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A comprehensive catalog of educational technology. If you like the concepts of universal design for learning this book will bring you to the next level with technology. The book outlines the very best educational technology to reach special education students, diverse learners and engage all students in the learning process. There is a new generation of low-cost technology to help reach challenging students like never before. This gives teachers countless tools to include in your UDL toolbox and enhance your teaching.

Read the law for yourself! Pay special attention to section 110 if you are an educator!

The Open eBooks app is free to use for special educators. It hold a library of free and openly licensed book titles.

"These projects provide ideas and strategies to promote play through better access to play materials, and use assistive technology to give the children this critical access. Typical solutions revolve around "low tech" assistive technology. By building on what the child can do, and by creating interactive play environments, families can reclaim play as a critical component of childhood! Look here for information on selecting toys for play, toys for children with disabilities, adapting toys to make them easier to use, locating specially designed toys as well as other resources to promote play."

Episode #70 features math resources as shared by special guest host Melissa Bugaj, host of the Night Light Stories podcast.

Guest blogger, special educator, and high school transition specialist Chelsea Eddy on "Do Your Students Have the Skills to Pay the Bills?"

An online module for data collection in special education

recommendations and reviews Apps are arranged by challenge area and difficulty level. For each challenge area, we've included an informational overview with a list of typical challenges that kids face, help for choosing apps that match kids' needs, and further resources. You'll also find Power Tips with ideas for other activities you can do. You can download a guide which contains a list of nearly 100 apps that have been rigorously evaluated and carefully selected by a panel of expert educators, and thoroughly tested by parents and kids. The apps that made the list have been determined to be great media that can boost or supplement learning in both core academic subjects like reading and math, as well as social interaction, communication, motor skills, and organization.

Jennifer Ro and Amy Thomsen presentation on how to implement core vocabulary IDEAS 2014 Conference Forsyth County Schools Assistive Technology Team

This website provides guidelines for early intervention to maximize the language and communication development of young children with special needs including infants, toddlers, preschoolers. The website provides: Step-by-step guidelines for early interv This website provides guidelines for early intervention to maximize the language and communication development of young children with special needs including infants, toddlers, preschoolers. The website provides: Step-by-step guidelines for early interven

The NSF has funded our plans to develop technology-rich science curriculum modules for grades 3-6, which acknowledges that students learn different ways. The work at CAST, the Center for Applied Special Technology, has defined a flexible approach to teach

Good collection of AT blogs & SPED Teaching Tips & Strategies

Create symbol based communication and educational materials to support the literacy needs of any student. The program includes over 4500 symbols and 22 different languages.

To get started, go to the Tutorials page and download a free ebook on the accessibility features of Apple's mobile devices, as well as our PDF Tutorials for iPad and iPod touch applications that support students with special needs. The Apps page includes

a companion site to the PBS special on learning differences and disabilities. Explore stories and find resources and information