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Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility - 1 views
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There are many types of cognitive and learning disabilities and an even wider variety of interests and capabilities of users who have these disabilities.This population is larger than those with all other physical and sensory disabilities combined. Cognitive accessibility can be defined by the following principles: Simple, Consistent, Clear, Multi-modal, Error-tolerant, Attention-focusing. Improving web accessibility for this audience will improve access for everyone.
Voki - 0 views
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Create talking avatars for free, which you can embed and use to improve your message, improve comprehension and motivate recipients, as well as a test-to-speech tool.
Jane's Pick of the Day - 0 views
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Great site for looking up and incorporating the latest tools into learning and classrooms.
Fun Embeddable Math Games - 0 views
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Fun Embeddable Math Games from Visa. Families can play together to help learners cooperatively, playing together with their families, and later independently, through the use of technology as an educational tool.
Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs - YouTube - 0 views
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Educators talk about the benefits of Google Docs, particulalry the ability to publish for peers and the world.
Middle School | This American Life - 1 views
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Host Ira Glass interviews a 14-year old named Annie, who emailed us asking if we would do a show about middle school. She explains why exactly the middle school years can be so daunting. Stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school. Including a teacher who transforms peer pressure into a force for good, and reports from the frontlines of the middle school dance. [This might be good for fifth and sixth graders to hear before entering middle school as preparation for the pressure and offer opportunities to discuss how to cope.]
Google For Educators - 0 views
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The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies
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t. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google Certified Teachers wh
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Google is accepting applications for free professional development to a select few.
xtimeline - Explore and Create Free Timelines - 0 views
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Timelines with interactive pop-down imagery and more of history and the lives of important people
Blog on Free Technology for Teachers - 0 views
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Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology Pages
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gText is a new service offering free group text messaging. There are other services that do the same thing, but those services weren't developed by a high school student the way that gText was.
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So, this is just a blog, but very cool for high school. Older posts may be worth exploring. On this page a high school student's app for group-texting, and is being used by teachers to text assignments and more to students!
The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators - 0 views
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a ning site dedicated to the support of a Pe
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This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators
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a ning site dedicated to the support of a P
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A personal learning network for educators, with lots of videos and podcasts! It looks like a great resource for educators using technology and who want to further explore the world of PLNs.
Dissect a Frog » Surgery Games - 0 views
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Great Science website needs further exploration. Wonderfully interactive, great user-friendly prompts that are easy to follow, and best of all great for dissecting without the bad smell, complaints of gross touching, or mess.
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I watched a student dissect a frog on the smartboard. She brought it up and went through the intricate procedure following all of the appropriate responses. I was flabbergasted.
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Alan Christy
I am a student and educator studying early childhood education in Ohio at Muskingum University. I am an Ohio native, but have traveled and lived all over the globe, studying in Brasil and France. I began my college studies in, and still love, the theater. I started a children's theater company in ...