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soundzabound - Royalty Free Music for Schools - 1 views

www.soundzabound.com

middle school high school royalty-free music business education podcasting

shared by yolandamoore on 19 Jul 13 - Cached
  • yolandamoore on 19 Jul 13
     
    Soundzabound is website that has royalty free music for schools. offers a variety of music, audio themes, and sound effects for all levels of education. Such music can be used for podcasts, PowerPoint, videos, video yearbooks, digital storytelling, web design, and so much more. There are different types of license that can be purchased. A school for purchase a site license for teachers and students or a the district make a purchase for everyone in the district to use. Middle schools and high schools would benefit from this site because they can use such sounds to create a product for competitive events.
Myra Bolton

Free Flashcards - 0 views

www.studystack.com

shared by Myra Bolton on 14 Apr 14 - Cached
  • Myra Bolton on 14 Apr 14
     
    This is a great study tool. You can use for many ways to study. The site allows you to use it as traditional flashcards or you can create a quiz or games. Students can choose what tool they would like to use. A difficulty of this site is that it may be blocked by the school district technology department. Best flashcards for your computer or smartphone. Study online or with an app. This is a great tool to use and post key vocabulary to study for a unit.
Myra Bolton

Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free - 0 views

www.online-convert.com

converter audio fileconverter tool

shared by Myra Bolton on 08 Apr 14 - Cached
  • Myra Bolton on 14 Apr 14
     
    Convert files like images, video, documents, audio and more to other formats with this free and fast online converter. This resource is a great tool that can be used by teachers or students. It can be used to create multimedia projects that help teachers to delivery content information. In addition students can use it to create various types of projects that they can embed into power point presentations or if they are trying to make a movie project. A problem that could possibly arise may be that the school district has put a block on the website. To get mitigate this issue the teacher should contact the technology support team and ask for them to take the block off of this particular website. Also students will need to be explicitly taught copyright laws and citing procedures.
Myra Bolton

Create timelines, share them on the web | Timetoast timelines - 0 views

www.timetoast.com

timeline calendar web2.0

shared by Myra Bolton on 08 Apr 14 - Cached
  • Myra Bolton on 14 Apr 14
     
    Timetoast is a place to create timelines that you can add to your blog or website. You can create historical timelines of important events, or build a timeline of your vacation. Time toast is a website that allows a person to create an interactive timeline. I would use this to show information as an interactive study guide. Or I would use it to post on my blog so that students can review the information that was presented during the course of a particular unit of study. A difficulty of this site is that it may be blocked by the school district technology department.
Anna Queener

8 Helpful Assistive Technology Tools For Your Classroom - 4 views

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assistive technology via:packrati.us

shared by Anna Queener on 07 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • One of the most remarkable aspects of modern education is the great diversity of today’s classroom. Thanks to mainstreaming and inclusion policies, students of all abilities study in all classrooms from kindergarten through college, even when they have physical, psychological, or cognitive disabilities that seem too challenging to integrate or excluded them from traditional classrooms in the past.
  • However, this integration creates challenges for educators. For example, the cost of teaching disabled students has more and more often fell on the already-stretched budgets of public schools. As one American school official told Huffington Post, this “raises an ethical responsibility question. We welcome our students with special needs, but the most expensive programming is on public districts.” This means that many schools may not be able to afford the kinds of special tools and equipment that may be needed.
    • George Bradford
      George Bradford on 27 Jun 13
       
      This was Anna's practice post using Diigo. The content of this post is not representative of the purpose of the group, so the post will be deleted - at some point. Her resource is good, and her post is valuable, but it needs to be moved elsewhere. Anna, I suggest you copy your information to preserve it in another place.
  • 8 Helpful ECE Technology Tools For Your Classroom 
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  • Screen Readers are described by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) as “software programs that allow blind or visually impaired users to read the text that is displayed on the computer screen with a speech synthesizer.”
  • Word Talk is a free add-in for Microsoft Word, this program can read aloud any document written in Word and create audio files that can be saved. In addition, assistive technology expert Paul Hamilton writes that “WordTalk functions can be accessed by customizable keyboard shortcuts–for individuals with vision challenges, or those who cannot use a mouse effectively, or to speed the work of anyone who relies extensively on WordTalk.” In addition, students with reading disabilities can also use screen readers to help them understand course materials.   
  • Word Prediction programs include a number of different applications, some of which can be downloaded from the Internet, are available to help students with writing challenges. Word predictors “can help a user during word processing by ‘predicting’ a word the user intends to type.
  • Supernova Access Suite is “a complete screen reader with natural sounding speech and integrated screen magnifier with Braille display support.”
  • Video Magnifiers are also sometimes described as a form of closed-circuit television (CCTV) that “uses a video camera to display a magnified image on a monitor or television screen.” Students with low vision can use them to read their course materials with greater ease.
  • Close Captioning and Subtitling: Services such as those provided by the CPC company can be used on both Mac and Windows formats, and enable deaf students to watch the same online video material as their colleagues.
  • FaceMouse: For students with limited mobility, Claro’s FaceMouse turns a standard webcam into a mouse operator, allowing students to use their head and facial gestures to perform a number of tasks, including pointing the cursor, clicking on sites, or typing on the keyboard. For example, “Claro FaceMouse effectively turns the user’s head into a remote ‘joystick’ controller.
  • Sip-and-Puff Systems: A truly innovative tool that makes computer use easier for students with mobility challenges, including paralysis and fine motor skill difficulties, sip-and-puff systems allow users to control a mouthstick, similar to a joystick, using their breath.
  • Anna Queener on 07 Jun 13
     
    8 Helpful Assistive Technology Tools for you classroom
Hiroko Turner

Image * After : images : objects signs - 0 views

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Copyright Free Educational 3rd grade Visual Arts creative lesson authentic symbol lesson

shared by Hiroko Turner on 26 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Hiroko Turner on 26 Jun 13
     
    This site is more functional than the other two I posted. One of the unique features is its large collection. There are not only objects (photos or illustrations) but also materials/textures available. Another feature is that they have some pull-down menus to narrow down the search. We can select the images by the topic (animal, architectures, etc), dominant colors of the image we want, the number of items we want to see at once, etc. These functions meet the users' needs. The site also asks for donations of the images. The challenge might be the filter set by the districts. Almost all the time this is the case some teachers are discouraged. It is strongly recommended teachers check this site on a school computer before the intended use. If blocked, requesting unblocking may be the next thing to do. Furthermore, as a school or department it may be a good idea to secure several online repositories that are not blocked; therefore, any teachers can use at any time safely for educational purposes. Lesson Example: 3rd grade and above in Visual Arts Direction: In our life there are many signs. Common features of those signs are simplicity (restricted numbers of colors, shapes, lines, etc.) and clearness of a message (directly represented by an object). Suppose you are a professional illustrator and the city has asked you to create a symbol/sign useful to the community. Make sure to provide good reasons to back up your creation. (Ex. how your creation will promote the welfare of the city, reduce the crimes, or promote business, etc.) Search the needs of the city so that your creation is timely and meets the needs of the city. Save the resources. Image citation: Dario sign no baby carriages warning lift. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.imageafter.com/image.php?image=b17dario103.jpg
Lauren Bozone

PBS Learning Media @ http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ - 3 views

PBS LearningMedia has thousands of digital resources. Resources are aligned to Common Core and national standards and include short videos, audio clips, interactive media, and lesson plans. You can...

copyright free K-12 elementary secondary all subjects common core standards audio video interactive lesson plans

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