August 2010
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Top 40 Special Education blogs
dumacornellucian:
1. Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs This resource-rich blog aims to help “teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs.” You’ll find review of the iPhone and similar products, as well as lists of apps to use. You’ll also find suggestions for activities, free software, paraprofessional resources, reading Web...
April 2008
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Password Bird →
password generator
March 2008
11 posts
Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0 →
Fastest Ways to Post Bookmarks to Del.icio.us →
“There may be no greater challenge facing public schools today than the...”
– Overcoming Autism: Public Schools Deal with a Growing Problem | Edutopia
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Read The Words - the ULITMATE text-to-speech tool! →
Read The Words is an AWESOME web service, which allows you to convert written text (in basically ANY format) into speech! There are 14 different voices to choose from, including those that support English, Spanish and French. These voices are of good quality, which is unusual for a FREE product. Additionally, you are able to control the rate and pitch of the voice being used. The audio file...
Portals - WSJ.com →
iPaper →
Yacapaca! →
Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios and more!
Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" →
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AnyClient →
FREE, no-install FTP client
February 2008
25 posts
“Expecting teachers to change their practice, without providing a thought-out...”
– » Making the Shift Happen always learning (via scm)
Daring Fireball: Markdown Syntax Documentation →
(via susanettenheim)
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United... →
susanettenheim:Great chart of what is in the public domain.
The Generator Blog →
(via scm)
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The End of Literacy? Don't Stop Reading →
(via scm)
My Kind of Kid!
Meet Michael Guggenheim, a 12 year-old boy who started a non-profit group to give laptops to disadvantaged kids. You probably would not think it from the picture, but Michael suffers from dysgraphia. Dysgraphia is a rare learning difference that effects an individual’s ability to write. For Michael, the simple task of writing his own is excruciatingly painful. Fortunately, he has...
“The fact is that learning to work digital content to accomplish goals is not...”
– David Warlick (via scm)
Hiyah.net now features ONLINE versions of software
Hiyah.net offers an impressive collection of educational software that is designed especially for young children (18 months - 4 years) as well as children who struggle as result of developmental delays and/or language impairments.
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accessible graphing calculator
Learning Technologies’ Math Trax
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ScreenFlow →
the ultimate screencasting software for Leopard
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SLA's Curriculum/Program Guide →
(via scm)
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edutagger - K-12 Social Bookmarking / Popular →
(via scm)
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Totally Free Teacher Software →
This is a package of freeware programs from Harmony Hollow Software that might be of special interest to teachers. Check out the Cool Timer, an easy to use timer that can be configured to play any MP3, MIDI, or WAV file.
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authorSTREAM Present and Share PowerPoint Online →
(via scm)
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“You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking...”
– Steve Jobs (via jamielpeters)
Family's Struggle: All Six Kids Have Autism [ABC... →
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No Child Left Behind - Football Version
The football version of what is going on in education right now. For all educators in and out of the education system: 1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable. If after two years they have not won the championship their...
flauntR- Free online photo editor with thousands... →
(via scm)
MR-CORNWALL.COM →
2nd Grade class web site
Technology & Learning - Top 10 Tech Trends →
“ It’s not just technology. It’s storytelling. via kwout”
– the exploding newsroom
January 2008
9 posts
“Play to Learn ”
– injenuity
teach & reflect simultaneously?
You need time, time to explore, to think, to reflect. That time can not be added onto what you already do, it has to be part of what you do. It should be part of what we do in education. — Jeff Utecht via SCM
Becoming an Inspirational Technology Teacher →
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The Power of Educational Technology: The Common... →
blog entry by Liz B. Davis Reflection on the common vision many of share about what good teaching and learning looks like in the 21st century. This is a work in progress. Join wiki to contribute.
DivShare - Professional Media and Document Sharing →
divshare is a filesharing tool with ability to protect files with passcodes. Recommended by khokanson on twitter.
1st tumble
Over the past few months I have seen others use tumrblr, so I thought I would try it as well. I think this Web 2.0 tool will be great for collecting and sharing all o fthe cool teaching resources I find online as well as any random ideas I might want to share with the masses. That’s my introduction. Check back often as you never know when I will tumbl.