Special Education
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Special EducationMeeting the Needs of All Students
Universal Design for Learning
UDL provides a …
Special EducationMeeting the Needs of All Students
Universal Design for Learning
UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html
National Center for Learning Disabilities...
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
http://www.ncld.org/about-us
Progress Monitoring..
Progress monitoring is used to assess students’ academic performance, to quantify a student rate of improvement or responsiveness to instruction, and to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class.
http://www.studentprogress.org/
http://rti4success.org/progressMonitoringTools
http://www.progressmonitoring.org/
http://www.mciu.org/Divisions/SpecialEducation/EarlyInterventionOverview/ProgressMonitoringTools/tabid/296/Default.aspx
Math Resouces
The MATH DITTOS 2 series is a unique, fact supported approach to teaching computation. Each page in the series presents a limited number of problems with plenty of workspace. The facts necessary to complete each problem are always presented on the page in a fact reference and practice section. The MD2 series currently consists of three "workbooks" published as computer documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
http://www.mathdittos2.com/index.html
Science Writer
A free online writing tool that is designed with the principles of Universal Design for Learning to explicitly guide and support middle and high school students through the process of writing a science report. Science Writer helps students choose and master research-based strategies for writing.
http://www.cast.org/learningtools/science_writer/index.html
Free Govenment Resouces
FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.
More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly
http://free.ed.gov/
PSSA Practice website
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/
PSSA-Modified-guidelines & frequently asked questions
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/special_education/7465/assessment/607491
Free Web Sites
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Free Web Sites
ABCYA
ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and acti…
Free Web Sites
ABCYA
ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.
http://www.abcya.com/
TimeToast
Timetoast is a great way to share the past, or even the future...Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be.
http://www.timetoast.com/
Grammaropolis
An innovative approach to grammar, where the parts of speech come alive!
http://www.grammaropolis.com/main.html
Zimmer Twins
Zimmer Twins at School, the Zimmer Twins website is geared towards teaching professionals and designed for classroom use.
Zimmer Twins at School has the characters and the moviemaker your students love, with new teacher-friendly class management tools and privacy settings. The site is offering free VIP memberships until November 30th. Go take a look around, we're sure sure your students will love it.
http://www.zimmertwins.com/
Math is Fun
The main content of the site is aimed at Kinder to Year 12. However you will find some more complex stuff.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm
J.P. Getty Art Games
http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/
Whyville
Whyville was launched in 1999 by Numedeon, Inc. to apply over 20 years of research in education and cooperative learning to develop new web-based tools for education. Whyville is a virtual city, which engages young people in constructive educational activities. Inside Whyville, citizens learn about art history, science, journalism, civics, economics, and really so, so much more. Whyville works directly with the Getty, NASA, the School Nutrition Association, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (to name just a few) to bring engaging educational content to kids. There are countless learning games and activities on Whyville. Introduce Whyville to your students. Registering as a teacher in Whyville allows you to bring your students on and manage their accounts. If you and your class join Whyville, we'd love to hear about your experience.
http://www.whyville.net/smmk/top/gates?source=GettyGames
MoMa Art Museum visits
Visit MoMA’s orientation site for teachers to learn about Museum visits for grades K–12 from start to finish, explore lesson topics, and find resources to support your visit. Learn to look closely, discuss art, and think critically. Learn how to bring your K–12 School Group to MoMA for a One-Part or Multi-Part Program
http://www.moma.org/learn/teachers/online
ZoomBurst--Digital Storytelling
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life
http://zooburst.com/
Primary Wall
PrimaryWall is a web-based sticky note tool designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time.
What is Primary Wall useful for? Getting ideas, collaborating, sharing and quickly posting pieces of information when working in a group or collaborative environment.
http://primarywall.com/
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