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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.

Great Ideas how to adapt simple things Easy AT!

See "Crayon Nibbles" on page 12.

EZ AT 2 Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three

PACER provides information, support, workshops, and referrals to both families and professionals. PACER provides puppet programs on disability awareness, abuse prevention, and bullying prevention. PACER's Simon Technology Center provides software, adaptive devices and training to help children and young adults with disabilities learn to communicate through technology. PACER provides programs for Native American, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Somali and Southeast Asian communities. Many of our publications have been translated into Hmong, Somali and Spanish. PACER's Family-to-Family Health Information Center provides a single source of information, including resources and support, for families whose children have disabilities and complex health care needs. Through the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers, PACER offers consultation and technical assistance to the over 100 parent centers across the nation funded under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Its work affects the 7 million children with disabilities across the nation. Other programs focus on employment, grandparents, housing and bullying prevention.

Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and prin

"Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out.   Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom.  "

The Virtual Vine is a resource for Early Childhood teachers, preschool through second grade. It's a site filled with ideas and activities to make teaching and learning FUN through themes and units, displays, literacy and math connections. Great ideas and activities for everyone.

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.

Great ideas to use in the classroom! Creative and inexpensive ideas to incorporate in any classroom.

"AAC Core Vocabulary Practice for Workshops and Inservices"

A free website (and also available as an App) that allows you to record your thoughts, explore ideas, create galleries and collaborate in a graphic organizer type of way!

Teaching Tips and Ideas for Early Childhood Educators

"A blog of ideas, materials and resources. Our focus is on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) across the day and across all settings, but other resources will be shared, too!"

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

Developer tools for Alexa Skills Implementation Ideas: Can your students make a skill for Alexa?

Great Ideas and EASY SETUP Instructions for the BIGmack® communicator and LITTLEmack™ communicator

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

If you're looking for an idea to Wow! students -- or parents, you'll find it here. These teacher-tested ideas include learning projects, inspiring lessons, fun work sheets, learning games, parent involvement ideas, and much more.

"11 Free Reading Websites for Kids"

"At Really Good Stuff, we know that teachers and parents have limited time when it comes to finding free, high-quality online resources for their children.  When we first published the 11 Free Reading Websites for Kids article, we had no idea the response it would have.  In fact, the cry for more resources encouraged us to publish 11 Free Math Websites for Kids.   We hope you find this article and the free resources in contains helpful!"