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"Mobile devices such iPads, iPods and iPhones have taken the world by storm and are increasingly used in teaching and learning, and/or in therapy, to support learners with additional support needs, as well as for personal use. We are aware that people are all at different levels of experience in their use of iPads. We hope this Guide will provide you with helpful information and resources to help you on your way. "

Mobile devices such iPads, iPods and iPhones have taken the world by storm and are increasingly used in teaching and learning, and/or in therapy, to support learners with additional support needs, as well as for personal use. We are aware that people are all at different levels of experience in their use of iPads. We hope this Guide will provide you with helpful information and resources to help you on your way.

T.H.E. P.A.C.T.™ is a 4-step, language-based teaching framework that is easy to implement in regular ed, special ed, or related services.

Our name, Connective Technology Solutions, reflects what we do best - seeing the connections between hardware, software, and solutions on how they can be utilized together. Most important is how they can address the needs of individuals from teachers and support professionals to students. We provide professional development, training, support and educational materials connecting current technology and the solutions enabling everyone to succeed. Dan Herlihy is a national conference presenter on topics ranging from Creating Access on the Fly, Working with High and Low Incidence Disabilities, Creating Access to the Arts and Using Digital Images in the Classroom as a Teaching and Learning Tool. He is also an IntelliTools Training Specialist, and has written books and articles on technology integration, as well as producing CDs of educational activities for students. His expertise is in taking diverse technologies, and connecting them together to provide solutions for access.

The Autism Curriculum Encyclopedia (ACE) is the culmination of over 35 years of research and practice conducted at The New England Center for Children (NECC), a leader in the fields of ABA and autism. The ACE provides an interactive database containing assessment tools, lesson plans, teaching materials, and student performance reports for over 1,300 skills drawn from the curriculum used at NECC.

This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) using curriculum-based learning activity types ('LATs'), teaching strategies, and performance assessments.

Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs blog To the left is a board with 20 core words on it.  Some people wonder how many things can be said with 20 words.  I thought I would give it a try:

Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs blog

ORC enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities. ORC serves as a trusted source of easily accessible, peer-reviewed, high-quality, and effective resource

"This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. Universal design is an approach to the design of all products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability, or situation."

"Aeir Talk makes the very difficult task of teaching children new words fun and easy. Parents can create an unlimited amount of cards, customize them with their recorded voice and pictures they take."

"Flocabulary creates hip-hop music and curricular materials to teach academic content in grades K-12. We strongly believe that a motivated student is a more successful student. "

"APPitic is an directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings"

"The Stages© framework takes a research-based approach to defining developmentally appropriate observable learner characteristics for each Stage and recommends features to consider in computer software for learning, along with teaching strategies that match and scaffold student need. " this Wikispaces site lists apps according to the developmental stage it is most appropriate for.

"This free webcast provides information on effective instructional procedures to teach literacy skills to individuals with ASD and limited speech."

"EduApps consists of eight useful software collections that are free for you to download and use. The EduApps Family covers a range of user requirements to support teaching and learning, so just choose the one that's right for you."

"Dr. Caroline Musselwhite adresses the topic of overall good literacy instruction. She presents information about how to teach students with significant disabilities using fairly common literacy instruction strategies. There are 11 short video posts to help you get started. She discusses the issues of AAC and suggests strategies that are easy to implement and highly effective."

"Crack The Books™ is the first standards based, core curriculum aligned digital textbook that includes both interactive enhancements and universal design accessibility features. Designed for all students, from children with special needs to students who are academically gifted, our Crack The Books™ interactive textbooks give educators a powerful new teaching tool to help students of all academic skill levels meet state standards for reading comprehension. Our Crack The Books™ textbooks are the first interactive Textbooks that can be adjusted for reading level."

"The relevant, concrete stories in Click to Read: Citizenship teach citizenship to learning challenged students in early childhood through post-high school."