Tech Notes

Kick off the school year with our Back-to-School edition, packed with essential tools to help you prepare your classroom and support general educators working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This month features SchoolAI as our tech tool of the month, highlighting how teachers can leverage custom AI spaces to offer structured, text-based interactive learning and real-time progress monitoring. Inside, you will also discover ready-to-use teacher toolkit handouts, details on creating a new account for our newly revamped loan library, and a full schedule of upcoming pre-planning virtual sessions and professional learning events.

We are wrapping up the school year with our special End-of-Year edition, packed with updates to help you prepare for the summer months. This month, we showcase Curipod as our tech tool of the month, highlighting how educators can use this platform to spin up interactive, AI-driven lessons that keep students who are deaf or hard of hearing engaged right up until the final bell. Check inside for summer learning opportunities, important return instructions for our loan library ahead of its summer redesign, and a teacher spotlight celebrating our community's hard work.

The April edition centers on the power of involving parents in the educational journey of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our featured tech tool, EduGems.ai, offers innovative ways for educators to streamline communication and create accessible content that bridges the gap between school and home. This issue also highlights specialized resources for families, book titles available in our loan library, and dates for our next professional learning sessions.

Our March edition dives into auditory skill-building by spotlighting listening and spoken language strategies for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. We take a close look at FigJam, a digital whiteboard perfect for mapping out vocabulary, creating visual prompts, and sparking interactive classroom dialogue. Inside, you will also find a curated list of resources, book recommendations from our loan library, and a calendar of upcoming professional learning opportunities.