Group items tagged

This is a great website for information on the latest assistive technology. The website was founded over 25 years ago by parents of a child with a disability. The website is easy to use and very informative. An annual conference, webinars, and magazine are also available. 

"3 Tips on Integrating Technology in the Classroom Former Gov. Bob Wise discusses Digital Learning Day and how high school teachers can embrace technology. By Laura McMullen Jan. 25, 2012 SHARE Integrating technology into a high school classroom isn't a one-step process. "You can't just slap a netbook [computer] on top of a textbook and say, 'Great, now we have technology," says Bob Wise, former governor of West Virginia and president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, an advocacy organization. Wise says that digital learning starts with teachers, whose performance is enhanced by technology-not the other way around. That's also the idea of Digital Learning Day, which the Alliance is spearheading. The first annual Digital Learning Day falls on February 1 and will celebrate innovative K-12 instructors who successfully bring technology into the classroom by assigning online course content, using adaptive software for students with special needs, and utilizing online student assessments and other digital tools. Educators, as well as parents, students, librarians, and community leaders, can learn about classroom innovations and get new ideas by chiming in during the virtual National Town Hall meeting held on Digital Learning Day. [Learn how a new iPad app is revolutionizing textbooks.] "The whole intention of Digital Learning Day is to really celebrate teachers and good instructional learning practices," says Sarah Hall, director of the Alliance's Center for Secondary School Digital Learning and Policy. And good teaching, especially the kind that involves working with evolving technologies, sometimes requires good advice. Hall and Wise shared the following ideas for effectively using technology in the classroom-not just on Digital Learning Day, but anytime. 1. Plan ahead: There has to be a comprehensive strategy in place to implement technology into the school system, Wise says, and the teachers have to be involved in the planning stages. "When a schoo

Thie commercial Apple, Inc. website provides its viewers valuable information about the latest Apple, Inc. apps for educators and students. It will keep you up to date on the technology out there for us and allow you to see demonstrations of the use of certain apps. Commercial, but very informative

All sorts of helpful resources for science teachers!

A free, downloadable website that provides students options for accessing web content minus the clutter. It is a great tool for students that need to change the visuals on a page, bringing the text forward. You can customize the font size and type to suit a student's style. Let's you save articles in that format to your iPad too.

This is a really cool website that is about an iPad trial in schools in Australia. The website provides case studies, information on the benefits of using iPads, classroom ideas, videos and pictures, and more. My favorite part of the website is that it also provides a list of great educational apps broken into different categories and subject areas.

Pointers on designing a website for a classroom.

This website is amazing. The woman who created it has beautiful, clear, easy to use graphics in all of her printables, and ideas for fun games, centers, and activities that target all of the important areas of development for Pre-Kers.

This website is great for beginning readers! The songs and videos are beautiful and easy to follow along with. I use this site in my classroom a lot!

This website is a great resource to the visual learner and the free version allows you to create a visual concept map posting website links and videos. You can also make your visual map public and have multiple people working on the same map.

Website that you can search lessons by common core standards- complete with powerpoint slides, videos and objectives!

A great FAQ website for copyrights and teachers

This website has some great video lessons, complete with lesson objectives, notes for the instructor, and links to external resources. It doesn't have anything for English, but it does have a big math and science section.

THE internet archive.  Books, music, websites and more.

quietube is a website where you can take youtube videos and put them on a webpage where students can't see comments or other videos that may be distruptive and break momentum

This website is the Family Center on Technology and Disability. This is a great website that provides a lot of resources (family guides, a glossary, basic information, facts sheets, discussions, and more) about assistive technology and how AT can help children with disabilities.

This is a great math website for elementary and middle school students. It contains a lot of information along with fun activities, games, worksheets, and quizzes.

This website offers social stories and videos regarding common everyday occurrences. I found this website useful for students with special needs. One game in particular that stood out for me was "Rufus Goes to School". First, a video plays introducing Rufus and the beginning of his day. After the video, the students can proceed to the game where they are to help Rufus make choices and cope with the changes in his day. I loved this site, it was not only visually stimulating but also engaging and meaningful to the students everyday life and routine.

This website contains flashcards and games to help students improve their math skills interactively. It also contains worksheets that students can print and work on. The website also has the answer sheets so students can check their work. There is also a "homework helper" tab that allows you to input your problem and answer and it will help you figure out if you are correct.

This website has well done games and videos to help students learn about U.S. History.