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A great list of apps to help special needs students, broken down by level.

Reviews and links of apps for supporting students with a wide variety of special needs

50 Free Open Courseware Classes for Special Education Teachers

This Common Sense Media article suggests some of the IOS or Android built-in accessibility features parents and teachers could be using with their special needs children.

The article focuses on the reasoning and theory, examples, and implementation of communities of practice, specifically in special education. Short and long-term advantages are discussed.

Hanna, very thorough resource! I like how you were able to find something content specific. Page 31 I found useful - the article listed tips for the facilitators so that participants feel more comfortable sharing ideas.

With adaptive and assistive technologies, more students have the ability to better communicate and learn than ever before. So how is technology really shaping education for students with special needs? Good infographic

This site talks about the benefits of and strategies for using technology in a special education classroom.

popular apps for special education, broken down into nine categories

Article that includes an excellent description of universal design for learning. Alnahdi, G. (2014) Assistive technology in special education and the universal design for learning. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology. 13 (2) Retrieved from http://www.tojet.net/articles/v13i2/1322.pdf

36 page book including app icon, title, and description

Special Issue - Connectivism: Design and Delivery of Social Networked Learning: This article supports the idea that Web 2.0 tools help teacher connect with wider educational communities to enhance their own professional development.

This website is my go to site when I need to uplifting help. It has inspiration, help, and lots of resources for mom with special needs kids. LOVE IT!

In this Q&A podcast, I speak with Sarah Gilbert, who facilitates ATD's Essentials of Mobile Development Using Adobe Captivate® and Mobile Learning Certificate. Sarah Gilbert specializes in training strategy, design, and development at meLearning Solutions. In her PHII Academy director role at the Task Force for Global Health, she leads a team to create global solutions for public health informatics training challenges.

This article draws a link between personal learning networks and connectivism. The author states that "PWTs allow learners to expand their capacity for knowledge by connecting to external resources", which is one of the principles of connectivism. A variety of personal learning networks are also described.

This tool helps me find some other social learning tools and helps define what a PLN is. It's a concept that I've always worked with and used, but never had a definite term for.

I like the idea of how a PLN's component parts can include (what the authors call) personal web technologies (PWTs). The authors feel that PWTs are especially unique because they create "a continuous, dynamic learning environment for individuals as they move from one role to the next." It is this special property of PWTs that gives individuals the power to "manage their own learning resources." The authors also briefly draw an interesting connection between PWTs and connectivism, but it isn't explored in depth. They do offer an in depth discussion of PWTs shortcomings and potential disadvantages. I especially like their warning that "learners who use PWTs must learn to question sources, verify information, compare and contrast various perspectives and become more independent."

This site gives a list of kid-friendly sites to search. In addition to general search engines for younger children, it also lists sites for specialized searches such as science, history and biographies and authors.

An entire journal issue dedicated to the topic of connectivism including an editorial by George Siemens.

Skype Blog that has several success stories of using Skype in the classroom. Have a U.S. Senator speak in class over Skype, talk with mt climbers on Everest, special guest on Skype Classroom.