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Great resourse for teachers starting to use more technology in their classrooms

Richard Byrne demonstrates 3 browser extensions for Google Chrome that would be helpful in the classroom.

This is a great site to download activities that others have already made on Boardmaker. It works for assistive technology and on computers. You need to have the Boardmaker software at your school though.

Do you know of any sites or blogs that focus on technology specifically to assist special Ed teachers?

This is a cool blog about technology and education.

Very cool. did you become an "Explorer?" I am tempted!

Richard Byrne's Tech for Teachers blog- Specifically, Google "how to" vids in one place

This had a major impact in my teaching. If the process he describes is what is innate in children, how does our teaching now help or hinder that effect? I think technology is a great way to bring students natural inclination for learning to the fore.

Although not strictly about technology, it did help form how I thought about teaching. Check out act one for the story of Geoffery Canada.

In this website teacher can find almost all of the essential tools In technology that could contribute to the students learning.

Keith Hughes explains how to flip your classroom. He gives a quick tutorial about how to do the video piece. He emphasizes three things: 1. Know your curriculum, 2. Know your audience. 3. When you know your curriculum and your audience, you can focus on how to engage kids so they understand your objective clearly. He suggests making a 10 minute video, and explains how incorporate the videos, font and lecture into the video. The students watch it at home and come to class prepared to discuss the concept. In this way, class time is not used to teach content, but to respond to the concepts the students viewed in the video at home.

I've heard that refrain numerous times. "But... he doesn't want to be seen as different." It's usually uttered in response to specific technology recommendations offered during the IEP team process. The team typically nods their head in agreement; after all, it is a priority that the student completes school tasks in the same manner as their peers, or uses the same school tools as their friends.(Or is it?)

This article gives me a new perspective on Project Based Learning, and one teacher incorporates a lot of interesting technology to expand her anatomy class.

Maybe some incentive for creating a good teaching blog. 

Edublog Awards. Lists of many fantastic, award winning, educational blogs.

This site provides links to the best educational blogs of 2011. Blogs are categorized so you can browse by your topic of choice. Free Technology for Teachers is one of the award winners.