Image 16: One of the slides Amber captioned for the executive branch.
demonstrate understanding. Amber is a student who has an intellectual impairment and motor speech disorder. She struggled to take notes on the vid- eos shown in social studies class. Initially, Amber’s support staff took screenshots of the videos used in the social studies les- son for her to caption. Over time, Amber began to pause then screenshot the video on her own at parts she felt were important for her notes. She used an additional word prediction software to support spelling within the caption bubbles. (See Image 16) AND BEYOND... The activities and resources presented in this article are just the tip of the iceberg. Adding Google Slide activities or recre- ating your in-person materials for remote learning can be ex- tremely overwhelming. Start with one activity or skill that you can use over and over again. You’ve got this!
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