Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/30/2012

• Integrating Google Tools 4 Teachers

  tags: google googleapps resources teachers tools googletools web2.0 gct

• Literacy

  tags: literacy resources interactive elementary English posters Primary iwb

• Web Tools for Teachers by Type - LiveBinder

  tags: web2.0 livebinders tools webtools teachers classroom livebinder web

• Behavior Plan Data Collection Chart - Tool of the Week

  tags: behavior plan data collection chart tool

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Memorable memorial day sites

Looking for some interactive ways to celebrate memorial day with your students? Check out some of these sites. 

Found here

Memorial Day Coloring Pages interactive crayons and coloring pages that salute our men and women in the Armed Services.

US Memorial Day Holiday website has many links that would be useful for teachers and students to learn about Memorial Day. This site has information on the history and causalities, along with the ability to create and read e-cards and poems. Found on Free Teacher Resources | Special Education

online activities page includes puzzles, quizzes, and other sites with activities. This is a great one-stop resource to put together a lesson or short unit about Memorial Day. Found on Free Teacher Resources | Special Education

Memorial day word jumble - memorial day word jumble

Patriotic pairs - Match these patriotic symbols! This game is divided into 3 levels, good luck!

For more memorial day sites to use in your class check out Wednesdays with Sam 

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/25/2012

• Resources and Downloads for Online Learning | Edutopia

  tags: resources learning BlendedLearning elearning Education teaching edutopia onlineteaching

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/24/2012

• Online and blended communities of inquiry: Exploring the developmental and perceptional differences | Akyol | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

  tags: differences online blended international communities review inquiry research exploring distance developmental distance learning learning

• Instructional Design Models

  tags: instructionaldesign instructional design design theory learning instructional_design e-learning instructional

• Instructional design model - EduTech Wiki

  tags: instructionaldesign design instructional learning E-learning instructional design instructional_design

• Instructional Design Models & Theories | Instructional Design Central

  tags: instructional_design instructionaldesign Design theories education Instructional E-learning ID

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/23/2012

• Quick Guide: How to Speak ‘Twitter’ | Education Technology, Apps, Product Reviews, and Social Media – Edudemic

  tags: Twitter social media

• 21centuryedtech - iPad In Education

  tags: ipad education apps 21centuryedtech technology ipodtouch 21st century skills learning

• Digital Storytelling with the iPad

  tags: digital storytelling digital_storytelling digitalstorytelling apps education ipads storytelling

• iPads in Schools - LiveBinder

  tags: iPad ipads livebinder resources apps schools app technology

• ipads4education - Exploring iPads for Education: There's an App for that!

  tags: iPad Education Apps ipads Resources ipads4education web2.0

• Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - iPad

  tags: tony vincent learning hand ipad

• Sample Lessons - iPad in Education

  tags: iPad lessons lessonplans ipad_in_education education mlearning sample apps

• 1-to-1 Learning | 21 Steps to iPad Success

  tags: ipads classroom resources 1:1 learning education apps technology

• The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom | Education Technology, Apps, Product Reviews, and Social Media – Edudemic

  tags: ultimate guide using classroom ipads education technology product reviews social media

• Instructional Technology - iPods in the Classroom Project

  tags: ipods ipod ipad education classroom

• Ipadschools - home

  tags: ipad education apps wiki classroom ipadschools applications apple

• I Touches - I Tunes and Podcasting

  tags: tunes podcasting ipad classroom

• iPad Curriculum

  tags: ipods ipads classroom curriculum

• iPods & iPads in the Classroom

  tags: ipods ipads classroom

• iPads in the Classroom - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything

  tags: ipad classroom

• Savova Canuel & Crichton

  tags: ipad tablet mlearning

• iPad Retina display: Thanks to my new tablet, I don’t read anything on paper. - Slate Magazine

  tags: ipad tablet paper

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/18/2012

• Differentiated Math Lesson. Course assignment of Touro College. - YouTube

  tags: differentiated math course assignment college youtube

• Welcome to the ASCD InService Blog

  tags: professionaldevelopment ascd pd di differentiated instruction

• jenniferbarnett - My Web Wardrobe

  tags: web2.0 tools Resources wiki technology edtech wardrobe web

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/17/2012

• Augmented Reality: Coming Soon to a School Near You? | MindShift

  tags: augmented reality mobile learning education edtech ARIS reality augmented augmentedreality

• ARIS - Mobile Learning Experiences - Creating educational games on the iPhone

  tags: mobile gaming iphone apps aris learning Augmented Reality augmented_reality

• Empowering Your Students with Learning Strategies

• How participation rate in studies may affect interpretation of results

  tags: rate studies affect interpretation participation results

• Technology Integration Matrix| The Committed Sardine

  tags: matrix integration

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/16/2012

• Teacher Reviewed Educational Apps for 2012 | We Are Teachers

  tags: apps ipad education resources teachers

• Deaf awareness raising activities | NDCS

  tags: deaf awareness raising activities

• EUCE K-12 Educational Resources

  tags: resources

• Nearpod

  tags: ipad apps education NearPod mobile learning ipaded ipadchat

• Adult Outcomes: Incorporating the Transition Plan into the Student IEP - Tool of the Week

  tags: outcomes transition student tool plan

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Something to think about....

