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Technology Tools

Rachel JacobESE 252M3A1

+Smart board/Smart notebook

http://education.smarttech.com/en

Description: Interactive Smart Board technology for education and business

Strengths: Interactive, easy to use, real-time editing and interaction

Availability: Expensive, most classrooms in most districts have them already.

Instructional use: digital manipulatives, write and edit on interactive white board.

Meet student needs: interact with technology

+Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360

http://www.renaissance.com/Products/Accelerated-Reader

Description: Online reading program

Strengths: Online, digital, students select preference, comprehension questions, teacher tools are easy to use

Availability: Expensive

Instructional use: Students start with a test to see their level, gives personal goals,

Meet student needs: interactive, suited and checks individual’s performance levels, engaging, choice and preference

+Reading A to ZRaz-kids

http://www.readinga-z.com/

Description: Online leveled reading program

Strengths: Leveled program, easy to use, comprehension questions and some books have audio/video

Availability: Expensive

Instructional use: Independent reading and teacher can see scores of quizzes

Meet student needs: Independent practice, easy to use

+EncyclopediaBritannica

http://www.britannica.com/

Description: Online Encyclopedia

Strengths: Comprehensive information, search ability, digital tools accessible

Availability: Free, apps and other related services have a cost

Instructional use: Use to search information

Meet student needs: Reliable search engine and information gathering

+Turning TechnologiesInteractive data collection

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/

Description: Student response system for taking informative assessment

Strengths: Real time assessment, easy to use,

Availability: Expensive

Instructional use: Real time informative assessment,

Meet student needs: Interactive, different way to take a quiz/assessment

+Remember the MilkTo do list app

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/

Description: Digital app to help you remember to do tasks

Strengths: Digital app

Availability: Free (Apple, GooglePlay, Blackberry)

Instructional use: Students can keep track of assignments

Meet student needs: Digital app, easy to use, a way to keep track of assignments

+Cool-MathDecimals cruncher

http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals/decimals-cruncher-addition.html

Description: Online decimal game

Strengths: Interactive, fun colors, gives feedback

Availability: Online, free

Instructional use: Can use it as a review game or assign for independent practice/homework

Meet student needs: Interactive, gives feedback, easy to use

+Free Rice

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1471

Description: Online vocabulary/other subjects review

Strengths: For each right answer, the company donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Program

Availability: Free, online

Instructional use: Class review, use for elementary computer time, connect learning to giving

Meet student needs: Giving through learning, review of subjects

+Touch MathGreen Editions

https://www.touchmath.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plus.welcome

Description: Online content managing and lesson planning system for Touch Math

Strengths: Touch math system, online, easy to use

Availability: Expensive

Instructional use: Lesson planning, Touch math content

Meet student needs: Touch math is easy to use and digital friendly green edition is perfect for a technology savy student

+ABCYA

http://www.abcya.com/

Description: K-5 interactive software for multiple subjects

Strengths: Interactive games, fun, easy to use, multiple subjects with multiple games

Availability: Free

Instructional use: Class game, independent practice

Meet student needs: Fun and interactive games to promote retention of any number of subject content from K-5 grades.

+Starfall

http://www.starfall.com/

Description: Interactive reading software for reading and related content

Strengths: Interactive games, fun, easy to use, multiple games and videos

Availability: Some parts of the website are free, otherwise: $70 Teacher, $150 Classroom, $270 School

Instructional use: Class game, independent practice

Meet student needs: Fun and interactive games to promote retention of any number of subject content from K-5 grades.

+Selecting relevant resources

Selecting appropriate resources for student with exceptional needs is dependent on a teacher’s knowledge and understanding of the student and their needs. If a student has a motor impairment, than using a computer for the resource will not be beneficial, but using technology with a touch screen capability would a better way to use the resource. Also, knowing the content and objective of the software or resource is key. If you want the student to show you that they know something, then a review type game or software would be best; but if you want to instruct, then a game/software with manipulatives and tools will be best.