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OpenDyslexic

12/18/2019

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OpenDyslexic is an Add On for Chrome and software that you can download to your computer. It allows users to change the font of websites and documents into a font that is easier to read and distinguishes between letters that can be easily confused. The images below show a BBC article with and without OpenDyslexic. 
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IMG description: Pictured is a BBC article about Australia's hottest temperature.
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IMG description: Pictured is a BBC article about Australia's hottest temperature. The font in this image uses OpenDyslexic to make letters clearer to read.
OpenDyslexic. OpenDyslexic. Retrieved from: https://www.opendyslexic.org/
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Live Listen

12/18/2019

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This tool is available for those who have Apple devices and airpods. This provides users with the ability to focus on a single source of audio and tune out the extra noises around them. This can be useful for those with processing concerns, ADHD, sensory concerns, migraines, etc. 
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Apple (2019). Live listen. Retrieved from: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203990
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MagnusCards

12/18/2019

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MagnusCards is a free app for both Apple and Android that focuses on life and social skills. Users can navigate through a series of real life experiences and learn key phrases, actions to take, and how to navigate the world in face to face, via the phone, and on the web experiences. This app is focused on certain communities (with links to websites), but can be used by anyone with a need to work on these skills. This app includes written text, visuals, and audio.
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MagnusMode (2019). MagnusCards. Retrieved from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magnusmode&hl=en
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Duolingo

12/18/2019

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Duolingo is a free website/app that allows access to languages. It is directly connected to a variety of languages including (but not limited to) Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Irish, and Latin. Duolingo has little differentiation, but does provide differentiation from what may typically go on in a classroom. Duolingo requires motivation outside the app and should, in my opinion, not be assigned as required work for students. There are some concerns with regards to high frequency vocabulary, appropriateness of some content for students of varying ages, and the input it provides. With some languages it provides images and sound and for others there is writing and sound. 
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Duolingo (2019). Duolingo. Retrieved from: https://www.duolingo.com/
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Notability

12/18/2019

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Notability is an app for Apple devices that costs $8.99. This app allows users to do what Evernote and Skitch do, but with a wider variety of options. Much like Skitch and Evernote, this is a note taking app but also includes the capabilities of adding lines, grid, or dots to a paper, GIFs, images, video, etc. 
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IMG description: An iPad is placed on a white tablecloth next to a purple iPencil. The iPad is displaying the Notability app with grid paper and a variety of notes.
Ginger Labs (2019). Notability. Retrieved from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notability/id360593530
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JigSpace

12/18/2019

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JigSpace is a virtual reality app that lets students explore lessons using the space around them. It includes lessons from a variety of topics, but is currently somewhat limited, but you can create your own lessons and jigs. This app requires some instruction, but is customisable to your height and need to explore. JigSpace is an Apple product and is currently free to use. 
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JigSpace (2019). JigSpace. Retrieved from: https://jig.space/
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Skitch

12/18/2019

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Skitch is an app that can connect to any curriculum. It is an app that allows someone to take an image or document and mark it using notes, drawing, and emojis. Skitch provides a variety of differentiating options as it allows writing, arrows, emojis, exclamatory punctuation, etc. It is incredibly easy to use with little introduction. Skitch is available for free on Apple products but is made by Evernote, which is available across platforms. Examples below are from a Latin II class and include annotated versions of a story and a story listening activity. 
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IMG description: A yellow piece of paper with 12 sentences in Latin is shown. Below the sentences are 12 images with a variety of Skitch app notes including arrows, colour coding, typed notes, and emojis.
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A story is shown titled "Atalanta Pars Prima". There are images within the story and a series of Skitch notes including: vocabulary, arrows, colour coding, grammar notes, culture notes, and character notes.
Evernote (2015). Skitch. Retrieved from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skitch-snap-mark-up-send/id490505997
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