Special Ed in the 21st Century

"The Peer Collaboration program is designed to assist students who have needs within their classroom environment. The program pairs a peer with a student who is struggling with a particular course, has trouble staying focused, has difficulty building relationships with classmates, or any other obstacle a student may face on a daily basis. Placing peers into classrooms with students who are struggling allows collaborating peers to build their empathy and leadership skills. Additionally, having more leaders in the classroom allows the teacher to focus on all students, balancing his or her time with each student. Peers learn to collaborate with their fellow students as well as with the classroom teacher. Classroom students learn to collaborate with their peers and gain a new understanding of the material, learn to build friendships, and overcome obstacles, eventually leading them to success."

Online, interactive, standards-based science curriculum www.science4us.com

iOS7 access videos and a lot more from Luis Perez

This a collaboration between CAST and RFB

The Communication Matrix is an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals

VocabularySpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging learning games using any word list. The most popular activities are Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, and our vocabulary games, available to Premium Members. The most popular word lists are Sound Alikes, Compound Words, Hunger Games and SAT Words. This is a free app!

Bookshare's YouTube Channel

"This section will cover: 1. Math Access Support (Assistive Technology) 2. Concept Support (Instructional sites) 3. Math Apps for use on different iDevices 4. Calculator Options 5. Math Resources 6. Low Tech to High Tech AT Options"

Guide from Eric Curts on using Google Forms

"The ICATER ToolKit highlights two particular projects, Weekly AT App Reviews and AT Tips of the Day. In the Weekly App Reviews Section, users will be able to view short, concise webinars of apps that can be used to help students with disabilities. In the AT Tip of the Day section, users will see short nuggets of information on AT in education that can easily be implemented by teachers for each day of the school year."

"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."

Heteronyms (also known as heterophones or homographs) are words that are spelled the same, but have different pronunciations and different meanings.

VocabularySpellingCity provides the following sets of correlations to standards: U.S. Standards by State Common Core Standards for each States' Implementation Australian Standards by State Canadian Standards by Province English National Curriculum Standards

I originally read this in Washington Post's education blog Answer Sheet. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/16/how-to-teach-history-and-how-not-to/