"EMPOWER STUDENTS
Students (as young as 5!) can independently create, capture, and store artifacts of learning in their private learning journal.
ENGAGE PARENTS
Parents get notified of new items, giving them a glimpse of their child's day and an opportunity to support learning at home."
"Welcome to Conversations in Multiple Media, which will be a regular section of the forthcoming Universal Design for Learning: A Journal of Theory, Research, & Practice in which experts from the education field comment on a single article. This first installment focuses on "The Variability of Learners," a chapter from a new book, Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, by Anne Meyer, David H. Rose, and David Gordon."
"Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits (ATOB)
ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces ATOB to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. ATOB is a peer-reviewed annual publication. The journal is free for download and available in multiple accessible formats."
Mahara is a fully featured web application to build your electronic portfolio. You can create journals, upload files, embed social media resources from the web and collaborate with other users in groups. Find out more...
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"finds age-appropriate educational content on any topic presented with interactive multimedia interfaces
generates quiz questions based on student's research activity and skill level
supports creation of research journals and concept maps for learning assessment "
"For the past 12 years I have conducted an annual review of the special education technology literature. This work involves scanning the contents of 31 journals and capturing each article that I think is relevant to the work of special education technology professionals. After reading, analyzing, and indexing each article, I prepare an analysis of this one-year profile of the knowledge base. The purpose of this work is to answer the question, "What have we learned lately?" "
"instaGrok is an educational (re)search engine that lets students (any anyone else) research any topic in an engaging, visual way. instaGrok finds the best information on the topic and presents it as interactive concept map ("grok"), showing key facts, concepts and relationships, videos, images and more. Users can pin their favorite materials to their grok and take notes in the built-in journals."
Resources from the National Educational Technology Plan
Statements by individuals and organizations expressing ideas, opinions, and recommendations for the new National Educational Technology Plan.
Written Resources such as journal articles, reports, and book chapters that discuss educational or technological developments that can help inform the plan.
Technology Tools such as hardware, software or applications that hold promise for transforming our education system.
Exemplary Cases of programs, activities, curricula, and system redesign that have harnessed technology in innovative ways to enhance student learning, quality teaching, effective assessment, increased productivity, or other educational goals."
"The definitive site for free visual tools and devices also includes support tools. Compiled by Karl Gude of Michigan State University's School of Journalism from various sources on the internet. All were given strong recommendations and some may appear under more than one category."
"The free software, called simply Stage, is an iOS app that provides document camera features and annotation capabilities. It uses the iPad's camera to capture live video and provides video output via wired connections to projectors or external displays or wireless connections via AirPlay. It also includes a label function for placing overlays over videos and a drawing function that allows users to annotate over the live video."
"14 Technologies Educators Should Watch in 2010
Tech vets go toe-to-toe on the latest tools that can improve instruction, boost productivity, or just help make users' lives a bit more organized.
* By Chris Riedel
* 01/20/10
Which technology tools can help improve teaching and learning? Which can boost productivity? Which are just plain useful for keeping organized? Education technology veterans shared their lists of apps intended to make life in and out of the classroom faster, easier, and, well, better.
At the FETC 2010 conference in Orlando, FL last week, speakers Hall Davidson and John Kuglin were joined by Leslie Fisher for a game of one-upmanship as each gave a packed house the rundown on their favorite new--and not so new--apps, platforms, and gadgets in a session dubbed the "Sandbox Shoot-Out.""
"Microsoft today released a preview version of Office Mix, a new PowerPoint addon that lets teachers create rich media presentations and interactive lessons and share them online.
Office Mix includes two components: a plugin for PowerPoint and a site where teachers can share their work and view analytics."
"Great for parents,teachers or therapists dealing with kids with Autism,ADHD, behavioral issues like Target Behavior.Use this Application on your iPhone,iPod or iPad, monitor the ABC of Target Behavior"