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Technology Resource Guide Organizer

I. PROVIDE MULTIPLE MEANS OF REPRESENTATION:
1. Provide options for perception
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This is a website that includes various designs that can be used
and imported into PowerPoint, Smart Board, and interactive
whiteboards. The site demonstrates the flexibility of digital
media when customizing the display of information. The
website displays the best designs that have been filtered
through to ensure strong visual design is the focus. Each page
Zen Garden http://www.csszengarden.com/ is different but the theme is the same throughout. It is a great
way for teachers and students to create presentations that are
appealing to the eye. Even though the designs are already
created you can customize the display of the information as
well.

Checkpoint 1.1
This site is a library of digital books that are available for deaf
and hearing audiences. Each story is signed using British Sign
Language, read aloud, and captioned in English. This site
makes it enjoyable for all kinds of learners because it provides
alternatives to auditory information through captioning, TTS,
Signed Stories http://www.signedstories.com/apps
and sign language, both deaf and hearing audiences can enjoy
Signed Stories. There are apps for schools and apps for the
family.

Checkpoint 1.2
This site provides guidance on how to make visual art
accessible to all individuals. It is a one-stop resource for
bringing art and culture to people with visual impairments. It
can be used for people of all ages. This site grants access to art
and art education programs. Some of the popular pages are a
Art Beyond Sight http://www.artbeyondsight.org/
Multi-Site Museum Accessibility Study, New York Beyond
Sight, Handbook for Museum sand Educators and more. It is a
site that is different than most and offers alternatives for
visual information.

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2. Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This is a free website that is great for Grades 6-12, SAT, GRE
or ACT. It offers videos for over 2000 vocabulary words that
give active demonstration of the vocabulary word, along with
an audio repeating the pronunciation, definition, various uses,
and synonyms. The site also has a study room where there are
quizzes, crossword puzzles, and the ability to create your own
word lists or share and import lists from others. It is a site that
Vocab Ahead http://www.vocabahead.com/
tends to the needs of all students by providing multisensory
aspects throughout each vocabulary word. Students can also
go through flash cards, which give a written definition and
visual representation of the word. This goes beyond your
average word definition in an engaging and rare way.

Checkpoint 2.1
This website is a toy for generating word clouds from text
that you as a user provide. The clouds give greater
prominence to words that appear more frequently in the
source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts,
layouts, and color schemes. Once a user creates an image,
Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ they are free to use it however they like; they can print it, save
it and even share it. The word clouds created used Wordle
reinforce key vocabulary and may serve as a beginning point
for developing vocabulary lists.

Checkpoint 2.1/ 2.5
This website is an online graphic dictionary and thesaurus that
helps develop word knowledge. Look up words to find their
meanings and associations with other words and concepts
Visuwords http://www.visuwords.com/ Word relationships are illustrated by the color and pattern of
the link between words. Flexibility of color and contrast is a
great example of customizing the display of information so
that it is accessible to a broader range of users. On the site,
 you are able to type in a word and then it provides you with a
web of various definitions, synonyms, etc. and on the left side
there is a color and symbol key, so that users can understand
the web that is created based off the word they looked up.
This is a site that can be used for a multitude of reasons, such
as helping build and clarifies vocabulary and symbols.

Checkpoint 2.1/ 2.5

3. Provide options for comprehension
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This is a history site from the Smithsonian Institute for
students between the grade levels K-8 looking to acquire new
knowledge by supplying access to appropriate background
information. The site is a quiz game that allows students to
test their research skills. What is unique about this game is
that if the students answer incorrectly, they are prompted
with a link to background knowledge that will help them to
find the correct answer. You are also able to take more than
Digging for one guess during the quiz. The site is different than most sites
http://smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/digging_for_answers/index.html
Answers because the opening page is where you are able to dig for the
topic/ category youll be exploring based off of different
pictures and symbols that the students get to choose from. I
really enjoyed that the categories were puns making it
engaging and mysterious. This is definitely a site that will
activate and or supply students with an immense amount of
background knowledge.

Checkpoint 3.1
This site provides teachers and parents with information and
materials to help engage young children, ages 3-4, in activities
that support the development of literacy skills. Under each
Read With Me activity there is an option for children and for teachers and
http://readwithme.cast.org/
eBooks parents. When users click on the for teachers and parents it
brings them to the eBook but on the right hand side there are
tips and extension ideas for them to use to aid the children in
their learning. The site helps to guide the information
 processing of adults as well as children. The site is easy to use
and full of color and eye catching activities.

