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istation Reading What is istation Reading? istation Reading is a data-driven reading intervention program for students in Pre-K through Grade 5. istation Reading promotes reading acceleration and progress through a high-interest online interactive curriculum.

"Save as DAISY" add-in for Microsoft Office Word now incorporates a "Lite" version of the DAISY Pipeline. You can select to generate the DAISY XML for further processing, or you can generate a fully conforming DAISY file set with full navigation and full text synchronized with audio. The audio is generated by the default text-to-speech (TTS) engine on your Windows computer.

This is an outstanding opportunity to bring a high-quality, immersive educational experience to your classroom or school (ages 10-14). From the University of Indiana and supported by the McArthur Foundation, the program is researched based and provides a number of opportunities in curriculum areas. It is also customizable for your specific educational goals.This is 21st Century Learning at it's finest. Participants must complete the professional development to gain entry for their school or class. Check it out!

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Archived Webinars 2011 Using iPads and Apps with Children Who Are Deaf-Blind This webinar presents a range of information on the iPad and demonstrate a variety of applications that can be used to promote learning, social interactions, decision making and much more for the child or student who is deaf-blind."

GoTalk Now is a fully-featured, customizable AAC app for the beginner to experienced communicator, turning your iPad into a dynamic GoTalk in seconds. Featuring an easy to use, touch-based editor.

"The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in mathematics were created to help all students become prepared for the demands of future careers and life in an age of technology. Similarly, students with moderate and severe disability will need these skills to meet these changing expectations. Although mathematics instruction could focus on a few of the earliest mathematics skills throughout the students school career, research presented in this article shows students with moderate and severe disability can learn skills that align with the grade level of their chronological age while also practicing early numeracy skills. This article provides teachers with a 6-step approach to providing instruction to students with moderate and severe disability aligned to the new CCSS."

"Read Comfortably- Anytime, Anywhere Readability turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet."

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Learning How to Learn Assistive Technology (one of my presentations) "Toolbelt Theory" suggests that we must teach our students how to analyze tasks, the task-completion environment, their own skills and capabilities, an appropriate range of available tools… and let them begin to make their own decisions.

This is definitely a "must read" blog by Ira Socol. This post discusses the "Toolbelt Theory" but there are tons of other valuable resources and important ideas throughout the blog. It's something you should plan to subscribe to via RSS feed so you will get the latest updates. Includes many technology tips and information about Universal Design.

What is RTI? Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tiered approach to help struggling learners. Students' progress is closely monitored at each stage of intervention to determine the need for further research-based instruction and/or intervention in general education, in special education, or both.

Response to Intervention could easily be implemented through the use of web 2.0 tools. Maybe we should start a discussion forum on RTI and have people contribute specific ways/tools that could be used.

Perhaps the most important finding in Bunge's data is that the training helped the neediest kids the most. The farther down a child started on the rankings, the quicker and greater was his cognitive improvement. This is extremely rare in education interventions. Usually, smart kids benefit most, and the kids who struggle at the beginning only fall farther behind.