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This is a set of mindmapping software links I made into a webslide show.

Science simulation software that contains everything you would find in a chemistry lab...raw elements, chemicals, equipment. You drag the items onto a work area to teach and/or create simulations such as chemical reactions...chemistry, electricity, math, computing, would be awesome on the SB.

Website of the smart inclusion project in Ontario. This was/is a very successful project in which classroom teachers were given a projector, SB, and AT software to support inclusion of a special needs student in the regular classroom.

Wow. Tauscher blogs about Dragon and other AT software/hardware but her latest post is everything you ever wanted to know about using JAWS with a variety of social networking applications. Not for the faint-hearted.

Ray Kurzweil has designed a free screenreader with text-to-speech, tracking, highlighting, note-taking and lots of books for free or purchase. I am investigating whether it's possible to convert .pdfs and .doc files into the format it uses. PRCVI is investigating this reader as an alternative for students who don't have Kurzweil.

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.

Free portable apps including firefox and open office that can be downloaded to a USB drive.