Adapting or

Assistive
Technology/
Emerging
Technology/
Innovative Uses
Maria Casas
CSN Education Department, Edu214
4/23/20
 Adaptive or Assistive
Technology
• Text-to-speech (TTS)
technology 
• Is a type of assistive
technology that reads the
text aloud.
• It is sometimes referred to
as “Read aloud”
technology
 Adaptive or Assistive
Technology
• How is this beneficial in school settings? How can younger grades benefit form TTS?
• TTS can help kids who struggle with reading, helping Some TTS tools also have a technology called Optical
students stay focused and helping students with Character Recognition (OCR). This tools allows read text
writing and editing. from images
• Text-to-speech (TTS) can provide a multisensory EXAMPLE: A Stop sign, by taking a picture this tool can
reading experience that combines seeing with hearing. read aloud the words in the picture “ STOP”.
• How does it work? What is the Price?
• TTS can take words on a computer or other digital Most of the schools have it. However most parents and
device like smartphones and iPad and convert them teachers suggest it if the students has an IEP and can
into audio benefit from an assistive technology. This is a great tool
• With what devices is it compatible with?
• Free From Natural Reader
• Computers
• ISpeech
• Smartphones
• iPad 10,000 credits = $200
• What software's is TTS is compatible with?
• Microsoft Word For more information Please Visit the link below
• Pages
• And any other Online websites
 How to use it?

• How can I use this in Microsoft Word? High light text and How can I use it in Pages? High light the text go to edit
go to Review and select “Read Aloud”: scroll down to speech select start speaking.

How can I use it on websites?

Some websites have TTS tools on-site. For instance,
you can turn on our website’s “Reading Assist” tool,
located in the lower left corner of your screen, to
have this webpage read aloud
 Emerging Technology
Adaptive Learning
technology
• ADAPTIVE LEARNING: is the delivery of custom
learning experiences that address the unique
needs of an individual through just-in-time
feedback, pathways, and resources
• EXAMPLE: When a students has trouble
understanding a concept, they often go to tutoring
services in where they find the support they need.
Adaptive learning is the same way. In this case
however using technology.

STUDENT SUPPORT
 Emerging Technology
• How is this beneficial in school settings? • What is the Price?
• It helps educators by supporting what they taught • Dream Box or any other Adaptive learning
to students using technology to meet each of the technology system costs roughly $30 per student
students different needs. Sometimes it can be per year, or $7,900 per school
overwhelming for teachers when they have too
many students and with this technology it gives
educators extra support.
• How does it work?
Why teachers love this?
• The teachers create a lesson then students use this
technology that provides necessary remediation,
extra content, words of encouragement, and more.
• With what devices is it compatible with?
• Windows
• IOS
How adaptive learning technology  personalizes
learning?

Adaptive learning systems have platforms in which a

students can look for feedback and track down their
own learning means.

What are some popular adaptive learning technology

systems?
• Dream Box Learning
• Smart sparrow
 • eBooks: is short for "electronic
Innovative book." It is a digital  publication
that can be read on a computer,
Uses - e-reader, or other electronic
device.
eBooks • Some eBooks can be edited while
others cannot.
• eBooks that can be edited have
key features that include
• Highlight, Add Notes, Read
Aloud, Draw / Ink, Search and
Share
• What is the price? Depending oh
the type of eBook you get they
normally range in between
• $3.99 to $9.99 for each eBook

• Popular website for eBooks

 Innovative Uses
• What benefits do they bring to students? With some
eBooks you can take notes, highlight important points,
select read aloud, easy access, don’t have to worry
there are no more available in the library, easy access
to any where you go
• What benefits do they bring to schools? Quick Video below
• Time and cost saving. Schools are available to make
more accessible to students and within a quick time
frame
• What benefits do they bring to educators?
• Students can do group studying and annotate on the
eBooks at the same time
• How are eBooks better than textbooks?
• Quick access and they are click away
• How do they work?
• Visit any website that has eBooks available some are
free while others are available to purchase
• What are they compatible with?
• IOS smartphones, Android smartphones, Blackberry
smartphones, kobo reader, Apple iBook's, amazon
Kindle, Sony Reader and Adobe Digital editions
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ciFHZA2E8&feature=emb_logo

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https://www.smartsparrow.com/what-is-adaptive-learning/

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