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As a special educator it is our job to provide equitable accommodations for all students with disabilities. Assistive technology, ranging from low to high tech provide efficient educational experiences for students to reach their full academic potential  despite any disability. Assistive technology tools provide many opportunities for children with disabilities to learn and for the teacher to be able to provide learning opportunities for his/her students.

Integrating technology into a math lesson and learning to explore and develop theories on their own. Class uses the internet and real life activities to learn math. Well done example of engaging students with a real world context and using 21st century tools for research and collaboration.

This is a great resource about tips and ideas on assistive technology for students with a learning disability. It is easy to follow and there are a ton of examples!

This is an excellent resource for students who need assistive technology. It is a list of apps, divided into categories such as speech and language, organization, and reading, that is specifically created for students with learning, language, or intellectual disabilities. If I have access to iPads in classrooms which I work, I could install apps that are specific to each child's needs.

This article discusses the iPods use as a motivational tool for students to take to their books to learn and then use the technology to create podcasts displaying their knowledge. The teachers at this school have realized that they must embrace this popular technology that students are drawn to, excited about and comfortable with.

This website looks at NYC schools and how smart boards have created a better practice in the classroom. It talks about the accessibility to a variety of lessons and how multiple style learnings can be captured using this technology.

This is a summary of research done that supports the use of calculators in the classroom as long as the operation is first learned by hand.

Something to consider if you plan to teach math... or have kids...

The digital divide is happening because of so much internet focus in schools. Some schools are not getting the needed technology because they do not have funds for it.

Search Criteria: "integrating technology in the classroom" Website This website stresses the importance for teachers to have a better understanding of technology. Seven different ways are addressed in which teachers can gather information and learn how to effectively integrate technology within their classrooms for the benefit of their students.

This article describes how TurningPoint can be used to benefit teachers and their students, especially those with disabilities. TurningPoint is an anonymous response system that teachers can use to check for understanding and allows students to feel confident in participating.

This resource is a comprehensive list of technologies and applications that teachers can use both to facilitate learning and to help organize their classrooms. I think this would be a really fun list for everyone to take a look at and pick out some of their favorite tools.

The U.S. Department of Educational Technology released a National Technology plan that coincides with President Obama's goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. Students should have options for engaging in different types of learning in the classroom and technology is one of those aspects. Search criteria: technology in the classroom -iPod

Search: Early childhood education+technology math This sit has tons of great tools for teachers to use that specifically aimed at learning math.

This article highlights 12 schools that are using Khan Academy's "instructional videos to teach, learn, share, and grow from elementary school to high school."

This website posts a very effective visual diagram calling attention to the different social media's used currently in schools, their percentages of usage, how they are being used (in class, school pride, career development), their successes and challenges and the top social media universities.

Encouraging students to use cellphones turns the phones into tool instead of distractions. By allowing students opportunities to use their phone in class, the teacher is preparing them for the real-world. Most students have cell-phones so it's beneficial for schools that don't have the newest technology to allow students access to their phones.

This page shows an overview Schoology, a social networking site for the classroom. Similar to Facebook, Schoology links classrooms and offers teachers new ways to keep connected with students and parents.

This article is about twitter int he classroom. It talks about how twitter can be used to teach. The teacher tweets questions or main points to the class, then they respond and they can use the textbook and twitter and other resources. Also students can use twitter to research through hashtags and also used twitter to bookmark good sources. The article also talks about the drawbacks of using twitter in the classroom. The article also talks about how teachers collaborate and share ideas through twitter, skype, and google docs.

Research is reported within this article describing the improvements that have been discovered from the use of interactive whiteboards. For example, Harvard and Columbia found that student retention is improved up to 38% with the use of this technology. Search criteria: classroom interactive whiteboards