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"I touch the future. I teach." - Christina McAuliffe I believe our students are our future. Each of our students has the potential to bring something unique and special to the world. Teaching is an…

"I touch the future. I teach." - Christina McAuliffe I believe our students are our future. Each of our students has the potential to bring something unique and special to the world. Teaching is an important and honourable occupation that demands commitment. There are miracles, learning, healing, laughter, sharing and love every day in classrooms...

Special Education resources for SPED teachers and parents of special needs children with learning disabilities like ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, Dyslexia etc.

Great blogs to add some sparkle.

Molly provides a vibrant, colourful blog that outlines many of her classroom techniques along with her expertise in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on Reading and Language Arts. Of special interest to me is her use of apps in History as i myself am majoring in History via the Middle Years Pathway.

"This section contains special events, festivals, conferences, education days/weeks and, from time to time, you will find competitions and notification of new education initiatives and programs."

What learning area/year level you think you might use this. This is great for maths, being in special ed. there are many students with splinter skills that can move ahead in certain area's. I think this is a great tool to help those student who may be behind keep interested in learning as its interactive and fun. What it is you like about the flipchart. I like that its colorful and engaging for students.  Any problems you think it might have. COST! Very expensive

This is the Blog of Leanora Donnelly a special education teacher with whom I have had the pleasure of working. She is passionate about inclusion and differentiation, interests I also share. Whilst this blog focuses on popular culture it does talk about how the inclusion of pop culture through the use of ICTs can enrich the educational experiences of students and teachers and even the playing field for students with disability and other diverse learners.

This blog post discusses the educational value of video games and is written by Andria Ballschmieter, a special education teacher in a rural high school in south East Queensland.

I am attracted to this blog as this teacher is currently working in Special Ed but had a varied background of experience prior to this. She is resourceful and believes in the ideology of sharing/ working collaboratively with the use of technology in teaching or in the classroom! :)

Tecnology doing great things in autism!!

Isn't it incredible what technology is doing for people with autism! Imagine what it would have been like for them 50years ago? 20 years ago? Even ten years ago!!! This knowledge is so crucial as a special needs teacher, there could be nonverbal students in the class who have deeper communication desires and intellectual abilities than we realise! This opens so many doors and opportunities for them, allowing them to participate in class, make learning their own, to engage in conversations and learn in a whole new way!! What a really useful tool that could be so easily incporporated in a classroom. Ipads now have apps that make this kind of technology really really accessible! http://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-apps

Story about a game that aims to provide an idea of the experience of hypersensitivity in autistic children.  Appears to have some positive and negative comments. It's this possibility of providing an experience that you may not otherwise be able to have, that is one of the big potentials with ICTs.

Some great activities on this website. I tried the Digital picture book and thought it was great. Check out my blog for the result. http://mrspoulter.edublogs.org

No problems Tamara.

I tried the book too. It was easy and fun. An excellent resource for early childhood and special needs fields. Thanks for sharing.

More for actual teachers as need to sign up, but you can have a free trial. Teachers at my work use this a lot for letter recognition and literacy practice. Something to keep for future - great for early childhood and special ed.

readingeggs is great Michelle!! I use it with the children I work with, and is especially beneficial for learning difficulties.

This site has great interactive and print resources for learning all sorts of things. I used some of these this term for lessons on seasons in a special ed setting and the students were very engaged and learnt well.

I like that this site goes from kindy to adults with math mah-jong and solitaire. A very busy site when you first open it but once you read a bot it is clear to navigate around.

Fantastic interactive site for early childhood and special ed. Try it out!

I used resources on this website for my WebQuest. They have audio instructions which is great for early childhood and special ed. Very educational, interactive and engaging.

Hi Michelle Thanks I will have to check it out. Last semester I used GoAnimate for the webquest, but found you were limited unless you paid. Bec.