Assistive Technology

Every student at Trident Academy has a 1-to-1 touchscreen laptop. These devices come built with industry-leading assistive tools like voice-to-text, text readers with adjustable speeds and natural-sounding voices, as well as handwriting input that supports both cursive and print. The touchscreen capability makes digital learning more engaging and multi-sensory for students.

This literacy toolbar, embedded in all our student devices, helps students with everyday academic tasks. It offers many accessibility features, including text-to-speech, word prediction, oral reading practice, and speech-to-text tools. It also allows students to gather highlighted text notes, look up and collect vocabulary words, and remove distractions from websites and documents.

This innovative platform uses education-mediated AI spaces to personalize learning experiences and allow teachers to track student progress, understand their emotional state, and assess their learning. It also provides teachers with tools and assistance in creating and modifying learning materials and assessments. AI literacy fosters critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving by helping students understand how to leverage these tools responsibly and effectively. SchoolAI assists students with learning differences by providing personalized support, such as adaptive learning tools, text-to-speech, and tailored feedback, to meet their unique needs and enhance their learning experience.

This assistive browser extension provides tools to simplify text on websites, PDFs, and other documents by removing distractions. It also offers customizable font sizes, text spacing, and background colors, as well as phonological and grammatical assistance to students as they read.

This versatile tool enables students to create digital "books" with text, pictures, audio, and video. It allows students to express their creativity and academic skills through various input methods, including handwriting, typing, audio and video recordings, and speech-to-text.

This tool allows teachers to turn slide presentations into interactive learning materials. It helps with individual assessment and differentiation. Teachers can create interactive questions and formative assessments and embed websites into the slides.

This is a collaborative digital whiteboard with multi-sensory computer input. It fosters collaboration and creative thinking skills and allows for live interaction between teachers and students.

This engaging program provides personalized support and feedback for students as they read aloud. The tool highlights words as students read them and offers assistance with pronunciation, helping students build confidence and fluency. It also tracks reading progress and provides data on areas where students may need additional support, allowing teachers to tailor instruction effectively.

• A Selection of Digital Accessibility Tools at Trident Academy
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