Supporting national move toward full inclusion

Based on Cunningham's strategy. 50 lessons. iPad or iPhone.

Literacy camp for kids who use augmentative and alternative communication and the professionals who are interested in supporting their literacy learning.

Special school in Australia that does 4 Blocks instruction with students who have complex needs.

Toby Scott' awesome information resource on alternative writing tools for students with disabilities.

Toby Scott's alternative pencils website is full of great ideas, video examples, and more. Great site to educate yourself to possibilities for students with significant disabilities.

Large collection of read-alouds aimed at young children. Some have text present. Many are quite good, some not so, but you can save search time by starting here.

Free typing practice lessons. No bells and whistles, but instant feedback. Great support for additional practice or in schools with technology access but no typing class.

EdTechReview. Useful resource for checking into tech efficiently. This link looks at online typing tutors.

Cute kids talk about letting kids be kids in the classroom.

Pew Resesearch Center survey of almost 2,500 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project Teachers re: impact of digital technologies on middle school and high school student.

Camp ALEC blog. Worth checking out for info about the literacy/AAC camp, about the Alec G. Cunningham Foundation, and more. Dates already announced for August 2016. Amazing experience for all.

Camp ALEC 2015 in the news. Literacy and AAC camp in Grand Rapids, MI. Aug. 13-20, 2016 is the next.

Teachers reading for pleasure and talking about it online. Wonderful idea and great use of technology to support independent reading.

Monica's reflections on literacy instruction for students with low incidence disabilities.

Sam Sennott's AAC, AT, inclusion, literacy, UDL, IOS, mobile tech blog. Lots of useful info.

The math, language, communication, reading, and writing online modules created by the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies for teachers of children with the most significant intellectual disabilities.

Interesting possibility for supporting flipped instruction or providing students with guided viewing experiences. Link to or upload video, edit with comments, directions, tasks, provide links, etc. Interesting instructional possibilities. Only possible downside for instruction is that all projects are made public--that's nice for a learning community but not so great for confidentiality for clinical/classroom vids.

Wonderful book and reading resources linked here. Not aimed at beginning readers.

Predictable structure, nice message, good text for helping beginning readers acquire sight words and reading confidence.