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"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"

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Haikudeck.com is a free, online presentation generator. Invite students to select from multiple layouts, images, styles, and other design options to create engaging, fun, and stylized presentations of any topic!

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Speaker: Debbie Witkowski Presentation: Getting the most from High-Tech AAC Devices This segment is a discussion on the use of pre-stored messages versus a word-based vocabulary set in high-tech AAC devices, specifically the use of core vocabulary. This discussion includes a review of journal articles on the topics of pre-stored messages and core vocabulary.

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The inclusive Christmas games for kids below are suitable for individuals who are developing switch timing skills. The games can also be played using a conventional mouse, head pointing systems, touchscreen, spacebar etc. To start the games click on the images below. The switch activated games will open on a new web page. Please wait a few seconds for the games to load. Each 'switch press' is simulating a 'spacebar' which is controlling the game. To setup a 'switch interface' please ensure the switch interface is sending a 'spacebar' click when the switch is pressed.

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.

While this informatation is hosted on the Dynavox site, there are pdfs, websites, and videos that may be generally useful when seeking communication solutions. be sure to check out the AAC Needs Assessment, accessed by doing a search on the posted link. The Implementation Toolkit was designed for you! It provides hundreds of real-life resources and examples that promote successful communication in daily life using AAC. Use the resources for your personal growth or to train others. The resources found in the Toolkit cover topics related to AAC, its users and the people who support them. A variety of print materials, as well as instructional videos, feature essential information about AAC, lesson and therapy plans, techniques for communication partners, an introduction to our language software, InterAACt, and much more! The Toolkit is easy-to-use and will save you valuable time. Learn about common AAC topics using the "Learning Paths" tab, and find resources quickly using the "Search Resources" tab. You can also save selected resources to "My Favorites" so you can access them efficiently each time you visit.

StoryToolz is a nice assembly of useful tools for writers. Writers who are struggling to come up with ideas for fiction stories will like the story starters featured on StoryToolz. StoryToolz has three tools that you can use to get story ideas; Random Conflicts, Half Title Generator, and Story Idea Generator. To use any of these three tools just select the tool from the main menu then look at the randomly generated idea. If you don't like the options, run the tool again until you get options that you like. In addition to the writing prompts tools StoryToolz offers a few tools to help you edit your work. The Cliché Buster analyzes your work to find clichés that you have used in your writing. The Readability tool analyzes your text to estimate a reading level on several scales.

Start-to-Finish Online is your on-ramp to new College and Career Readiness standards. It supports students at their reading level and builds their skills to prepare them for the new reading expectations. Start-to-Finish includes a wide selection of engaging, leveled fiction and non-fiction chapter books.

Aided language modeling: adult models how to use the individual's communication board/AAC system by actually pointing to/selecting symbols to represent words being read from the text Learning how to use aided language modeling during reading activities using strategies; either of the strategies could be used although in the research the RAA strategy was used primarily to model and elicit single symbol responses whereas RAAP strategy was used primarily to model and elicit multi-symbol response. You can use either of these strategies but prompts may be needed for some children. * RAA: using the read-ask-answer strategy to elicit single symbol responses on the AAC system * RAAP: using the read-ask-answer-prompt strategy to elicit single symbol or multisymbol responses on the AAC system

Practice letter recognition and spelling skills by writing on an egg. Use the on-screen keyboard to select letters to place in the egg. Then, click and drag the letters to move them around to form words.

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Science games for grades 4-12, including an interactive periodic table game

Gotta Have IT is an all-in-one computing resource kit designed with educators' needs in mind. A select set of high-quality posters, computing and careers information, digital media and more, the resource kit builds awareness and inspires interest in compu