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CanPlan  (IOS app) promotes independence and builds confidence by helping people with cognitive challenges complete tasks successfully. Take photos of each task, adding text or audio 

The Writing Pyramid: Word Banks, Symbol Sets / Devices, and the ALPHABET!

AAC Girls: Finding the Right Books! ISSAC Handout 

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

Free UDL Webinar on UDL Myths and Misconceptions 

ssay Map is one of my favourite web tools that I have been repeatedly recommending for teachers. Essay Map, as its name indicates, is a tool that helps students with their essay writings. It is an interactive graphic organizer that provides students with a step by step guidance through the process of developing a robust outline to their essays. Having a clear and well-built outline is definitely a pre-requisite for good expository writing. It gives students' writings focus and coherence needed for developing cogent arguments. Essay Map is ideal for that.

Time tools for the iPad> how to set the ipad so students can only use it for a specified period of time. 

5 resources for Social Narratives

A very nice infographic describing UDL

MATch Up,  guides you through determining types of AT team might want to consider for student 

App Wheel with app recommendations for student on the Autism Spectrum 

The Harvard Graduate School of Education has launched a new website to share best practices and research with educators, administrators, and policymakers across the nation.   The site, Useable Knowledge, will highlight specifically the work and research of the University's faculty and their co-researchers across the globe.   K-12 and Higher Education content will both be featured on the site.  

Ginger will have a keyboard with Apple's new operating system.  It should be interesting

The videos are very informative about purpose of visual notetaking.  I really enjoyed watching Rachel Smith's video.  This might be an interesting way to teach students who are visual but have problems with handwriting. think about students who can doodle but can't write. 

Google Docs Cheat Sheet!  Click on save to your Drive and it will save in your drive 

CjatAb;e  an AAC a[[

Interesting new research into ADHD

A very nice explanation of the new accessibility features in IOS 8

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

Free This week Epic! offered classroom teachers and school librarians in the U.S. and Canada free, forever, single subscription access to its iPad app, an "ever-growing library of high-quality children's books from some of the world's best publishers."