Tools to Assist You with Students with Special Learning and Language Needs
Apps/Programs That Translate
Create video lectures that students can watch back with closed captions turned on (in any language!)
Supports for students with learning difficulties
Did you know?
Washington Township School District has access to Co:Writer for special needs students. This allows them to have improved text suggestions, and their text read out loud to them as they type. Students sign into the Google Chrome Extension using school district account info.
- Use this Chrome Extension to Recognize Audio and Translate (Speech Recognition and Translation)
- Use this Chrome Extension to Translate Entire or Partial Webpages (Google Translate Extension)
- Use this App with iPhones/iPads to Translate Speech and Text (Speak and Translate - Voice and Text Translator)
- Use this App with Android Devices to Translate Speech and Text (Microsoft Translator)
- Translation Features in Microsoft Word
Create video lectures that students can watch back with closed captions turned on (in any language!)
- Screencast-o-matic allows you to record up to 15 minutes for free
- Use a webcam and/or microphone, and record a lecture along with your screen/presentation. Announce to students that it is being recorded, move students away from the microphone that should not be recorded. If your a worried about this process, record your practice lecture when students aren't around
- Upload to YouTube as either a Public or Unlisted Video depending on your level of requested privacy. Share link with your students.
- Show students how to turn on Closed Captions on their Videos
Supports for students with learning difficulties
- Learning Tools (For OneNote, Word, and ePub files in Edge). Aids students who have difficulty decoding text
- Open Dyslexic Font- Use of this font in presentations and text helps students with Dyslexia (For Chrome Extension Click Here)
- Mercury Reader cleans up webpages in Chrome to help students with attention and visual issues
- Rewordify adjusts the language in articles and documents to lower reading levels
- Speak in Word Speak- Did You Know Your Word Documents Can Talk!?
To add to Word: Go to the “File” tab, select “Options”, then Click on “Quick Access Toolbar”, change dropdown to “All Commands”, scroll to “Speak” and select it, then choose “Add”
Did you know?
Washington Township School District has access to Co:Writer for special needs students. This allows them to have improved text suggestions, and their text read out loud to them as they type. Students sign into the Google Chrome Extension using school district account info.