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by Ashlyn Hogg4 views·Updated Mar 4, 2024
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This is a video about helping get Assistive Technology for one of my students!

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  1. Hi, everyone. It's Ashlyn Hogg.
  2. And today I'm making this video just to talk a
  3. little bit about one of my students who is struggling.
  4. His name is Lucas
  5. and him and his family just transferred here from France
  6. and he speaks very little English.
  7. So he's really struggling to feel included in the classroom
  8. and he's doing well in math, but he's really struggling in all areas
  9. and he's having a hard time communicating with me
  10. and his classmates. And I just like to find something that can help him
  11. adjust while he begins to learn English
  12. and a tool I found,
  13. um,
  14. is called fluent talk
  15. T I mini. It costs 100 and $49
  16. but it looks like a fantastic tool that will really help him get adjusted.
  17. And how it works is he wears it around his neck and it has a little,
  18. it's a little device that looks a lot like an iphone with a little screen
  19. and
  20. the teacher can talk and it will translate into French for him automatically
  21. and he can talk back to it in French and it will translate to anyone
  22. um, back into English.
  23. And so it's a great tool. It's very fast, it's effective, it's accurate
  24. and there's also a camera on it so he can scan
  25. um,
  26. pictures or worksheets or anything and it can
  27. help translate that into French form as well.
  28. And when he's not using it,
  29. it can be stored in my classroom and my desk charging,
  30. so it's ready for him the next day.
  31. And
  32. um,
  33. I know there are other apps out there like
  34. it will translate or Duolingo other language apps,
  35. but this is a lot more efficient and it's faster
  36. and it's a device where he can just wear it and it will be automatic.
  37. And I think this could be an incredible first step to helping lots of students
  38. with the language barrier.
  39. And it's perfect because when he's done using it, when he's um learned English,
  40. it can be moved on to the next, it can be for a different student.
  41. And I just think this would be a great tool
  42. to have in my classroom
  43. and to help other students and just to help him feel more included in my room
  44. and help him begin to make those connections with other people and myself.
  45. Thank you.