HIATResources

Well designed website documenting a large UDL implementation project. Includes information on how the project was structured as well as resources that were generated by the project.

decorate cakes and practice your click and drag skills with your mouse.

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Discusses the importance of true integration of technology into the curriculum

Article on using Photo Story and Audacity for kids' projects.  Kids did storytelling and learned the power of their voice.

Article about the learning benefits of using podcasts in the social studies curriculum when the goal was to try to infuse reading and writing into the curriculum.

An article on things to teach kids about when they are working on digital videos.  For example, the article talks about transitions and compares them to punctuation - match the visual tools you use with what you want to communicate.

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.

2nd graders find many ways to use a wiki and incorporate videos and pictures into their writing.

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.

Links to web sites that are alligned to the MCPS middle school math curriculum.  Many provide alternatives for student engagement and practice.

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. 

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.

Jim Knight is an expert on instructional coaching

fabulous videos and other educational resources

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.

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

study links and research guides plus term paper helper for literature