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Arizona Department of Education Exceptional Student Services Janet Fukuda, MEd Assistive Technology Specialist janet.fukuda@azed.gov (520) 628-6665 Mitch Galbraith, MS, OTR/L Assistive Technology Specialist mitch.galbraith@azed.gov (602) 542-4016
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National Science Education Standards
P rinciple 1: Learning is enhanced when teachers recognize and teach to diverse learning styles and strengths
Principle 2: Content learning is supported by explicit instruction in skills and strategies.
Principle 3: Learning is facilitated when instruction and assessment are clearly organized.
Principle 4: Learning is maximized when instruction and assessment are based on explicit objectives.
Principle 5: Learning is improved when teachers provide consistent feedback.
Principle 6: Learning is sustained when students develop self-knowledge.
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Accessible Educational Materials
Tactile Graphics NASA PIAF
Maginifying software
QR Codes
Digital Text
Prizmo- IOS & Text Fairy-Android
SnapType – IOS / ANDROID
Epic books Click to add text www.getepic.com
Tools and strategies
From a seed to a plant Kinder Strand 4: Life Science Concept : Life Cycles- Life Cycle of a plant (Seed to a Plant)
Accessible lab set-up • Universal Design Versus Accommodations • Physical Environments • Lab Staff • Information Resources • Equipment
Plastic Lab Equipment • Gr. 1 Strand 5: Physical Science Concept 1: Properties of objects and materials- Lab Experiment- liquids
Adaptive Tools
Large Magnets
Zoomy HS Strand 4: Life Science Concept 1: The Cell-Cells (Identify the parts of a cell)
Big, BIG, BIGGER
Real Bugs Discovery Kit
Life Cycle Stages
Skeleton – Foam floor puzzle Gr. 5 Strand 4: Life Science Concept 1: Structure and Function in Living Systems-Skeletal System/Body (Identify the bones of the body)
Periodic Table www.perkinselearning.org
• Tactile Solar System Planets/Solar System Gr. 5 Strand 6: Earth and Space Science Concept 3: Earth in the Solar System-
3D Printing ww.selva3d.com
3D Pen
Wiki Stix
Froguts-Virtual Dissection www.froguts.com
Modified Curriculum
Where are you confident? Where is work most needed?
•Are the tools •What are the •What activities •What specific being considered studenfs current take place in the tasks occur in the on a continuum environI ment? environI ment? abilities? from no/low to high-tech? •What are the •What activities do •What activities is •Are the tools studenfs specia1 other students do the student student centered needs? that this student expected to do? and task oriented cannot currently and reflect the student1s current •What are the participate in? •What does needs? functional areas of success look like? concern? •What assistive •What are the technology does training requirements for the student have the student,. family access to or and staff? currently use?
Wati decision making guide
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