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Monitor the Web for interesting new content Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your queries. Enter a search query you wish to monitor. You will see a preview of the type of results you'll receive. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include: monitoring a developing news story keeping current on a competitor or industry getting the latest on a celebrity or event keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams

Wibbitz is a news-reader app for the iPhone that creates a video summary of text articles from major news outlets 

kids news-current events and video

News in Levels.  four different levels of text from very simple with just a few words to paragraphs  all with picture

OCR app for the iPad for $9.99. It should be interesting with the new camera on the new iPad and with the camera on the iPhone

used to be called Snapp4 kids * We have create and launched a new app tool call Insignio. This tool brings search to a whole new level, you can search any of the itunes stores, our database of apps and our database of Android apps all at once, you can create list of apps and publish them for other to see and you can save searches

Senict News and Resources from Ian Bean, April 2014l  link to thier Pinterest site for interactive apps and websites

New smartphone app gives sight to the blind: KNFB Reader is $99.

Newsela - Daily News Articles Customized at 5 Different Reading Levels.  there is a free and pro version available.  It looks interesting as a way of modifying readability of articles.  Cons:  only works with articles they have chosen. 

Understood , a new resource for families of children with learning disabilities .  It launches in August 

I like the new Form Publisher add on for using with forms. 

New search tool that uses some of th eold features of the Google wheel search plus more. it finds videos, concepts, synonms and even quizzes. you can join for free and it will remember your searches

new app that will read PDFs on idevices, currently under $5.00. to be released soon

Interesting new research into ADHD

online newspaper aimed at elementary age students. Interesting articles. Videos of some of the articles. Dictionary of words used in the articles.

Intel Hleps Stephen Hawking speak up with new type of AAC computer

Using Google Docs, create a template that will serve as your daily agenda to be shared with students. Use tables, colors, and images to help organize your subjects or class periods. Place your Google Doc agenda in the "About" section of Google Classroom to be viewed by your students. When students open the Doc, they need to click the Drive icon and Save iit to their own Drive. Every day or week you'll update your shared agenda Doc for your students which will be viewable to them through Google Classroom or Drive. In Google Keep (keep.google.com) a new note needs to be made for each student. This note will be shared between you and your student so it doesn't matter if you create it or the student creates their own.

new app that allows children to practice basic everyday social skills. available for iPad and iPhone

Wappwolf connects your web services / apps with Dropbox. You can drag & drop files into a predefined folder on Dropbox and have them automatically converted to a new format or sync them to your favorite places, including: Evernote, Kindle, Facebook, Flickr or Google+. Convenient access to all your files from any device. see Richard Byrne's April 26, 2012 blog Free Technology for Teachers for further assistance

Ariadne GPS is a new app that brilliantly meets the needs of the blind in an easy to use interface. Talking maps allow you to explore the world around you by moving your finger around the map. While exploring, crossing a street is signaled by vibration. It has a favorites feature and can be used to announce stops on the bus or train. Rotating maps keep you centered, with territory behind the user on the bottom of the screen and what is ahead on the top portion