Assistive Technology Resources

• CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology
• From the Dept. of Defense
• Accessible Books
• TechMatrix

Moving Into Project-Based Learning - PBL

• Edutopia - For inspiration and ideas around PBL
• Buck Institute for Education - The PBL Handbook for Scaffolding
• PBL-Online ; Putting Edutopia and BIE together to make PBL possible
• 4Teachers.org - The place to find the PBL Checklists and Rubistar rubric maker

Here are the resources highlighted in the November 10, 2008 Special Education Staff Meeting:

• www.thatquiz.com (Interactive Math Quizzes; ie., multiplication facts)
• www.freereading.net (Early Literacy Curriculum)
• www.starfall.com (Interactive Early Literacy)
• literactive.com (More Interactive Literacy; free resource for leveled books)
• matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html (Math is alive!; ie, solving algebraic equations)
• www.spellingcity.com (games, test and teaching components for spelling lists)
• www.paragraphpunch.com (paragraph writing assistance)
• www.readwritethink.org (Tools for Literacy)
• audacity.sourceforge.net (Recording Freeware to record students reading ability)