After all, in math and science using the text books also requires literacy skills. Once a student gets too far behind in reading, they will soon find themselves behind in every subject. Universal design seems especially important when it comes to literacy. Wikipedia writes: “Curb cuts or sidewalk ramps, essential for people in wheelchairs but also used by all, are a common example.” Instead of creating specialized or adapted solutions for different users, a practice which inevitably creates a privileged norm and an underserved “other,” universal design, or “design for all,” creates one solution that works for everyone.
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This is truly an example of universal design-the practice of imagining solutions that naturally serve the full spectrum of diverse users. While they certainly add speed, ease, anonymity, and instant data analytics, they are hardly innovative: children have been raising their hands for decades.Īlthough the Learning Tools product was created as part of a project that aimed to help students with learning differences, any educator who tinkers with these tools will see that if they are creatively incorporated into early literacy curricula, they will make a huge impact for all students. Consider for example, smartphone-based classroom polling platforms. They are more efficient iterations of technologies that already exist. Most of these are really just digital versions of traditional classroom tools and practices. Sometimes it is a game, sometimes an adaptive learning engine, sometimes a tool for quizzing, or polling, or managing data. Just about every day some entrepreneur or their PR/marketing person sends me notice of some new education technology. It illustrates just how powerful the education technologies of the future can and will be. Learning Tools for OneNote was originally created for dyslexics, but it is game changer for everybody.
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When Jeff Petty, the accessibility lead for Windows for education, showed me the tools, I was blown away. Last week, Microsoft quietly released a public preview of “Learning Tools for OneNote.” This Microsoft hackathon winner is an add-in for OneNote designed to improve the reading and writing experience for students.
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