Speech+and+Language

=Speech and Language= Technology offers some new pathways to reach and teach our students. Using new tools involves a change in practice, perhaps yours, perhaps that of colleagues. Be aggressive while respecting your collegial relationships. Much is to be gained in the areas of student engagement and in leveraging learning via effective pedagogies.

Here are some ideas:
• Use Kidspiration/Inspiration for prewriting, • Use Audio Notes in Microsoft Word • Create podcasts, example: http://globalkids.edublogs.org/ • Use pictures as prompts, use [|audio clips] as prompts • Use graphic organizers
 * Expressive Language**

• Audiobooks: [|LibriVox Catalog], [|The **Audio Books** Project - Gutenberg] • Create CDs (digitize a selection with a digital recorder or software and rip a CD.) • Use Text-To-Speech Textbooks and readings can be made accessible in this way. The focus can then be on auditory processing, meaning and higher level skills.
 * Receptive Language**

Often your students are behind their peers in reading. In any content area: if the goal is other than reading, take the reading and make it accessible. Additionally, auditory memory practice might be addressed with software.


 * Articulation:** Videotape a lesson and send home a DVD, or record audio so a student may listen and repeat a recorded snippet.

[|**ASHA Launches New Public Service Announcements**] that urge people to protect their hearing when listening to personal audio technology.

[|ASHA Has Developed a New Resource to Define the Role of the SLP in the Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) Process]

//Disclaimer: I am not specifically trained in this area; my suggestions come from my years in the classroom and knowledge of technology. I am totally open to any ideas and resources you can suggest.//