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Accessibility | May 2013 Digital Edition The Surprising Ways BYOD, Flipped Classrooms, and 1-to-1 Are Being Used in the Special Ed Classroom As schools shift to mobile device usage and new forms of technology-inspired instruction, such as flipping the classroom, special ed is adopting mainstream approaches for its assistive technologies.

One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans?

Businesses see benefits in allowing their workforce to use personal devices in the workplace, but is this culture likely to extend to schools? It's the first class of the day at Crown Woods College. 'Miss' is taking a group of sixth formers through some of the core functions of an ICT system.

If you're always on the lookout for new ways to integrate technology into your daily classroom routine, check out these quick and easy-to-use web 2.0 tools for teachers that you can start using today!

Bubbl.us and Mindomo.com are two tools I recently used in my classroom and Examples are below. The mind map can be used in a multitude of ways. I used it for students to compare characters and how they are developed, while in the future I could easily ask students to use it to brainstorm ideas for writing, chart parts of a story, or show connections to fiction and history.

When I was teaching science one of the best lessons I learned was about formative assessment. In my first year of teaching I taught the way I was told to teach. Deliver content to my students, assess at the end, remediate if necessary.

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As my school district prepares to implement BYOT in the 2012-2013 school, I have collected Web 2.0 tools that students and faculty (grades 7-12) could use. Because of the sheer number of apps for mobile devices, I have not included any apps. Recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Leave a comment with your recommendations!

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is not only about students bringing their own devices to class and using them for educational purposes. It is much more than just a problem of hardware but is rather a question of what "learningware" students need to install and use with their devices.

Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It's time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you! The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now.

Educator Studio is a free resource for K-12 classroom educators where you will find articles and lesson plans by teachers like yourself.