Assistive Technology means ANY item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf,
modified, or customized, that is used to maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(1)) |
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| Links on this page were acquired at the Reaching and Teaching 6 Conference in Calgary in May 2006, from the session led by Dr. Dave Edyburn entitled "Technology and Differentiated Instruction: Resources, Strategies, and Tools for Enhancing Student Achievement." |
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| Online Book: Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age (2002) |
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| Classroom Tools |
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| Reading and Access to Text |
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| Tiered Access to Reading Materials |
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| Windows to the Universe |
| StarChild |
| Ben's Guide to US Government |
| The Brain |
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| Text to Speech |
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| Read Please |
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| Text to MP3 |
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| MACINTOSH - Audiobook Studio |
| MACINTOSH - Text to MP3 |
| WINDOWS - Text Aloud |
| WINDOWS - Text Sound |
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| Language Translation |
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| Babelfish |
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| Cognitive Supports |
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| Spark Notes |
| Cognitive Rescaling (Dave Edyburn Article) |
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| Alternatives to Print |
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| Brain Pop |
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| Vocabulary Development |
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| Visual Thesaurus (Free for two uses per day) |
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| Current Events |
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| News 2 You (Uses Boardmaker Images) |
| My Yahoo (Needs a free Yahoo identity to personalize and use) |
| Newsmap |
| 10 by 10 - 100 Words and Pictures |
| Today's Front Pages |
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| Writing |
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| Ready to Reproduce Graphic Organizers |
| Kidspiration |
| Picture It |
| Scholastic Keys |
| Read, Write, Think |
| Electromagnetic Poetry |
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| iDictate |
| Citation Machine |
| Easy Bib |
| Turn It In |
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| Research |
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| TEKMom's Search Tools for Students |
| Library Spot |
| IPL: Teenspace: A+ Research and Writing |
| This Day in History |
| Y? The National Forum on People's Differences |
| The Why Files |
| Map Machine |
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| Math |
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| WebMath |
| National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives |
| Math TV |
| Multimedia Math Glossary |
| A+ Math |
| Calculating a Tip (Dave Edyburn's Document) |
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| Search Strategies for Differentiating Instruction |
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| Generic Powerful Starting Search Tools |
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| Google |
| TrackStar |
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| Mega-sites as a Starting Point |
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| Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators |
| Teachers |
| Eduscapes |
| Ask (formerly Ask Jeeves) |
| Cool Spots 4 Kids |
| Yahooligans |
Kids Click |
| Marco Polo |
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| Resources to support your work |
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| Assistive Technology |
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Learning Disabilities and Assistive Technology |
Responding to Student Concerns about Fairness (2000) |
| A Primer on Universal Design in Education (Dave Edyburn) |
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Resources for Students 
