I recently had the pleasure to present sessions at the High Impact Conference for Educators, which is an event we put on through the Educational Service Center where I work. All of my sessions were recorded, and over time I hope to share several of the videos.
Please note that the recordings are a lot more casual than some of my other videos, as this is from an in-person conference with a room full of attendees, so there is some chatting and questions and such. Hopefully though you will still find the content helpful.
For this recording, this is the session:
Accessibility Tools to Support all LearnersThere are many tools, apps, extensions, and features available to assist all learners. In this session we take an in-depth hands-on look at a wide range of technology tools to assist any and all learners. These can include text-to-speech, speech-to-text, readability, reading comprehension, artificial intelligence tools, audio support, organization, focus, and more. Learn what tools are available and how to access and use these free tools with your students.
▶️ Recorded Training (45 minutes)
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🧰 Session Resources
- Session Resource Document - http://bit.ly/curts-support
- Session Slideshow - View slides - Copy slides
- Chromebook Accessibility Tools - https://bit.ly/curts-cbaccess - View slides - Copy slides
- Read&Write for Google - Extension link
- "Read&Write Can Do That?!" - Resource Document - Slideshow
- Helperbird - Chrome extension link
- Google Lens - https://lens.google/ - Blog post
- ChromeOS - Select-to-Speak ("Everything" key and the "S" key)

🎙️ Speech to Text
- Video tutorial - "Google Tools for Speech to Text" - Blog post - YouTube link
- ChromeOS - Dictation
- Google Docs Voice Typing (built into Google Docs and Google Slides)
- Voice In Voice Typing extension - Chrome extension link

👓 Readability
- ChromeOS - Color inversion, Full-screen magnifier, Docked magnifier, Page Zoom, Display Zoom
- Chrome Reading Mode
- Lexend font - Google Fonts resource page
- Dyslexia Friendly - Chrome extension link
- OpenDyslexic - Chrome extension link
- Bionify - bionify.xyz
- Postlight Reader - Chrome extension link
- Reader View - Chrome extension link
- AlphaText - Chrome extension link
- Line Height Adjuster - Chrome extension link
- Helperbird - Chrome extension link
- WaspLine Reader - Chrome extension link
- SwiftRead - Chrome extension link
- ATbar - Chrome extension link
- Color Overlay - Chrome extension link
- MagicScroll Web Reader - Chrome extension link
- Visor - Chrome extension link
- Screen Mask - Chrome extension link
- High Contrast - Chrome extension link
- Color Enhancer - Chrome extension link
- Magnifying Glass - Chrome extension link

📗 Reading comprehension
- ChromeOS "Quick Answers" - Right-click on any word to pronounce and define
- Google Dictionary - Chrome extension link
🤖 Generative AI Support
- All Eric's AI Resources - controlaltachieve.com/ai
- Super Tutor: AI to Support all Learners - bit.ly/curts-aisupport - Video (1 hour) - Blog post
- Assist with differentiation - Example - Blog post
- Explain topics at any level and depth - Example
- Help students work through a problem step by step - Example
- Provide students with essay or knowledge questions, and feedback on the student response. - Example
- Determine the reading level of a text - Example
- Rewrite the text at a lower reading level - Example
- Summarize the text
- Make a bullet point list of key points from the text - Example
- Identify potentially difficult words in the text and list them with definitions - Example
- Rewrite a text in a different style (genre, person, etc.) to help understand the content - Example
- Create a story with specific characters, items, and events, written at any reading level - Example
- Generate writing prompts for stories, essays, articles, and more - Example - Example
- Generate main ideas to explore when writing about a topic - Example
- Generate model writing and flawed writing for students to use as an exemplar - Example
- Evaluate student writing and provide feedback for how it can be improved - Example
🔊 Audio support
- Mote - Chrome web store link
- Beep - Chrome web store link
- Read&Write for Google Chrome - Voice Notes - Chrome web store link

🅰️️ Translation Tools
- Google Tools for ELL & Languages - bit.ly/curts-ellgoogle - View Slides - Copy Slides
- Google translate extension - Chrome web store link

☑️ Behavior, focus, and organization
- Limit - Chrome extension link
- uBlock Origin - Chrome extension link
- Move It - Chrome extension link
- Ambient Audio tools - Resource Link
- Tide - Focus Timer & White Noise - Resource link
- Keep - Chrome Extension Link, Website Link, Android App Link, iOS App Link

🧭 Navigation
- ChromeOS - Automatic clicks, Large mouse cursor, Highlight mouse cursor, Sticky keys
- Custom Cursor for Chrome - Chrome extension link
- Look to Speak - Android app
- LipSurf - Chrome extension link
- Click-free Browsing - Chrome extension link
- Vimium - Chrome extension link
- CrxMouse - Chrome extension link
- Caret Browsing - Chrome extension link

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