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Using the Accessibility Features in Chromebooks to Support Diverse Learners

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Overview

Are you curious about how Chromebooks can support diverse learners in your classroom? In this session Dr. Luis Pérez will explore a number of accessibility features Google has built into Chromebooks to make these devices easier to use for students who have special learning needs. He will also feature a number of extensions for the Chrome web browser that provide supports for learning, such as text to speech, speech recognition, word prediction, highlighting and more. You will leave this session with a powerful toolkit for addressing the variability of your students with Chromebooks.

Details

Status: Available On-Demand
Subject: Special Education
Last aired on: Friday, August 5, 2016 @ 11:00 AM EDT
Duration: 30 minutes
Credit Hours: 0.5
Categories: Special Education
Tags: accessibility features, Chrome, Chromebooks, diversity, special needs

Reviews (63)

 
Great info
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Excellent information and handouts!
 
This is great info for helping students with impairments!
 
Good ideas for chromebooks. Helpful!
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Very informative for students with visual impairments.
 
Great info
 
Thanks for this info
 
The best so far. Excellent information to use and consider.
 
I agree Jonathan. I enjoyed this video.
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I have watched several Luis Perez videos. This is by far the best one for an excellent overview of the accessibility options on most laptops.
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