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Ablenet
Idea Library

http://www.ablenetinc.com/Default.aspx?tabid=92

Blogs for All Teachers

Free Technology for Teachers
IDEAS FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION

http://www.freetech4teachers.com

Blogs for Assistive Technology

http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com
Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound and multiple special needs.

http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com
http://assistivetech.ning.com
social network style forum (Ning) with various groups for assistive technology interests

http://assistivetech.ning.com
Teaching all students
A blog focused on Assistive Technology and it's use in a special education classroom.

http://teachingall.blogspot.com
Building a program that works
Special ed resources and thoughts

http://redlights.typepad.com/building_a_program/
Technostories
good web links

http://technostories.wordpress.com

Colleagues

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Ellen

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Mike

http://guest.portaportal.com/miked73
Kathie

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Susan

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Joe

http://guest.portaportal.com/jsciame
Cynthia

http://guest.portaportal.com/cynshub
Liz Tierney
D75 Tech Coordinator

http://guest.portaportal.com/lizt

Curriculum Maps

Rockingham County Schools
K-5 Technology Integration resources

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/soltechintegration.htm
Curriculum Map Templates

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/curriculum%20mapping/index.htm

Digital Books for Kids

Looky Book
Picture books

http://www.lookybook.com
Tar Heel Reader
free, easy-to-read, and accessible books

http://tarheelreader.org
VoiceThread
VoiceThread is an amazing web tool for making a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos an

http://voicethread.com
Tumblebooks

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
Big Universe
a virtual bookshelf

http://www.biguniverse.com
Carl's Corner
good early childhood stories and resources

http://carlscorner.us.com
Silly Books
animated children's books

http://www.sillybooks.net
International Children’s Digital Library
free online books in many languages

http://www.childrenslibrary.org

Digital Libraries

NY Art Resources Consortium
Arcade unites the collections of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and The Museum of Mode

http://arcade.nyarc.org
New York Public Library
free and open access to over 685,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Teaching and learning resources from Federal Agencies

http://free.ed.gov

Fun Stuff (Good for a SmartBoard, too!)

Artnatomia
Anatomical basis of facial expression learning tool. Confused? Click here to explore-

http://www.artnatomia.net
Build Your Wild Self
What's wild about you?

http://www.buildyourwildself.com
Free Rice
Use your intellect to help others

http://freerice.com/index.php
Hero Factory
Build your own Superhero here :)

http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory
Kid's Games
from the website of EUREKA, the National children's museum of the UK

http://www.eureka.org.uk/fun_stuff/games/play_games_online.htm
Mr. PicassoHead
online design and drawing

http://www.mrpicassohead.com
Train Tracker (currently DOE filtered)
Software and smartboard games from Inclusive technology

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/creative/traintracker/traintracker.shtm
Poisson Rouge
Games for children

http://www.poissonrouge.com
Stories from the web
Sponsored by british libraries - some free activities

http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/

Multimedia

VITAL
Video in teaching and Learning for NY State educators

http://vital.thirteen.org/vital2td.html
Looney tunes Sounds
The Ultimate Source of Looney Tunes Sound Files on the Internet!

http://www.nonstick.com/sounds
Learning resources from the UK
BBC Activities and Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
Videos for kids to learn from
organized way to search more than 10,000 educational videos

http://www.watchknow.org

Music Resources

Dream English
Children's songs for singing, sharing and learning

http://www.dreamenglish.com

Online Professional Development

Teacher Tap
free, professional development resource that helps educators & librarians address common questions about technology

http://eduscapes.com/tap/index.htm
PBS Teachers
Resources for the classroom

http://www.pbs.org/teachers

Picture Communication Symbols

Boardmaker
The most popular symbols used

http://www.mayer-johnson.com
Clip Art
Good supplementary collection

http://www.2simpleclipart.com
Clip Art Library
1500 images courtesy of the University of Victoria

http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/
PixLibrary
Free from Slater Software - Boardmaker-like symbols

http://www.slatersoftware.com/PixLibrary.html?CHEER.GIF=Cheer!
Pictograms (b/w)
A Belgian website with interesting picture symbols arranged by category

http://www.sclera.be/index.php?page=pictos&sort=cat
Free Clip art
33,720 public domain images

http://www.wpclipart.com
Pics4Learning
A copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students

http://pics.tech4learning.com

PreK-5 Resources

Mrs. Pancake
Educational doodads for teachers and parents

http://mrspancake.com
Twinkl
Teacher resources - great downloads!

