Adaptive or Assistive Technology/

Technology Productivity/
Innovative Uses
Aranne Urbancic
CSN Education Department, EDU-214
February 21, 2021

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Readspeaker
This website is intended for students and anyone for text to speech services.
Cost: It just states to contact them for pricing.
Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? I feel that this software can help many people who are vision impaired,
auditory learners, or have different abilities and need to hear a voice for any reading issues. I know that this would be very
beneficial for those who struggle with reading to be able to help them read text in classrooms. The students can they begin to
comprehend what is being read instead of just struggle through the reading. Those who are vision impaired can be integrated into
general education classes and read the same as the other students. This would be a great tool for so many
Lifelike Text to Speech (TTS) - ReadSpeaker
(Links to an external site.)

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Peardeck
Teachers are a busy bunch, and learning to use new tools can be time-consuming. That’s why Pear Deck was designed to
integrate with tools you already know and use. Whether your school is Google or Microsoft-based, Pear Deck will work in
your classroom. Pear Deck is designed to support proven strategies in daily classroom instruction, making it easy for
teachers to follow the best practices that reduce achievement gaps and improve all students' outcomes.
Cost: Basic - Free, Individual Premium - $149.99 a year, Schools and Districts - Custom prices
Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? Peardeck is an application like PowerPoint and Google Slides, with an
enhanced feature allowing the teacher to monitor students as they perform actual desk work in the classroom or online.
The main challenge with virtual learning is that the teacher can not see if the students are working and struggling. Teachers
can see student's progress allowing them to assist students as they work. The teacher can put their lessons in Peardeck and
design desk functions in the presentation that would let the teacher see students' progress.
https://www.peardeck.com/

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Quizlet
Studying on Quizlet is fun, but it’s also effective. Robust learning science principles guided us in creating tools to help you
learn.
Cost: Free with options to purchase upgraded plans at $2.99/month for Quizlet Go or $3.99/month for Quizlet Plus
Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 Curriculum: I really like Quizlet and the study tools it offers. It provides students
study materials like flashcards, games and practice questions. I think this is a great way to help students because it's not
the traditional boring way of reading and memorizing content. Quizlet has so many subjects to learn from, including
languages. I think this is a great classroom companion for any grade level.
https://quizlet.com/

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Book Creator
Education is changing. Bring creativity to your classroom with Book Creator, the one app you need for any subject or grade level.
Cost: Start with a free account for individual users 40 books, 1000 books per teacher monthly, or Districts or Schools 1000 books
plan for every teacher, Admin dashboard to manage your licenses, Volume pricing available.
Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? Motivate students to write stories to increase writing capabilities. Students
would practice sentence structure and logical flow. Before starting their writing, a graphic organizer will be used to gather and
organize thoughts. It would also help them design the story, decide if pictures will be included, or be fictional or nonfiction. Mostly
what type of ending they will conclude with. This can be fun!
https://bookcreator.com/

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Prezi
Create inspiring, engaging visuals in minutes, then appear alongside them as you present. Record to share later or go live with your
favorite video conferencing tools.

Cost: Students and Educators: Basic account is FREE, Edu Plus is $3.00/month

Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 Curriculum: Prezi can be used to create all different kinds of presentations by using Prezi
video, Prezi design or Prezi present. You have the option to import your existing powerpoint slides into Prezi. With the Edu Plus
account, you get advanced image editing, privacy control, presentation voice-over and many other features to enhance your
project. Teachers and students can use Prezi to make their work engaging and more interesting. Prezi also helps keep a human
connection while teaching or learning remotely.

https://prezi.com/?click_source=logged_element&page_location=header&element_type=logo

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OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

Cost: Free

Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? This software allows you to record/livestream your desktop. It would
enable a teacher to re-record a lecture and comment on it as it plays or present something to the class live. It would also enable
them to design a layout for the video stream, similar to the way many live streams appear on Twitch or Youtube.

https://obsproject.com/

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Desmos
It is a collection of math resources for teachers and students to learn math in a variety of ways.

Cost: Free

Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? This site contains a plethora of classroom activities designed by teachers to
assist students to learn math. It allows students to find a way that works for them to learn whatever math topic is required. There
are also several types of calculators available for students to use on their work.

https://www.desmos.com/about

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PDFescape
It is a way to edit and file out PDF forms without paying Adobes extortion prices

Cost: Free

Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? This site gives everyone the ability to edit and fill out PDF forms through the
website. PDF’s are an Adobe thing and many are only usable via Adobe products, especially editing. Since many documents are sent
via PDF, since PDF’s are a more reliable way to send documents and ensure the receiver is able to view them, this allows them to
edit PDFs which can typically only be done by purchasing an Adobe PDF Reader license.

https://www.pdfescape.com/windows/

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TeacherTube
Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused,
safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with
teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a
concept or skill.
Cost: FREE!
Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? TeacherTube is the YouTube for teachers! This site has a community of
learners and teachers that post videos of anything that has to do with Education. This is a great website for teachers and learners
to get help, inspiration, and any information when it comes to teaching and education. Also, members are encouraged to upload
any ideas, advice, and information.
https://www.teachertube.com/

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Data Classroom
Make Pro-Quality graphs in seconds. Students can spend less time making graphs and more time thinking about data. Stats don't
have to be intimidating. Visuals explain the math and guide students to interpret results.
Cost: Individual or Homeschool License
● $ 73/ year / 12-month license
Teacher & Students License
● $ 595/ year / 12-month license
School - School License (min $3125)
● $ 6.25*/ student /12-month license

Ways you can see it fitting into the K-12 curriculum? This is a great website that helps teachers and students create visually
exciting graphs to showcase their data. This technology would be especially great to use in a math or science class, in middle or high
school. This website allows teachers and students to easily create graphs, with any information they want to present. It is a fun and
great life skill to learn.
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