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PLEASE VOTE for my grant to benefit inclusion PE classes!! I teach an elementary self-contained special education class that is part of the MCPS Autism Program.

fabulous videos and other educational resources

Seems to be a well-vetted group of links to typing games. I'll post the collection on the website, but I'd still like us to have a short list of games that we think are good for our kids (i.e. not too visually stimulating, letters big enough on the screen so that most kids can see them, etc)

A collection of typing games online (and some to download, but those are in a separate section). Maintained by a Multimedia "Outreach Educator" Austin Children's Museum

Dr. Christie speaks nationally on using geocaching, webquests and something she calls GoogleTreks as an educational tool.  This site has some resources for all of those topics.

Beyond using Leanring Ally itself, the company provides resources for teaching reading.

Introduces two new ideas: 1) that teachers need to start to learn to evaluate text complexity.  It cannot be determined by a formula alone because a judgement also involves a) understanding what background knowledge and tasks will be required of the reader and b) knowing the student's particular characteristics and needs. 2) the second idea is that we can't just rely on giving low readers simpler texts on the same topic, because they need to learn to read and comprehend more complex texts to prepare for college.  So, in some cases, the preference would be to provide scaffolds instead of easier texts.

Microsoft Word Quick Guides: Working with Pictures and Photos in Word, Saving a Word Document as a Template, Supporting Writing with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word Equation Editor

Site that presents flexible presentation of many types of curriculum content that students may find engaging.  Many interactive activities for re-learning, review and practice. 

Paul Hami has an extensive and well annotated list of online resources - some downloadable, some online interactives, all free.  His focus is special ed, but ranges from low-incidence to high-incidence.  His blog is well organized, so you can just go there, click on the topic you are interested in, and find all sorts of resources.  His explanations and screen shots give you ample information to know whether the resource is suited to your needs before you click on it.