Here just some food for thought - Why do we need to start thinking about using Technology in our classrooms?

A vision of K-12 Students Today 

A vision of k-12 students today

Questions to think about while you review this video:

- What do you think about the stats? Good? Bad? Ugly?
- How do our kids interact with technology?
- Why should we care about incorporating technoto into our classes?
- How can we be a change agent?

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/15/2012

• Wearable Computing

  tags: wearable computing

• Free Math Worksheets

  tags: math worksheets education elementary flashcards time Resources mathematics

• Supalogo - create nice logo

  tags: logo generator graphics tools Web2.0 logos text image

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VI apps

Here are some more fun apps for students who are visually impaired 

Name	Description
MusicDrawFree	MusicDrawFree is a great tool for practicing music and cause and effect.
Draw Music Monadpad	Draw pictures and create sounds on this unique musical instrument.
Easy Calc Talking free	A talking calculator, with large buttons
Talking Clock	Speaks out the time to you depending on the mode you set
Anny eReader	Just download your book from your computer or internet and enjoy.

Magnificent mothers day sites

Looking for some marvelous mother's day sites and activities to do with your students? Here are some magnificent mother's day websites! Happy mother's day to all of you magnificent moms out there! 

• Mother's day audio -  A fun audio book about mother's day by heads up english
• Mother's day interactive quiz - Here is an interactive quiz all about mother's day
• Happy Mother’s Day, Dear Dragon is a “talking story” from Starfall.
• Mother's day online coloring pages - Fun interactive printable Mother's Day coloring pages for kids to color online.
• Mother's day online card - Fun interactive printable Mother's Day card for kids to color online.
• Mother's day word search - Mother's Day online wordsearch 
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!
• Mother's day word search - Mother's Day online wordsearch 
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!
• Mother's day word search - Mother's Day online wordsearch 
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!
• Mother's day word search - Mother's Day online wordsearch 
• Mother's day word search - Mother's Day online wordsearch 
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!
• Greatest mom award - Print this award for the greatest mom!

Looking for more sites about mother's day? Check out Sam's Mother's Day sites 

fun apps for students who are visually imparied

Name	Website	Description
vBookz	http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vbookz-free-audiobooks-30/id366703930?mt=8	Read out loud from over 30,00 classic books for free
LookTel Money Reader	http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id417476558	Recognizes currency and speaks the denomination, enabling people with visual impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and count bills.
VizWiz	http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id439686043	Take a picture with the phone, speak a question, and then receive multiple spoken answers.
Talking Clock Digital	http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/talking-clock-digital/id336368267?mt=8	This app announces the time, day and date. The time, day and date fill the screen both horizontally or vertically.

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/10/2012

• AssistiveWare - Taking the Pulse of Augmentative and Alternative Communication on iOS

  tags: AAC AT augcomm

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/09/2012

• Home : Succeeding With Science

  tags: differentiated science

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Apps to teach braille

Here are some fun apps to teach others how to use and learn about the braille alphabet and numbers! 

Bumps BrailleGuide - Learn the Braille Alphabet in a fun and easy way


Braille  - Browse the Braille table, or take simple quiz for writing and reading Braille.





LearnBraille Alphabet  - This application can teach beginners the standard Braille language alphabet. Select from four fun lessons.


BrailleAlphabet Board -  Learn all about Braille letters and numbers with this app

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/08/2012

• Differentiated instruction, curriculum, assessment

  tags: differentiated differentiated instruction instruction curriculum assessment

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Terrific text to speech apps

Below are some terrific text to speech applications for some favorite mobile devices. 

Below are some magnificent magnification apps for students

Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/07/2012

• CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology

  tags: education technology UDL universal_design curriculum cast accessibility learning

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/05/2012

• Apps For The Blind And Visually Impaired: iPad/iPhone Apps AppList

  tags: apps iPad blind SPEDapps accessibility visually sped impaired

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/04/2012

• Best Android Apps and Options for Persons with Disabilities

  Non-visual feedback

• Speech Room News

  tags: Blog speech slp edublog therapy Room language

• (541) Assistive/ Adaptive Technology…it’s a must! | Shaun W. Martin: EDTECH Learning Log

  tags: di differentiated instruction special ed needs assistive tech udl

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Sam's Super Diigo Finds! 05/01/2012

• 4Teachers : Main Page

  tags: resources education tools teaching technology teachers teacher web2.0

• Discovery Education Web2012 : Web 2.0 Tools

  tags: web2.0 education Technology 2.0 web tools web 2.0 discovery

• 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom | TeachHUB

  Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry. They are wrong.
  
  K-12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter’s format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies. The following projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to incorporate Twitter into important and lasting lessons.

  tags: Twitter classroom education edtech teaching technology tools edchat

• Classroom Game Design: A Great TEDx Talk

  tags: game game design

• Free Tools to Easily Record and Share Audio Messages with your Students

  tags: record tools messages share students

• Yes, Pix Me! - Share pictures and screenshots, collaborate the easy way

  tags: share pix pictures screenshots way

• Subject | The Interactive Mathematics Classroom

  tags: subject interactive mathematics classroom

• Curricula Developed by the Institute on Community Integration

  tags: developed institute community integration

• All About Me - Tool of the Week

  tags: tool CEC

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