10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher #62 Special Needs #edtech treasure chest with Jennifer Cronk
Jennifer Cronk helps us empower those with special needs. She shares her treasure chest of favorite edech tools for those with special needs. This show is a must-listen for special needs teachers.
In today's show about special needs edtech tools, Jennifer Cronk shares:
- Why speech recognition empowers students
- How to help students guide their eyes in online reading
- Accessibility tools
- Why we should help students select tools and empower their learning
- A full edtech treasure chest for special needs students
Jennifer Cronk is an Assistant Manager of Emerging Technologies for the Southern Westchester BOCES in New York. She currently oversees and strategically plans the Google Apps transformations of several school districts in Westchester County. Jennifer began her career in 1996 as a computer teacher and passionately pursued the ed tech field for twenty years. Jennifer presents nationally at instructional technology conferences, and workshops on integrating Google Apps and other emerging technologies into learning. She is a Google Certified Innovator and Google Education Trainer. Also, Jennifer is also certified: administrator, English teacher, elementary teacher and educational technology specialist.
Jennifer also blogs about “digital parenting,” professional development and educational technology at www.transparentlyteaching.com and is a co-host of the blab.im show “Positively Special Ed.”
A full transcript of this show and the show notes are available at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast as well as details on entering this month’s giveaway contests.