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  • Blog
  • Access the World
    • Assistive Technology >
      • Let's Read!
      • I Love Big Words >
        • AT for Vocabulary
      • Blogging about Software & Apps
      • Make it add up
      • Blind/Low Vision/CVI
      • Write Now >
        • Assistive Technology For Writing (Motor)
    • Communication Rocks! >
      • AAC Software
      • Let's Get Talking With AAC
      • AAC Hardware
      • Oregon AAC Resources
  • Resources
    • Funding for Assistive Technology
    • Training >
      • Where Can You Find Us?
    • Local Resources
    • National Resources
    • Good Books About Tools
    • The Best Toys For Learning And Talking
  • This site exists because...
    • Our Goals
  • Please Say Hello!
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Phonology
Articulation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pragmatics
Why is addressing vocabulary so important? 
  • Vocabulary is the largest determinant of comprehension of language.
  • By Kindergarten, the number of words known orally is the strongest predictor of children’s reading comprehension when they reach the upper elementary grades (Scarborough, 2001).
  • “Vocabulary knowledge is necessary for effective listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and a student’s ability to acquire new vocabulary is an important contributor to academic success" (Sweeny & Mason, 2011).
  • After grade 2, most children can and should acquire new vocabulary from the books they read. 
Who might need explicit language instruction? 
  • Heart and Risley (1995) vocabulary and social economic status (SES)/language input: by 5 years of age, there is the potential for a 30 million word gap to develop between children from the wealthiest and poorest families.
  • English language learners
  • Student who do not read at grade level
  • Students with Disabilities: Receptive & Expressive Language Disorder, ADD/ADHD, Intellectual Disability, Processing Disorder
  • Children with multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
  • Students with frequent absences
What can you do with technology (low and high tech)?
  • Augment with Images
    • Allows for understanding with eyes and ears (redundant)
    • Images are less fleeting then words presented auditory
    • Images may be easier to "decode" or access then written words initially
    • Images may assist students in connecting new words/concepts to background knowledge
      • Symbolstix
      • ​​News to You
      • Unique Learning System
      • Boardmaker
      • Google Images FREE
      • Camera/digital photos FREE
      • Websites/wikipedia FREE
      • Teacher/Student drawings FREE
      • Educreations APP FREE (iOS)
      • Paper, blackboard, whiteboard, Interactive White Board, Projector, Boogie Board​
  • Word Studies
    • Visuwords FREE
    • Analogies
  • Word games
    • Free Rice FREE
  • Word Clouds/Banks
    • Wordle FREE
    • Taxedo FREE
  • Digital Text
    • Add images
    • Hyperlink (dictionaries/visuals/additional text/videos, etc.)
    • Highlight (main idea, supporting details, important look fors, new vocabulary, etc.)
    • Bold
    • Italicize
    • Increase/decrease font
    • Embed metacognitive hints (Example: "How does this relate to the viseo we watched in class?")
    • Embed chapter summary/readingcomprehension questions closer to the sourse of the information 
    • Cognitive rescaling
      • Text Compactor FREE
      • News ELA FREE
  • READ! (Read more!  This is one of the best ways to improve vocabulary!)
We read with our eyes
We read with our fingers
We can read with our ears

  *Only changes the standard if the standard is related to decoding or fluency

  • Audio & Text-to-Speech
    • Bookshare.org Free (Qualified print disability)
    • Read2Go APP $19.99 (iOS)
    • VoiceOver built in accessibility feature FREE (iOS)
    • Read Outloud (Free download on Bookshare.org Mac/Win)
    • SOLO by Don Johnston
    • Learning Ally (Audio books/ natural voice)
    • Tumble Books
    • Digital Pen Example
    • Built in TTS Mac
    • Built in TTS Win
    • Talking Books and Braille Library
    • Audible
    • Audio Memo
  • Optical Character Recognition
    • Abc
    • Read Iris
    • Prizmo
    • Snapverter (Crome/Read & Write for Google add-on)
    • Claro PDF
    • SnapType
    • Read & Write for Desktop
    • Kurzweil 3000
    • PDF Expert
  • Make Your Own Accessible Book
    • 30 Hands APP FREE (iOS)
    • ​Adobe Voice APP FREE
    • Book Creator APP $4.99 (iOS)
    • ​Tellagami APP
    • ExplainEverything APP
    • SlideIdea FREE
    • Aurasma FREE
  • ​Dictionary/Thesaurus 
    • Wordflex Touch Dictionary APP (iOS) FREE

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