Assist Learning Podcast

Host, Jennifer Cronk speaks with author, Rushton Hurley.

Rushton Hurley, speaker, consultant and author recently published his second book, "Making Your Teaching Something Special."

This book, in addition to his first, really spoke to me as a student and educator with learning disabilities. Rushton's work describes how a teacher can shift their practice and interactions with others to make connections with students and foster diverse ways of expression.

You know how much I love Universal Design for Learning and Rushton touches on many UDL themes such as Expression, Representation and Engagement.

Resources and Highlights:

• Making Your Teaching Something Special on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/RH-MYTSS
• Making Your School Something Special on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/RH-MYSSS
• Next Vista video library: http://nextvista.org/videos/
• My Name is Michael: http://www.nextvista.org/my-name-is-michael/
• Resources for teachers: http://nextvista.org/resources/
• Inspirational videos: http://nextvista.org/resources/inspiration/
• Newsletter sign-up: http://www.nextvista.org/newsletter-sign-up/
• December 2017 newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/NVnewsletter2017-12
• The 5-Day Teacher Challenge: http://www.rushtonh.com/5day/

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Host, Jennifer Cronk speaks with Dee Lanier.

Originally from Southern California, "Sociologist turned Technologist," Dee Lanier is a passionate and energetic educator and learner with over a decade of instructional experience on the K-12 and collegiate level. Dee holds Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Sociology with special interests in education, race relations, and inequality.

Dee served at Crossroads Charter High School as a full-time Vocational Studies teacher, Testing Coordinator and Title I Director then went on to become the Technology Catalyst for the Lower School at Trinity Episcopal School. He also was the Executive Director of a nonprofit called UNCOMMEN. Most recently, Dee served on the board of Charlotte Lab School then worked as the school's STEM Specialist and Tech Coach.

Dee and his wife have four wonderful children.

You can find him online at @deelanier and [email protected].

Resources and Highlights:

Design Thinking is a cycle

• Empathy- whom does this problem affect?
• Define- the problem
• Ideate- (bad ideas welcome)
• Prototype- design or model/presentation/process
• Test- Put out to the people it is meant to serve.

Visit SmashboardEdu.com

Also, check out #makerkitchen edutechserve.com/makerkitchen

Interested in having Dee come to your school, district, or event?

Contact [email protected] for keynoting or speaking inquiries.

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Learn strategies for working with learners who have executive function disorder.

Host, Jennifer Cronk speaks with, friend and colleague, Amber Reilly.

Amber is a Google Education Trainer, Certified Google Administrator and a Microsoft Innovative Educator. Amber's background in curriculum and instruction in conjunction with 10+ years of classroom experience, has helped hone her skills for successful technology integration in the GAFE and Microsoft environments.

Connect with Amber on Twitter - @emergingteched

Strategies Mentioned

• Color Coding
• Chunking
• 5-minute Goal
• Use charts and organizational planners

Tools Mentioned

• Quizlet
• BVA

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Executive dysfunction is a term for the range of cognitive, emotional and behavioral difficulties which often occur after injury to the frontal lobes of the brain. Impairment of executive functions is common after acquired brain injury and has a profound effect on many aspects of everyday life.

Jennifer provides insight into her own life with executive dysfunction and dyslexia. She also shares tips and talks about how to set your students up for success in your schools and classrooms.

Recommended Tech Resources:

• The Noun Project
• Read Write Toolbar
• Talking Comment
• Screencastify
• Soapbox

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Author Trevor MacKenzie provides insight into inquiry-based learning for special education students in part 2 of 2.

Trevor is a full-time English teacher in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and has started a revolution among educators with his book Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice.

In this episode, we talk about how the inquiry approach empowers students with disabilities, challenges Trevor has experienced himself that he has had to overcome as an inquiry teacher, and how to help begin your own shift towards empowering your learners through inquiry.

Come share in the conversation on Twitter by tagging both #AssistLearning and #DiveIntoInquiry.

Connect with Trevor:

• Website - http://trevormackenzie.com/
• Blog- https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/
• Twitter - @trev_mackenzie

Author Trevor MacKenzie provides insight into inquiry-based learning for special education students in part 1 of 2.

Trevor is a full-time English teacher in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and has started a revolution among educators with his book Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice.

In this episode, we talk about how the inquiry approach empowers students with disabilities, challenges Trevor has experienced himself that he has had to overcome as an inquiry teacher, and how to help begin your own shift towards empowering your learners through inquiry.

Come share in the conversation on Twitter by tagging both #AssistLearning and #DiveIntoInquiry.

Connect with Trevor:

• Website - http://trevormackenzie.com/
• Blog- https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/
• Twitter - @trev_mackenzie

This podcast is a quick reflection on the concept of multiple means of expression through the UDL Guidelines. Expression means that we give our students the opportunity and agency to choose the way interact with content and represent their learning. For more information on the UDL Guidelines please visit the UDL center. To access a PDF of the Guidelines please follow the resource link below.

http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf

This episode discusses different ways, analog, and digital that can be used to help students with executive dysfunction.

This episode discusses a review of what I have learned as I am working my way through an Assistive Technology certification. This week's focus is on using multiple means of representation to make learning accessible for all students.

My brief intro podcast, I am an educator who is also a learning disabled adult. I am an Educational technology specialist who discuss strategies, tips, and tools I use to help students and the modifications I use to function in daily life.