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Summer break is almost here, and students and teachers across the country are no doubt counting down the days until their well-earned freedom. But for many students, summer break also means a “summer slide”, where a significant portion of the knowledge that they’ve acquired during the school year will be lost. In fact, according to…

Featuring: Rebekah Cant and Louise Poirier In this article, we’re doing something a bit different. Rather than our typical content that is normally written by a sole author (Seaver), we’ve invited our colleagues Rebekah and Louise to help us test out and give their thoughts on a variety of notetaking apps across a variety of…

Chromebooks are great educational tools due to their small size, low price, and general ease of use. They also come packed with accessibility features. In this guide, we’re going to look at how to enable and use these features, as well as provide users with some handy keyboard shortcuts. How to Open Accessibility Settings First,…

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For many students with diverse learning needs, traditional news sources can present significant barriers. News2you, developed by Everway, addresses this challenge by delivering accessible, curriculum-connected news content designed specifically for students who benefit from additional literacy and communication supports. News2you transforms weekly world and community news into engaging, student-friendly materials that support a wide range…

There are lots of great reading apps on the market that are designed to offer alternative approaches to accessing digital text. In fact, the app that we are looking at today is essentially the Android version of one of our favourites, Voice Dream Reader. Legere Reader is a reading app designed to support people who…

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5 Apps to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

Putting Notetaking Apps to the Test: A Three-Author Experiment

How to: Enable and Use Chromebook Accessibility Tools

News2you: An Accessible News App

Legere Reader