http://www.twinkl.co.uk

Project Based Learning

Buck Institute for Education
Rubrics, planning and implementation tools

http://www.bie.org/index.php/site/PBL/pbl_handbook_downloads/
Picturing the 1930s
PrimaryAccess offers teachers a Smithsonian Institute tool to bring history alive

http://americanart.si.edu/education/picturing_the_1930s

SCIENCE for elementary

ARKive
Images and video of all animal species

http://www.arkive.org
Science Buddies
hands-onscience fair experiments

http://www.sciencebuddies.org
Health science resources
Free to join for complete access

http://www.learntobehealthy.org
Sid the Science Kid
Watch video, sing songs, and play games with Sid while you explore preschool science.

http://pbskids.org/sid
Peep and the Big, Wide World
teaching science to preschoolers

http://peepandthebigwideworld.com
The Food Detectives
The case of the filthy fingers and other games about health

http://www.fooddetectives.com/
Sheppard Software's Life Cycles
Life-cycle games - bird, buttrfly, frog

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/index.htm
Inquiry-based FOSS
Interactive activities

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html
Nature games
Woodland Trust website, The UK's leading woodland conservation charity

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/play/games/
I was Wondering
Great interactive build a robot game

http://iwaswondering.org

Smartboard Resources

Teachers Love SMART Boards
Blog on Smartboard use

http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard
The Smartboard Spark
Technology integration ideas for all grade levels

http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/technology/smartboard.asp
iBOARD activities
a British teachers resource for interactive whiteboard activities

http://www.tes.iboard.co.uk/player/index.htm
Virtual Pumpkin Carving

http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

Smartboards in the Classroom (Research)

Smart board Research
Integrating Interactive Whiteboard Technology into the Classroom to Reach the Diverse Learner

http://blogs.oit.nycenet.edu/communities/smartboard/archive/category/1602.aspx

Special Education Resources

http://www.senteacher.org/
free special needs teaching resources

http://www.senteacher.org/
Priory Woods School
Resources for students with severe and multiple needs

http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/restop.htm
Online Activities for Students with Autism

http://meadowhalles.wikispaces.com/Autism+Program+-+Online+Activities
do2learn
Educational Resources for Special Needs

http://www.do2learn.com/
EduPic Graphical Resource
free photographs and graphics for educators

http://edupic.net/
EduPics
Educational coloring pictures and photos

http://www.edupics.com/
Resources from Inclusive Technology
free software for young children and those with learning difficulties to play online

http://www.helpkidzlearn.com
News-2-You
current events publication for beginning readers and children with special needs

http://www.news-2-you.com
Speech Teach UK
A British web site for parents and professionals supporting children with speech difficulties

http://www.speechteach.co.uk
Tinsnips
a special education resource that strives to share a variety of specialized teaching tools, techniques, worksheets, and activiti

http://www.tinsnips.org
Sparklebox
Free printable early year resources

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk
http://www.dltk-teach.com
Crafts, activities and the famous lemonade stand money activity

http://www.dltk-teach.com
Classroom Suite Activity Exchange
Intellitools activites for use with free player or software

http://aex.intellitools.com
Kiz Club Learning resources for kids
resources for those teaching young children with and without special needs

http://kizclub.com

Switch-Accessible Activities

Shiny Learning
free switch-accessible games

http://www.shinylearning.co.uk/freegames/index.shtml

Teacher's websites

Vicki Blackwell
technology resources on the web for teachers

http://www.vickiblackwell.com

Time on Your Hands

50 best web sites 2008
Time Magazine's faves

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811228,00.html
Assorted Stuff
Explore the top 101 and assorted stuff for Ed Tech

http://www.assortedstuff.com