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Digital Tools for the Inclusive Classroom: Google Chrome as Assistive and Instructional Technology
Ok, Min Wook; Rao, Kavita
Journal of Special Education Technology, v34 n3 p204-211 Sep 2019
The Google Chrome browser, widely available on computers today, has a variety of free and low-cost apps and extensions that can benefit all students in inclusive classroom settings. Using apps and extensions readily available for the Google Chrome browser, teachers have access to assistive tools that can be useful learning supports for students with and without disabilities. There are apps and extensions available to support literacy, mathematics, and organizational skills. Using these tools, teachers can provide multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement in alignment with Universal Design for Learning guidelines. This article describes how Chrome apps and extensions can be used to support literacy, mathematics, organization, and planning in inclusive settings.
Descriptors: Computer Software, Students with Disabilities, Literacy Education, Mathematics Instruction, Inclusion, Access to Education, Guidelines, Classroom Techniques, Assistive Technology, Alignment (Education), Special Education, Readability, Audio Equipment, Translation, Dictionaries, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, English Language Learners
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