Friday, May 25, 2012

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

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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

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Friday, May 11, 2012

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.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

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! 












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
Read out loud from over 30,00 classic books for free
LookTel Money Reader
Recognizes currency and speaks the denomination, enabling people with visual impairments or blindness to quickly and easily identify and count bills.
VizWiz
Take a picture with the phone, speak a question, and then receive multiple spoken answers.
Talking Clock Digital
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

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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

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