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This is a subscription-based resource, however, there are plenty of sample ideas and resources that are available on the welcome page. Autism Inspiration provides a variety of resources for parents and teachers of children with autism spectrum behaviors. Resources provided include social scripts, lesson plans, games, group activities, sensory integration ideas, and other valuable tools and information to help teach children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Delay (PDD), Sensory Integration Disorder, and other related behaviors.

sconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) AT Tools and Forms. Alternate site

Team collaboration tool

This site provides an introduction of UDL, the opportunity to check your curriculum for UDL compatibility, and the option to explore resources for building options and flexibility into each component of your curriculum.

Use this CAST interactive online tool to help you apply UDL principles in your teaching to reach and engage all of your students. Learn about UDL, Check Your Curriculum, or Explore Resources for ideas on how to build options and flexibility into each element of your curriculum.

This free online tool helps educators build options and flexibility into each element of the curriculum (goals, methods, materials, and assessments) in order to reach and engage all students.

allows kids to take notes on Internet articles as they research online. Kids can use highlighters, sticky notes and other tools to mark key information. All of their work is saved in an online account. Scrible automatically creates citations for articles and puts them into a bibliography, too.

Features: - Real-time collaboration on a virtual whiteboard with infinite pages - Real-time communication through voice conferencing and text chat - Permanent storage of all classrooms for later access - Support for image uploading - Access to basic drawing tools and colors

"Welcome to the Student Inventory for Technology Supports (SIFTS). The SIFTS is a tool to assist school teams in matching a student's needs with assistive technology (AT) features."

Direct Link to the audio of the A.T.TIPSCAST episode about using the free fraction tools from ConceptuaMath.

"Integrating Google Tools 4 Teachers"

Teachers say geocaching can be a powerful learning tool that involves critical thinking, hands-on learning and active engagement. Over the past few years, geocaching has become more commonly used in the world of education. Now Geocaching.com offers more help to teachers who incorporate geocaching in the classroom.

"With consideration for some of the most frequently recommended visual supports in mind, this small 5 ½ x 8" binder includes a First/Then board, a Personal Picture Schedule, and a Task Analysis Checklist, with a Finished Pocket on the front cover.  Each of these is easily available by flipping or opening the folded board which is adhered to the Finished Pocket.  A Token Reward board is on the back cover. The picture symbols and tokens for all these tools are housed inside the binder on plastic tabbed dividers covered in adhesive carpet tiles."

"Episode #144 features a description of three tools useful for supporting reading by minimizing distractions, providing statistics, and helping to decrease the complexity of difficult vocabulary within bodies of text."

Baltimore County's tools for writing in the sciences

"ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books."

"Videos on Digital Accommodations & Modifications and Tablet & Laptop Accessibility Features. Learn about educational technology and assistive technology that can be implemented all year to improve classroom learning. On this webpage you will find digital tools that align with the STAAR A online test tools and how you can use them in your classroom! Also included are accessibility features for a variety of tablet and laptop operating systems "

"Speakbook is an easy to use, easy to learn, communication tool for people who can't speak and can't use their hands.  With Speakbook you can talk using only your eyes. Find out where to get a Speakbook, or download the PDF for FREE here and have it printed cheaply at your local copy shop - or print it yourself at home."

A list of tools from EdCamp Phoenix

LCPS announcement about home use of Read Write Gold.

This literacy software program has a toolbar with Reading, Writing, Study Skills, and Research tools that include text-to-speech, word prediction, talking spell check and calculator, and more. The customizable toolbar floats on top of applications such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Reader, so students can access the support tools when needed.