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Essential for Some, Beneficial to All — Accessibility Playground

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Dr. Marcus Borders

Learning Innovation Coach

Ed Farm
@teamborders

Dr. Marcus Borders, a Learning Innovation Coach with Ed Farm, supports educators and students in blended learning, personalized coaching, coding, and computer science in K-12 settings. He prioritizes elementary educators, students, and adult learners, emphasizing digital equity in urban communities. A recent doctoral graduate of Instructional Technology from Kennesaw State University, his research focuses on innovative technology coaching for parents of elementary learners. Marcus holds an Ed.D. and Ed.S. in Instructional Technology from KSU, an M.S. in Urban Teacher Leadership, and a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Georgia State University. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tami Brewster

Educator

EMSB
@brewstami
@brewstami

Tami Brewster is a passionate educator, Apple Teacher, Apple Learning Coach, and Apple Distinguished Educator from Montreal. Tami works to develop a learning environment to best meet the varied needs of learners. She strives to make learning interesting, attainable, and enjoyable for students. Feeling strongly about the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom, she believes that as a teacher she needs to model taking risks and learning from experiences.

Dr. Theresa Cullen

Professor

Arkansas Tech University
@DrTerriC
@TerriCullen

Dr. Cullen is Director of the Center for Faculty Life at Arkansas Tech University where she leads professional development efforts for Learning Innovation Faculty Engagement. She is the director of Arkansas Tech's Online Teaching Academy where our state supports us to teach a new generation of teachers how to teach remotely. She has taught a variety of courses about integrating technology in meaningful ways to enhance education and student success and is a regular national speaker and has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator since 2015. She has several certifications including Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, SCRUM Master, and Adobe Captivate Specialist.

Leslie Fagin

Instructional Technology Coach

Griffin Spalding County Schools
@MsFagin
@thefaginator

Leslie is an Instructional Technology Coach in a suburban school district in Georgia. She is a Google Champion for Education and works with teachers on effective tech integration. Her interests include STEAM, eSports, global learning, and AI.

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Katherine Fielding

Accessibility Advocate

FieldingNotes
@KatieF
@KatieF

Katie Fielding is an educational consultant with 20 years of public school experience. She champions digital accessibility, creativity, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in classrooms. Specializing in technology and STEM integration, Katie creates interdisciplinary instructional experiences and shares her expertise through presentations and workshops. Recognized as VSTE Coach of the Year in 2018 and a featured voice at ISTELive 2024, she holds multiple certifications, including ISTE, Google Innovator, and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Currently, Katie is the Educational Content Manager at Book Creator. Outside work, she enjoys cheese and exploring Scandinavia.

Jennifer Levine

Chief Academic Officer

CAST, inc.
@jlevineCAST

Matthew Mah

Head of Education Technology (JS)

West Point Grey Academy
@mrmahsome

Matthew Mah is the Head of Education Technology (Junior School) at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, Canada. His roles as teacher coach, STEM teacher, and technology administrator have allowed him to see firsthand how policies affect every stakeholder. He has presented locally and internationally on diverse topics such as computational thinking, digital citizenship and photography. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator/Trainer and Adobe Creative Educator/Associate.

Heidi Samuelson

Instructional Technology Coach

Bartlett City Schools
@swampfrogfirst
@swampfrogfirst

Apple Distinguished Educator (class of 2019) who enjoys making connections with teachers across the globe to share ideas and strategies to enhance student learning with technology

holly sharpe

Special Education Coordinator

Toronto District School Board
@TDSB_AT
@HollyinTO

Holly Sharpe is the Coordinator of the Assistive Technology Team for the Toronto District School Board. She supports the District by providing leadership and guidance to administrators, teachers and support staff with a specific focus on using Assistive Technology to transform student learning. She is passionate about creating inclusive environments where all students are supported and have multiple opportunities to learn and explore.

Amy Stevens

Teacher/TIS

Tri Elementary School
@iustevens

Amy Stevens is currently in her 19th year as an Indiana elementary educator. Over the years, Amy and her teammates have taken districts from a single cart of devices to 1:1, as well as from paper packets to meaningful virtual instruction. She has led her students, staff and other IN educators through various learning ed-ventures. As an Apple Teacher, Apple Learning Coach and newly named Apple Distinguished Educator, her passion is to encourage students to grow as problem solvers and to encourage teachers to grow the idea of "best practices in the classroom."

Jason Trinh

Coordinator

Toronto District School Board
@jasontries
@jasontries

Jason Trinh is the coordinator of Global Competencies, STEM/ICT for the Toronto District School Board in Ontario, Canada. In this role, he supports digital learning across the district through the design and delivery of professional learning. He is the recipient of the Premier's Award for Teaching Excellence and the ISTE Digital Equity Award, and was named to the ISTE 20 to Watch list. He shares beyond his district as a Google Innovator, Google Trainer, Apple Distinguished Educator and ISTE Community Leader. He is passionate about digital creativity and digital equity and share this as a speaker/facilitator.

Chris Webb

Teacher

Lester B Pearson
@crippit
@edu_4_all

Chris is a High School Math and Media teacher in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a Google for Education Certified Trainer and Innovator as well as an Adobe Creative Educator and a Flip Student Voice Ambassador. In his spare time Chris can be found working on his passion project of ZipCaptions, a free to use Live Captioning tool.

Jordyn Zimmerman

Head of Product Strategy

The Nora Project
@Jordynbzim
@Jordynbzim

Jordyn Zimmerman is a passionate educator and disability advocate. After being diagnosed as autistic at a young age, she did not receive access to augmentative communication until age 18. She now thrives on boldly showing up and redefining what is possible in learning spaces and throughout the broader community — and has personal experience challenging the status quo, which is featured in the 2021 documentary, This Is Not About Me. Jordyn is the Head of Product Strategy at The Nora Project, serves on The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, and is an Apple Distinguished Educator.

Session description

Join us for an interactive playground that showcase built-in accessibility tools that are often underutilized with student learning devices. Assistive technology provides essential tools for some students but benefits all students. Come explore what is possible and empower all your students to make the most of their learning.

Purpose & objective

Participants will discover the built-in accessibility tools and features on devices that students have. Participants will be learn about different exceptionalities especially ones that students may have. Principles of Universal Design for Learning will be shared as the supports that are required by some, are beneficial to many.

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Outline

The playground will be hands-on where participants will be able to try a built-in accessibility feature on the presenter's device or the device the participant has brought with them.

Experiences that mirror real-life teaching and learning situations will be create to showcase how accessibility tools/features operate in the classroom.

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Supporting research

https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIl2EzNYri0cLtSlZowttih25VnSvWITu&feature=shared
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893?hl=en

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Session specifications

Topic:

Equity and inclusion

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators

Attendee devices:

Devices not needed

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Built-in tools on devices will be the focus. Presenters will have devices available if needed. No additional software will be required.

Subject area:

Special education

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Leader

Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

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