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I really try to look for things that pertain to high school math. In this article (which was just released) they writer harps on the fact that math is really lacking these days. There has to be better ways that students can utilize technology with math problems. There are reading programs but most do not have math symbols wrote in the program and cannot recognize the text.

I am with you when it comes to finding things that pertain to your area of expertise. I do not teach math currently, but I do know how much of a struggle it is for my partner teacher. Kids these days have terrible number sense, it's unreal. It blows my mind that they can multiple two, two digit numbers together and get a 4 or 5 digit number...and see nothing wrong with it. This goes for students of all ability levels. It's nuts. And those with learning disabilities are no different. It's the saddest part of our job when those students get overlooked.

I agree Tori, so many of our kids come in with so much deficit. Many of the years of deficit are the result of environmental influence, but how is it that so many of us older students still know our facts while skill and drill is not considered a method that is viable anymore. Many as Laurie has said, have given up and don't even try anymore.

The reason why I pick this article is because it gave excellent ways to develop and share students works of all abilities. From LIS5313 Course Wiki By Cathy Felty The American Association of School Librarians' guide Standards for the 21st Century Learner states , "Learning is enhanced by opportunities to share and learn with others. Students need to develop skills in sharing knowledge and learning with others, both in face-to-face situations and through technology."

Mark, I like the concept of a "participatory culture" The web 2.0 tools you describe are creative and from what the article explains , accessible to students with special needs. I think it's great when ALL students, regardless of ability level, feel their contribution is equally important. In my full inclusion classroom, I notice some of my special needs students are very confident and comfortable with the computer but not in group discussions, this article offers suggestions for ways that EVERYONE can equally participate.

Thanks Laurie: I picked this article because it had different 2.0 tools like Animoto and Voice Thread. This article gave excellent ways to develop and to share knowledge of student's works using technology.

I read this article in our local paper and thought of this class. A quick Internet search led me to this online version. The article discusses how some blind students are able to participate in an Easter egg hunt with special tech-eggs.

Yes, I am one of the declining number who subscribe to a print newspaper. Ours is now only printed three days a week to compensate for lower subscription levels.

Technology and Design Offered Equal Opportunities for Success The NIMAS legislation signaled the beginning of important policy changes regarding literacy and disabilities. But those policy changes would not have been possible were it not for advances in the underlying technologies of learning and literacy that were becoming apparent in 2010.

I chose to research web 2.0 accessibility for non readers at a high school level. This is an issue I struggle with at my school. We are not offering these assistive technologies......YET, but I hope we do soon. Since I teach a studio Art class, there are many ways students can be successful in my class, but it always upsets me when I create a webquest, or website or I assign something that requires reading and I watch a few of my student just "check out" because they will not participate if there is any reading involved.

I would like to utilize tablets in the same sense. I have several learning disabled students that could totally benefit if someone assisted in reading problems out as they went along in their book, homework, and any other work.

Hearing loss affects more than 28 million Americans. Captions and transcripts allow the content of web audio and video to be accessible to those who are aurally impaired, and more broadly, to those who do not have access to audio, or who are in a quiet setting. I liked that this site was more of a how to as well. I also found it really interesting that adding captions to videos made people, with or without hearing difficulties, much more likely to watch the entire video.

Thanks to Lesley, I have made improvements in adding a variety of ways students can access contnent in my gym classes. The next step I want to take is accomodating students with language barriers. It has been a lot of work so far, but it has been very rewarding.

I have a hearing impaired student in my classroom and we have made enormous changes with the class and the cottage in order to accommodate his learning and living environment. It has been challenging and surprising at how many of the residents have embrassed ASL with zeal.

I picked this article to share this week because I am very interested in voice recognition software. It can help people that have restricted use of their hands to write, or enable people who can't touch type to produce documents more quickly. My students come in all shapes, sizes, and weaknesses. I have to deal with illegible writing on a daily basis. Many students, not only people with disabilities, can benefit from voice recognition software.

A Community based application including exclusive games, activities and videos suited for people with autism. The latest version of Zac Browser offers the power to manage categories and content. It is now possible to set a time limit for the use of Zac Browser v3.0 Zac Browser 3.0 is now powered by an Intuitive Browser Framework providing even more power and flexibility.

I wish I had known about this last year. I had an autistic student for a year and a half (he moved after Christmas break) and this would have been amazing for him. If I get another one, I have a new resource, wahoo!

This seems like a great resource. I was unaware of this site as well.

This is a good video that gives people an idea of why accessibility is so important and ways that it can be, and is, tested by others.

I think most educators want to provide the best possible environment, materials, and services for everyone and every need, but without complete awareness and leadership, we can either be oblivious to what we are lacking or overwhelmed at the gap that we need to fill. One of the speakers even said that her imagination can put herself in another person's shoes only so far because it is so hard to completely know what someone else's life experience is like.

This is a true problem. Our interpreter for our hearing impaired student is hearing impaired as well and she has challenges using the net. I work nexts to an older teacher who asks me quite often how to find things because he does not have a computer at home and does not use it often unless he is at school. Maybe if sites were more accessible and friendly he would be more proficient.

This article is about how Web 2.0 accessibility must be mainstreamed for people with disabilities. I chose this site because it talks about mainstreaming accessibility to ALL people with disabilities. This site is through in defining web accessibility, its barriers, and its solutions.

This informative article was written by a librarian in Florida. It contains information about different barriers faced by those with disabilities, examples of different types of assistive technologies, and gives guidelines for anyone considering becoming a web author. All of this relates to how Web 2.0 accessibility must be mainstreamed for those with disabilities.

Sad that as a special ed teacher, I never thought about web accessibility until one of our previous Lesley classes. I would just tell the students to go on the computer and I never thought about how their disability might be a barrier. In this article researchers at the City University in the UK surveyed 196 people with disabilities and asked them what they would like the Web sites to have. I found it interesting that some of the same things they wanted for the web, are things we already do with their worksheets such as less cluttered pages, fewer graphics, and larger print. Since we are using more technology in our classrooms, it's about time we have accommodations and modifications not only for their paper and pencil work, but also for technology.