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Each element of the chart is connected with a type of visualization methodl.

Creating a Visual Essay. I used Blendspace to create the lesson...has 3 steps with matching Task Cards.

Visual dictionary combines definitions with photos from flickr and Wiktionary.

Great article by Ian Jukes. See page 21 for research showing clearly why we need to be using visual methods with the current generation.

This browser add-in reduces clutter and visual distractions on a page. It enables text readers such as Click Speak (Firefox) to work better. It could also be used to strip iffy ads from websites teachers want to use with students. In addition, Paul Hamilton reports that it also strips clutter from pages you're importing to Kurzweil using the KESI Virtual Printer. Wow!

Dade County's Project WebSIGHT is based on Reciprocal Teaching which uses the five strategies prediction, clarification, visualization, questioning, and summarizing in teaching reading. This site gives you the lesson plans and resources to implement this

SET-BC is a Provincial Resource Program designed to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the assistive technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments. There are lots of free downloadable tutorials and curriculum materials associated with AT programs such as Kurzweil, Clicker5, Boardmaker, and others at this site.

Excellent engaging and educationally sound instructional videos. This science site for grades 1-6 also has great accessibility options including visual, auditory and keyboard shortcuts. I learned about this from Paul Hamilton's October 20, 2008 post. According to Paul, Many of the activities include captioned video where the "captions" can be read aloud. Other activities use diagrams and interactive images to present material. All text can be read aloud, and can be repeated upon request.

Enter a word to look up or just explore by theme. The definitions are constructed as pages with a small amount of text and labeled drawings on which the labels are also clickable links. This would be a great "multiple means of representation" resource.

This is a very educational volcano simulation. After learning about the three main types of volcanoes, choose the viscosity and gas settings and make a volcano erupt. The visual and auditory effects are great! The site tells you what kind of volcano and explosion your settings have created.

computational knowledge engine. Start by entering your birthdate and see what happens. It is a "cloud computing platform for numerical computation & visualization of data. Numerous vertical apps possible." Also try entering your first or last name.

Online thesaurus that displays word associations in a colorful web. The thesaurus gives you an option to change the display, viewing all or just the synonyms, antonyms, fuzznyms, adverbs, adjectives, verbs, nouns. In that respect, it's a lot less visually confusing than Visuwords.

A visual real-time simulation that displays the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, birth rates, and death rates of every country in the world. Great for SMARTBoard

Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities is finally available in Canada. There is a fee for this service ($75 US for the first year and $50 afterwards) and you must fill out a form to declare the user as having a visual impairment, physical impairment or learning disability.

Great video showing students working collaboratively at an astonishing number of SBs in the same room.

Free app from CanAssist lets you add photos, video, and voice to create reminders and/or schedules, lists.

This is a fantastic collection of Web Tools organized by type of learner: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. \n

This site offers 100 great web tools and classifies them according to learning styles. Students can bookmark it and choose the tools that will help them get projects done, or the teacher can help them choose one that will work best. Great tool!

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