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Definitions + Examples
Accessibility
Fingertip Resources
WEB 2.0
Potpourri
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines this as? “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.”
What is an Assistive Technology Device?
100
Of the following, which is typically the least restrictive solution? Low-Tech, Mid-Tech, Hi-Tech
What is low-tech?
100
Inserting an audio or video, importing a sound, hyperlinking text, turning the spell check and grammar check on/off are all features of this word processing program.
What is "Microsoft Word"?
100
A free web service that allows a user to make online word processing documents, spreadsheets, and slideshows/presentations.
What is Google Docs?
100
These people make decisions about the way individual lessons are designed and which technology is used to make learning accessible to every student
Who are educators?
200
A portion of this definition is “consisting of selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining, repairing, replacing, or donating assistive technology devices;”
What is Assistive Technology Service?? (50 bonus points if you can state the name of Word Girl’s sidekick)
200
StickyKeys: Press one key at a time for key combinations FilterKeys: Ignore brief or repeated keystrokes and slow down the repeat rate ToggleKeys: Hear tones when pressing certain keys MouseKeys: Control the mouse pointer using the numeric keypad Button Configuration: Reverse the function of the right and left mouse button Double-click Speed: Adjust the double-click speed of the mouse ClickLock: Highlight or drag without holding down the mouse button are all examples of these
What are Accessibility Features (of Windows)?
200
A tool for customizing URLs to make them more memorable
URL Shortener (Bit.ly)
200
A website to make Word Clouds
What is Wordle.net? (10 points for each additional word cloud generator that can be named)
200
The part of an Individualized Education Program which outlines what a student needs to have access to the curriculum in order to be guaranteed a free appropriate public education.
What are accommodations?
300
"Lecturing" or "listening to an audio recording" or "watching a movie" or "looking at a picture" or "giving directions using an avatar" are all examples of this.
What is Multiple Means of Representation?
300
Of the following, this is the least restrictive method of input for most students: switch with scanning, portable keyboard attached to the computer, keyboard with larger keys, QWERTY keyboard, one-handed keyboard, or dictation software
What is a QWERTY Keyboard?
300
A method for teaching literacy skills by way of adjusting narratives through the inclusion of additional textures, audio, additional pictures, moveable objects, rebus text, and/or other media formats.
What are adapted books?
300
wikisummarizer.com The Simple English language of Wikipedia tools4noobs.com/summarize the document summary feature of greatsummary.com, smmry.com, freesummarizer.com, and textcompactor.com are all examples of web sites that help a user perform this task.
What is summarizing text?
300
http://bit.ly/atbookfb
What is the URL for the Facebook page for the Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools ? ?(100 bonus points if you have sent us a picture of yourself with the book and can prove it on the Facebook website)
400
"Talking" or "drawing a picture" or "making a video" or "recording audio" or "gesturing" or "building a model" or "performing a skit" are all examples of this.
What is "Multiple Means of Expression"?
400
A proven methodology to improve the reading abilities of students that is a function of a device found almost ubiquitously in every home in the United States.
What is "closed captioning"?
400
The Night Light Stories Podcast, The Barefoot Books Podcast, The Story Nory Podcast, and Podiobooks.com all provide this in audio formats, which has been proven to increase reading abilities of students who listen.
What is fiction?
400
Bitstrips.com, Pixton.com, and Toondoo.com allow users to create this form of representation and expression.
What are comics or comic strips?
400
Fotobabble.com, Blabberize.com, Voki.com, and Voicethread.com provide a user with a way to upload one of these and add a corresponding audio track, which is useful as a way of giving directions, demonstrating knowledge, or telling a story.
What is a picture?
500
"Interactive websites" or/and "writing for an authentic purpose" or/and "robots" or/and "fuzzy kittens" are examples of this...
What is "Multiple Means of Engagement"?
500
This "function" allows a user to hear digital text read aloud which may be useful for listening to questions, understanding vocabulary, processing information, and editing written work.
What is text-to-speech?
500
A podcast and compendium blog that currently features over 275 free tools, resources, and/or strategies along with explanations for how they can be used to differentiate instruction for students.
What is The A.T.TIPSCAST? (http://attipscast.com) (100 Bonus Points if you can name the title of any episode)
500
Vocaroo.com & recordmp3.org are two web-based methods for a user to perform this function, which is useful as an alternative to writing as a form of expression.
What is sound recording?
500
An image that can be "quickly" scanned by a device resulting in a "response" which takes the user to a resource on the Web such as a video, animation, another image, web site, or social media location.
What is a QR code?