Transform your Classroom with Accessibility Tools

Purpose & objective

Teachers will leave this session with the knowledge of how accessibility tools work and the impact that they have in the classroom. Teachers will be able to see how accessibility tools can impact learning for multiple grade levels and subject areas. Microsoft accessibility tools including immersive reader, dictate, translate, and lens will all be modeled. Teachers will be encouraged to have a conversation and ask questions of how different accessibility tools could be used for their curriculum which will spark ideas and conversation for others.

Supporting research

The use of Microsoft accessibility tools has been a recent focus for Microsoft. The Microsoft website will be a main source of information and resources along with Mike Tholfsen who is a large promoter of Microsoft accessibility tools through the Twitter platform.
As a topic for my current doctoral degree dissertation, all recent and relevant research on accessibility tools can/may be included in the presentation.