I had earlier explored the comparison of Ginger and Grammarly on my iPad. Both tools have pros and cons but are useful tools to help with grammar and spelling checking. As I am typing Grammarly (paid version) is underlining words I am misspelled or have using incorrectly. It does not auto correct the spellings, rather underlines them in… Continue reading Ginger vs Grammarly in Chrome
One of the paths my colleague Theresa Collins, an Orton-Gillingham Fellow, and I have been following is how to incorporate educational technology into small group structured literacy lessons to ease the organization for the teacher and increase student engagement. With the creation of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practioners and Educators (AOGPE) Classroom Educator level of… Continue reading Structured Literacy Instruction Meets EdTech
I am a creature of habit. There is ease in doing things that have always been done a certain way. A few years ago, my husband and I jumped from tent camping to the RV world…and I will never go back! We can now weather, rain, snow, cold, and heat without having to suffer or… Continue reading Staycation: Having to Change Mindset & Try Things Differently-personal lesson for an educator.
The use of technology in the field of special education is not novel, it is actually the area of education where the use of technology began with any regularity. I recall in my undergraduate studies in the early 90’s working at a preschool for children with special needs, learning programs that the speech pathologist regularly… Continue reading Blurring the lines between educational technology and assistive technology
My friend and colleague Theresa Collins, Director of Language Instruction @EHSSouthport and I presented at the ATIA (Assistive Technology International Association) annual conference last week. Our focus was on utilizing educational technology as part of multi-linguistic language instruction. (Orton-Gillingham approach meets edtech!) Theresa and I have been working on this idea for quite a few months. She came from… Continue reading #atia16 Everyday #edtech can be #assistivetech #OGtech #LDtech
Happy to announce the publication of Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities which I co-authored with my friend @wkrakower. Billy and I both work in the field of special education, him in a public school in New Jersey, myself at an independent school in Connecticut. After we did a collaborative project with our writing classes using… Continue reading Dear Mrs. Luongo,
Coming this January…an introduction to the possibilities of how technology can support and enhance learning for ALL learners. Corwin: Using Technology to Engage Students With Learning Disabilities: Billy Krakower: 9781506318264
Conferences always get my mind thinking in divergent ways. So some groundwork to lay for this post. Mindfulness…is the new catch phrase in education; however, I hope people don’t dismiss it as such. I am not one to jump on the education trendy bandwagon. Yet, I see value in this new conversation, if we take… Continue reading Mindfulness in Education
I thank Lindsay Jones from the National Center for Learning Disabilities for a recent conversation that had me deciding to put some of my small perspective out on the current landscape related to the political battle around learning differently. Just some basics: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was first signed into Law in… Continue reading Learning to read is a personal, educational and political battle
Today was one of those days that makes me take pause and take stock, makes me consider many aspects of what I do. What do I do? I work with students, amazing students who challenge my thinking, my practice, my vision of what could be and should be doing in education. Today I got this… Continue reading “A little Consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.“ ~Winnie-the-Pooh
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Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
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Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
Sharon LePage Plante, Chief Technology Integrator @ The Southport School, Co-Author Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities
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