Assistive+Technology-+Natalie+Eiting

I didn't wear my teacher hat while completing this assignment. I wore my assistive technology hat. The following are 10 ways to modify your SmartBoard lessons using Smart Notebook to differentiate for all learners in your class and/or to provide assistive technology to students with special needs. ~ Use tennis ball on SB for students with fine motor issues. This allows a greater surface area for students to grasp thereby providing more control when on the board. ~ In settings on keyboard turn speech on- will only say letter name. Use this to help provide auditory reinforcements of letters or spelling of words for students with disabilities. ~ In gallery- search for timer… put on screen. Use this to show how much time is left in activities/assessments or to show how long until next transition. ~ In tools- magic pen- box the piece to enlarge the area on the screen that needs to enlarge (tools is ``` in presentation tab) circle to spotlight, write with pen….wait- what you wrote will fade away- speed can be changed in control panel- magic pen doesn’t work outside of notebook so outside of notebook use next spotlight below. Use this magic pen to help narrow students’ focus to where they should be looking on the whiteboard. ~ In snowflake- smart other tools- spot light- box the piece to highlight- blacks out what isn’t in box. Use this to provide even more restriction on where the student’s attention should be on the screen. ~ Use shades to mask text and eliminate stimuli on the board. ~ In tool bar- pin page – leave reference up through whole lesson- word wall, content words, directions, next steps, etc. Not a default- right click on tool bar, customize tool bar, find pin page, drag to tool bar ~In gallery- protractor- interactive tools- protractor that can change zero degrees to either side of protractor. This will help alleviate and/or teach that quandary of which number on the protractor to use to decide angle degrees- bigger or smaller than 90 degree angle. ~ Enlarge keyboard by clicking and dragging a corner to provide more surface area for students to type letters and to enlarge for students in back to see. Change keyboard from standard to alphabetical, numbers, writing paper that will recognize what is written with pen, etc. Depending on level of student. INK AWARE PRGRAMS- in ink aware programs you can still use floating tools, but--- magic pen won’t work, spot light, highlighter, capture, etc. In Microsoft WORD ~ Edit in word with writing… edit on smart board and editing marks will insert into writing and will be in same color as the pen that was used and the font will match what was used in word In PowerPoint ~ Use drop down menu in- blacken out page, add a blank slide, blacken out- to draw attention back to teacher and away from presentation.