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"The White House and Michelle Obama Release $250M 'Open eBooks' App for Title I and Special Education Teachers"

Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice by Anne Meyer, David H. Rose, & David Gordon $59.99 (Paperback/Full color edition) | $29.99 (Paperback/Black and white) Anne Meyer and David Rose, who first laid out the principles of UDL in the '90s, provide an ambitious, engaging discussion of new research and best practices. This book gives the UDL field an essential and authoritative learning resource for the coming years.

On January 23, 2012, researchers and education thought leaders convened in Washington D.C. for Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit to discuss research and opinions regarding the role of handwriting instruction in the 21st century classroom. (Watch videos of the researchers' presentations to learn more.) Now, just over a year later, a major shift in focus about the role of handwriting instruction in 21st century schools has occurred since the Summit. A white paper is available which highlights the results of the summit.

AAC Speech Buddy, $27.99, uses the free Mulberry Symbol Set, 12 TTS voices and online management Discover My Voice, $50.00, uses photos and TTS or recorded voice iAugCom, $4.99, uses white on back communication icons JABTalk,$9.99, uses photos and re

AAC resource Guide for Teachers. White paper

school video of the many uses of QR codes

A great book on polar bears.

pedagogy cheat sheets tutorials

Accessible YouTube Developed in conjunction with Henshaws College and JISC, the page features large easy to read fonts, a touch-friendly interface, safe searching using black and white-lists and most importantly your students can control the videos using switches

Blog about Wikki Stix activity ideas. Wikki Stix are waxy sticks which look a bit like pipe-cleaners. They are made from a combination of a strand of acrylic, hand-knitting yarn and a microcrystalline, food-grade, non-toxic wax. Wikki Stix stick to smooth surfaces (like the Wikki Stick boards included in the Activity pack or onto white boards) and to each other. They are a colorful, tactile, sensory and engaging product that can be used in many different ways.

This is a FABULOUS collection and visual representation of interactive sites categorized for many curricular topics and needs. Great for use on interactive white board. All of the best K-5 online, interactive, educational games and simulations in one place! These activities work great with your SMARTboard or interactive whiteboard for whole group or small group instruction or use in the computer lab or at home for individual learning.

Great ideas for making dry erase and white boards, dry erase walls, dry erase activity books, dry erase you-name-it!

Use these activities on the interactive white board as whole class warm up or when working with individual students. What a fun way to help sharpen "learning-related" visual skills that are critical for school success

Now known as Active Learn Games http://blog.activelearngames.co.uk/ switch skills, mouse skills, cause & effect, turn-taking. good for interactive white board, too