Accessibility in the Classroom


The technology that we have available to us today is changing the landscape of how education functions. Now, students have many different tools at their disposal they can use to improve their educational outcomes and improve themselves as learners. In this blog will be a list and important information about many useful tools students can incorporate into their lives!

Speechify is a tool that allows for students to read different documents and files by converting the written text in the document into speech audio for the students to listen to. This tool can transcribe many different types of documents students would need to read as well!

Pages is a great tool for notetaking that students can use on IOS devices. Students can use pages to create different documents that incorporate different images or other designs that students can use to log down important information, whether it be for school or not!

EasyReader is another app that can improve reading skills for students. This app can highlight specific text, incorporates a speech to text function, and many more reading tools. Users can magnify text to see more clearly as well!

Penultimate is a stylus based writing tool for the iPad that allows for users to write notes on their iPad in a more traditional sense. This tool can be good for not just notetaking, but sketch work or other forms of art as well!

Remember The Milk is an organizational tool that students can use to help keep their calendars clear and organized. This tool allows for students to keep a planner of important events can can then remind themselves in a multitude of ways, such as email or IM.

Mindly is a great graphic organizing tool that students can use to organize their thoughts and create clear and easy to read mental maps

myHomework Student Planner is another fantastic organizational tool for students to keep track of their homework assignments and keep up to date with what assignments they need to complete and when they are due.


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