library)
https://www.brainpop.com/ (BrainPop lessons and video library)
http://www.learnzillion.com (LearnZillion videos and lessons)
41:20 - Peggy George
Maureen do you want to get on the mic to share?
41:29 - Terri Gogola 1
thanks Billy...can't wait to read your book.:)
41:43 - @bcdtech Maureen
It's a protocol to test to see if the kids can benefit from tech...
41:50 - @bcdtech Maureen
not a reading program
42:00 - Peggy George
thank you to everyone who has shared links in the chat!! I'll add them to our Livebinder after the show :-)
42:24 - Peggy George
any further questions for Billy?
42:30 - @bcdtech Maureen
no, I m goog
42:32 - @bcdtech Maureen
good
42:33 - Terri Gogola 1
Thanks Peggy:)
43:13 - Peggy George
Thank you so much Billy!!! Your suggestions are so valuable and there's even more in your book!!!
43:27 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Thank you so much, Billy, for being our guest today. Give your wife and daughter a hug for me.
43:37 - David Gonzalez
Wow, I learned so much today. Thanks Billy, Paula, Lorie, Tammy, Peggy, Blackboard Collaborate, and Classroom 2.0 Live! Thanks Maureen too!
43:44 - Patti Ruffing
just bought the book with one click on Amazon
43:49 - Janet P
Thanks a bunch!
43:55 - @bcdtech Maureen
Great- thanks Billy! Love your book
44:09 - Sharon Gullett 1
Joined late but I'm going back to the archive ASAP
44:13 - Billy (@wkrakower)
Glad you read it.. Would love a review on Amazon!! :)
44:20 - Tiziana Angiolini ( Italy)
Thanks a lot(y)
44:51 - Elizabeth Bagish 1
Thank you!
44:56 - @plnaugle(Paula)
My pleasure.
45:12 - stidmama
This was helpful -- I have several kids who will benefit from today's show!
45:15 - Chris
Thank you appreciate hearing from an Apple district and Google district!
45:27 - Patti Ruffing
Great info Billy, thank you. Thanks Paula - excellent interview
45:32 - @bcdtech Maureen
Hey Paula- can you talk about breakout edu? I want to learn more about that
45:36 - LucianeCurator
I use with my SEN students http://edu.glogster.com for years now and we just start to use
45:41 - JennRegruth
Well done!!!
45:45 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Thanks, Patti.
45:55 - @bcdtech Maureen
I am so sad to miss Eric.. but will be at edcampBoston
45:55 - Chris
Google Drawings is AWESOME
45:59 - Sylvianne LH
Thank you, joined very late, but will check back when on the Archive.
46:15 - @bcdtech Maureen
I just starting looking at participate learning- wonderful resource!
46:32 - Peggy George
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon.)
46:40 - Peggy George
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
46:48 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Yes, Maureen, I'll include Breakout EDU. I'll actually be at an Edcamp next Saturday when I host the show where we are doing Breakout EDU.
46:48 - Peggy George
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’ like to present for us)
47:03 - Peggy George
we would love to have more nominations for Featured Teacher!!!
47:11 - Peggy George
those are some of our favorite shows!!
47:22 - Peggy George
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
47:42 - Peggy George
Huge thanks to Patti Ruffing for sending out the PD certificates every week!!!!
47:45 - @plnaugle(Paula)
Thanks everyone. Have a great weekend. :)
47:57 - Peggy George
Thank you so much Billy and Paula!!
00:03 to: Peggy George
We are so thrilled to have Billy with us to share today!!!
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47:45 to: @plnaugle(Paula)Thanks everyone. Have a great weekend. :)
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to: Peggy Thank you so much Billy and Paula!!