TAP*it is the first ADA compliant interactive learning station designed to recognize the difference between an arm resting upon the screen and a finger or assistive device intentionally tapping an image. Providing an optimal interface for teaching students with special needs at their own pace, TAP*it reinforces skills that can be transferred to other computer-based learning applications utilizing the Internet, educational software or communication devices. Accessible to students with physical or learning disabilities TAP*it is within reach for students using wheelchairs, walkers or other mobility devices, providing full access to the screen with easy adjustments that adapt to individualized needs. Worries about navigation are eliminated as users can maneuver up to the workstation and have full reach capabilities. Motorized adjustments provide easy accommodations With the touch of a button, the TAP*it platform can move up or down and the 42" interactive LCD panel can be tilted from 0 - 90 degrzees. These adjustments make TAP*it infinitely more accessible to physically challenged students and their instructors than stationary wall-mounted boards.

send a spoken message using a baby pic and text-to-speech or recorded voice and email to friends or annoy colleagues.

"ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. built-in database of over 10,000 free images and materials. authors can choose to make items "clickable," allowing readers to learn more about individual characters within a story. Each character can have its own "chat bubble" that pops up when that character is clicked. In addition, authors can also record their own voices using the ZooBurst audio recorder to have their characters really "speak" when clicked! Readers who have a webcam installed on their computer can also experience any ZooBurst book in Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality mode also allows readers the ability to interact with a book using simple gestures. For example, simply waving your hand in front of a book will allow you to turn its pages back and forth.

7 Places & Ways to Find Copyright-friendly Images An article describing both familiar and not so familiar sites for free pictures.

"It's an online interactive English dictionary and thesaurus that helps you find the meanings of words and draw connections to associated words. You can easily see the meaning of each by simply placing the mouse cursor over it." Very similar to Visual Thesaurus, but a free resource.

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Currently posting 1,800 short video teaching targeted topics. We are complementing Salman's ever-growing library with user-paced exercises--developed as an open source project--allowing the Khan Academy to become the free classroom for the World.

Get autocomplete suggestions as you type.

Seems like a pretty robust word prediction. I'd be interested in feedback if you try it. Nick

"AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Use it in the classroom as an educational tool or at work as a creative brainstorming tool. Or you can embed it on your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestbook. How does AnswerGarden work? You create an AnswerGarden by entering a topic on the Create New AnswerGarden-page. Then you'll be redirected to your newly created AnswerGarden. Since no-one has posted an answer yet, your AnswerGarden will still be empty. The next step is to share your AnswerGarden. Use it live in the classroom, at a meeting or a conference."

"Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods-at over 40 words per minute. The application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more. "

Very interesting technology. Not sure if will be AT solution or not. Stay tuned.

"Some groups of children are potentially more vulnerable and more at risk than others when using ICT. These can include children with emotional or behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, and other complex needs, as well as those whose English is an additional language, and looked after children. Of course children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) can use the internet in educational, creative, empowering and fun ways, just like their peers. However, they may be particularly vulnerable to e-safety risks. For example: * Children and young people with Autistim Spectrum Disorder may make literal interpretations of content, which will affect how they respond. * Some children may not understand much of the terminology due to language delays or disorders. * Some children with complex needs do not understand the concept of friendship, and therefore trust everyone implicitly. They do not know how to make judgments about what is safe information to share. This leads to confusion about why you should not trust others on the internet. * There is also growing concern around cyberbullying. We need to remember that some children with SEN or disabilities may be vulnerable to being bullied through the internet, or not recognise that they are being bullied. * In addition, some children may not appreciate how their own online behaviour may be seen by someone else as bullying. We have also included number of resources that those working with children with Special Education Needs might find useful."

WebAnywhere is a non-visual interface to the web that requires no new software to be downloaded or installed.It works right in the browser, which means you can access it from any computer, even locked-down public computer terminals.WebAnywhere enables you to interact with the web in a similar way to how you may have used other screen readers, such as JAWS or Window-Eyes,

"AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook. AnswerGarden has many different users: site admins, bloggers, teachers, creative teams, brainstormers and more! Benefits of AnswerGarden Avoid long rants of commenting users and keep the expression lost in polls. Instant overview of the results. "

"Picto selector is a Windows application written for easy selection and printing of Pictos. The Pictos come from the website Sclera.be, Straight-Street.com and ARASAAC and have a Dutch, English, French and Spanish translation. The application itself also supports those languages. With Picto Selector the time consuming cut, paste and editing in Word is over. At the main screen picto sheets can be viewed and added. Each sheet can be printed."

"A National Online Library of Professional Development Resources Compiled to Help Bridge Research, Policy and Practice. Across states, national organizations and technical assistance investments, an extensive amount of professional development material is available. This library provides local educators with easy access to an array of resources that can be used or customized to meet their needs."

Drips let you paint like Jackson Pollock, and you can save it online. And you don't have to register for it. Even cooler, it gives you a choice of painting it with either your mouse or your webcam and computer microphone. With your webcam, you can use your cellphone light or something else as a brush and your voice to change the color. After you save it, you're given its url address. Students can post it on a student/teacher blog or website and describe it, as well as comment on others made by their classmates.

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"This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs * Autism spectrum disorders * Cerebral palsy * Down syndrome * Developmental apraxia * Multiple disabilities. The website provides information on: * What skills to teach * How to teach these skills * Videotaped examples of instruction with learners with special needs. "

"Like most people, we have a handful of sites we check every time we get on the internet. Checking these sites usually involved navigating to the sites manually or going through the browser's bookmarks/favorites menu. The problem with the latter approach is that you can't access these favorites on different computers unless you install some sort of plugin. With Tizmos, you can open your browser on any computer"

Resources to promote all methods of AAC "We also believe that communication is a basic need in life. When an individual does not have fluent, natural speech, it is urgent that other methods of communication, often called augmentative or alternative communication (AAC), be explored exhaustively." sponsored by ICON Community Services in Alexandria, Virginia.

"SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. Many resources here may also be of use to educators of primary and elementary students. All the resources available or listed here are free for use in schools, colleges and at home. * Printables has a selection of printable worksheets, handouts and teaching aids most of which can be customised to suit a range of learners. * Web Links lists websites which have been carefully selected for the quality of their information or because they provide further excellent sources of cost-free learning resources and software. * Downloads lists cost-free educational software from several sources which has proved useful to teachers and parents of special needs students. * Search Tools are custom Google search engines which make it easier to locate free resources, video news and information related to special needs teaching."