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Episode #44 is up for your listening pleasure and boy is it a doozy! It clocks in at just under 42 minutes! Yikes! Episode #44 is kind of a unique episode because it features a recording of a live event. Back on November 14th I was lucky enough to attend the Powering Up with Technology Conference in Prince George's County Maryland. At that conference I presented a session called Alternative Professional Development. I use the term "presented" loosely because, although I was listed as the presenter, the session was more of an integrated brainstorming session. I was more of the moderator for the discussion than a presenter. During the session we tried to outline some of the common problems with staff development happening in public schools and then try to come up with some solutions. During the course of the discussion a bunch of great ideas were mentioned about how to address some of the problems with the typical professional development model. Furthermore, a number of concrete resources are mentioned that can be used to assist students. You can access the entire presentation as generated by the audience here: Alternative Professional Development Presentation from PUWT09.

Mike Marotta's website detailing many websites with Chrome apps and extensions useful for providing more options for students.

PDF with numerous strategies for teaching language to students using AAC.

Positive AACtion - very comprehensive

This collection of parent/staff education handouts, by Rocky Bay, (a provider of disability services in Western Australia), is another real time-saver.

Use the Happiness Audit to learn and document how to engage each student. Have your families participate in this lasting record to pass along in transitions and to tailor your instruction.

Create instructional materials to help users of the LAMP: Words for Life app by using the free NuVoice Pass Software from Prentke Romich Company. This video briefly shows you how to download the software, install the software, change the user area to match the LAMP: Words for Life Full Vocabulary user area, and how to create the icon sequences.

This video of an archived webinar by the Center on Technology And Disability features many tools and strategies useful in helping students with reading and writing. It is hosted by LCPS AT Trainer Chris Bugaj and done in a fun Jeopardy style format.

How to use the vocabulary list builder feature in the LAMP:WFL app

"The ASF Communication Training Series takes all of the hours of great communication workshops and breaks them down into small, digestible parts so that you and your individual with AS can reach her/his greatest communication success at any age. Using web-based teaching, the Series is designed to be sequential and you can join at any time and proceed through the training at your child's pace of learning." A list of webinars, by topic, is here: http://www.angelman.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ASF-CTS-My-Webinar-Log-by-Topic.pdf

How to translate a document using Duxbury.

Evidence suggests that using text to speech helps students improve reading skills

How to improve literacy skills with word clouds

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

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.

"EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was inspired by an edWeb.net webinar entitled Designing Options for Every Learner: Universal Design for Learning, given by Chris Bugaj and Mark Nichols of Loudoun County Public Schools on Oct. 19, 2015, and sponsored by Quill.com/education."

RWG Word Prediction YouTube video

Useful for helping students spell things correctly the first time without practicing incorrect spellings over and over again. Also useful for decreasing the number of keystrokes and increasing productivity.

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Awesome collection of math, money, and functional life skills training videos and lessons.

GCFLearnFree.org offers over 60 interactive tutorials on the topics of everyday life, math & money, work & career, and computer training. Using text, audio, rollover, drag and drop, and clickable features, participants navigate through scenarios necessary for success in the world outside of the classroom.

The resource is now featured on the LCPS website as well - http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/Page/102344

Blog and Podcast on using Pacing Boards

"Here you'll find a variety of guided activities with supporting tools to help enhance kids' playtime experiences. Each activity was created with specially selected Hasbro toys and games. The activities are available in both print and video form, and are categorized into 3 levels"