On Thursday night, our school had its open house where all students and parents could meet the teachers. To each group of students and parents I shared who I was, a little about our class, and some of the housekeeping things that they would want to know. It was energizing to see students in the building again, and it was nice to meet with their parents as well.
I got a chance to speak with one student who shared that he/she had some difficulties with reading. The student expressed the desire to work through the learning disability when possible. Still, the student was a little worried about the accommodations for online testing and reading with the Chromebooks. At that point, I remembered that I had bookmarked a Chrome extension that might help. With the student and parent, I added the Select and Speak extension to my Chrome browser. It was really cool. The extension allows the user to select text from any website, click on the Select and Speak icon, and the text is read aloud. Hopefully, it eased the student's apprehension a little. I think we'll include it on our list of pre-installed extensions.
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