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.

18 days of Christmas - audio books and ebooks

For this post we are going to discuss some Christmas audio books to enjoy with your class! Below I have listed some fun audio books or ebooks with a Christmas theme! Enjoy!

• Christmas carol audio book - Charles Dickens audio book from Story home 
• Christmas stories - Christmas stories from story-nory 
• Holidays are here - The holidays are here is a great holiday e book
• Christmas bear - Read this story about a Christmas bear. 

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19 days of Chrismas - ecards

This is the time of year where we send out oodles of cards and notes full of warm thoughts to our family and friends. This year, why not have your class send an e-card to a loved one or friend. This is a great way to spread holiday cheer! These e cards are also very cute, interactive, and motivating for students to create! I highly recommend the elf yourself!

Here are some cheery Christmas e-card creation sites:

• Elf yourself- Create an elf inspired e card that you star in!  
• Gingerbread Cookie Card - send a gingerbread man that you created as a Christmas e card.  
• Northpole mailbox - send an animated postcard from the North Pole  
• Holiday sweater - create your own holiday sweater! Take tacky to a new level!  
• Christmas Activity Center - Play Christmas games, get gift ideas, and send e-cards to friends and family at the Christmas Activity Center! Plus, laugh it up with Christmas riddles and solve holiday Sudoku puzzles!
• jib jab- who can forget jib jab! Make a Christmas e-card starring yourself! **some adult content** Hallmark - Hallmark has some free e cards to send a family member of friend.  
• Blue Mountain - A great place to find cute Christmas e-cards 
• Ecardia - Found this one on my diigo finds! Great ecard maker.
• Christmas card maker - Just as it says - very interactive card maker.

For more Christmas fun and games please visit: Wednesdays with Sam

20 days of Christmas - switch games

For this post I am going to show you some great Christmas themed switch games to play on the computer. 

• Switchabilities - Here is a list of eight great Christmas games to play on the computer.  
• Christmas presents - Guess what is hiding inside the present, click on it to find out!
• Card Maker Card types - presently include Birthdays, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
• Christmas singing sheep - click on the sheep to hear them sing  
• Press to Reveal! - Christmas - Press the switch the reveal the Christmas character

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Check out this blog post to learn about a document you can download with many great sites and tools for students with special needs!

All abilities playground

All abilities playground

This is a great space for students who use the computer via many different modalities can learn. There are two playgrounds with the same games, one playground is the mouse and keyboard playground the other is the scanning playground. Each playground offers several different virtual online games to play on the interactive whiteboard or computer. Thank you to Patrick Black who shared this site on Diigo!

ATIA 2011 from a distance

I am unable to attend too many conferences this year, so instead of attending the conferences in person I attend them via Twitter and any online sessions. I was  unable to attend ATIA this year, but here are some resources that I obtains through the Twitter hashtag #ATIA11. If you have any more notes or session notes you would like to share please add a comment at the bottom of the page.

• App Smackdown - Apps for AT and Augcomm
• Read the words - Text to speech online
• Tap it - an accessible smart board for individuals with limited mobility. I have seen this in action and it is truly amazing!
• Tactile graphics - production and design of tactile graphics
• Dot pub - convert a webpage to an ebook
• ATIA notes - Google doc folder of notes from ATIA
• ATIA notes 2 - Google doc folder of notes from ATIA
• SET BC - special education technology in British Columbia resoruces
• Atomic Learning - Education training for K12, higher ed, global education, and assistive tech!