Posted in Art, Assistive Technology, Basic Concepts, Content and Curriculum, Free Resources, Life Skills, Literacy, Math, Numeracy, Online Resources, Switch Use, Technology on Mar 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
SEN Teacher “…provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities.” That’s how this major repository of special ed resources sums itself up. (SEN is the acronym from the UK that stands for Special Education Needs.)
SEN Teacher offers a substantial collection of “printable” downloads. There [...]
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I mentioned my colleague Jane Rondow yesterday, and the presentation she will be making in Winnipeg next month. Jane is a gifted special ed teacher who works with me as an assistive technology consultant with SET-BC. Like me, Jane is a proponent of the principles of UDL. Jane and I presented together at [...]
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Effective text-to-speech options have proliferated in recent years. A couple of days ago, Richard Byrne pointed us to yet another one that is worth knowing about. The developers indicate that their initial purpose was, “to assist students with learning disabilities with their studies, by means of auditory learning and auditory processing.” [...]
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The website I’m highlighting today says it offers “games, songs, communication cards, print resources and information for special needs”. This is great. Better still is the fact that resources designed and intended for learners with special needs are often valuable for learners without special needs designations. This reality is at the heart [...]
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There are many things I love about the internet, but there is nothing I appreciate more than the way it connects people who have shared interests. I think the word “share” sums up what is best about the net. Last week, in response to the post I wrote about Accessibar, Chris Stringfellow wrote [...]
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