Checkpoint 3.3
Education Oasis offers a collection of graphic organizers to
help students organize and retain knowledge - cause and
effect, character and story, compare and contrast, central
idea, close reading and more! There are over 60 different
graphic organizers that are free and accessible to anyone.
Education Oasis: Graphic organizers are used to compare two or more things in
Graphic http://www.educationoasis.com/printables/graphic-organizers/ many different and unique ways. They serve as effective
Organizers examples of guiding information processing, visualization and
manipulation. These supports help students to organize their
thoughts and establish relationships between ideas. All the
graphic organizers are PDF files.

Checkpoint 3.3

II. PROVIDE MULTIPLE MEANS FOR ACTION AND EXPRESSION:
4. Provide options for physical action
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This site gives users the ability to control the mouse pointer
on the computer screen with just their head instead of their
hand. Which is a perfect example of providing options for
physical response and navigation. It is a free program; all you
need is access to a webcam because the creators of the
program just want to help as many people as possible. Camera
Camera Mouse http://www.cameramouse.org/
Mouse was invented at Boston College to help people with
disabilities use the computer. This site is an example of a tool
and assistive technology for those who may have trouble with
their motor skills.

Checkpoint 4.1/4.2
This site is an on-screen virtual keyboard designed for
Click- N- Type http://cnt.lakefolks.com/ individuals who have difficulty typing on a physical computer
keyboard. It is an alternative to a traditional keyboard to
 which some students with physical disabilities may not have
access. Users have access to different styled keyboards
depending on their level of experience using a keyboard.
Click- N- Type keyboard allows you to send keystrokes to
virtually any Windows application or DOS application that can
run within a window. There are multiple ways for students to
use this site, whether it is with a camera mouse, a mouse, or a
touchscreen device. This provides a way for students with
disabilities to complete the same task as their peers, even
though they struggle with regular keyboards.

Checkpoint 4.1
TechMatrix is a site that can be used by teacher and parents as
a powerful resource tool for finding educational and assistive
technology products for students. The site uses a search
engine where you can look for a resource based off a keyword,
content area, grade level and/ or IDEA disability category.
Users also have the ability to look up research or products on a
TechMatrix http://techmatrix.org/ given topic. The database has nearly 400 products using
extensive criteria tailored to assistive and educational
technologies, providing users with optimal access to a large
variety of tools and assistive technologies, while working on
navigation skills.

Checkpoint 4.1/4.2

5. Provide options for expression and communication
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This site provides the tools needed for making unique and
creative videos by using animation to bring together a series
of images and combining them with audio. The videos created
can be easily published and shared. This site allows for student
Animoto https://animoto.com/ to communicate their ideas, in a different way. It is a way for
students to express themselves and their interests as well as a
tool that can be used during school. Currently there are two
versions of the site available. One is a paid version for general
public use, with a 14-day free trial and the other is a free
 education version offering unlimited use for teachers and
students.

Checkpoint 5.1
Glogster is a site that allows its users to create interactive
posters, complete with text, images, graphics audio and
video. Students can create a Glogster and share their posters
with friends. This site provides a fun, multisensory, alternative
way for students to express themselves and communicate
with those around them. It is a free site to some extent and it
requires you create a login. Glogster can be beneficial to both
Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/
teachers and students making it engaging for all. The site
supports the needs of all types of learners because of the
endless of options that can be embedded into the Glog itself.
It is also a way for students and teachers to show their
creativity.

Checkpoint 5.1
Cool Math is a site that provides endless math resources, such
as different lessons in pre- algebra, algebra, and pre- calculus,
as well as a wide variety of math games, practice problems, a
number of math and financial calculators for all ages.
Cool Online Math Calculators are very useful tools when it comes to problem
and Financial http://www.coolmath.com/ solving and composition. This site is another way for students
Calculators to communicate their answers. The site also provides a variety
of there cool math related links, that are quick and easy to
access.

Checkpoint 5.2

6. Provide options for executive functions
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
The purpose of the Learning Toolbox website is to aid
The Learning students with learning difficulties become more effective
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/index.html
Toolbox learners, enabling them to meet the continuously increasing
rigorous demands in academics nowadays. The site was
 designed to be used by three groups; secondary students with
learning difficulties, teachers of middle and secondary level
students, and parents of students with learning difficulties.
The site was envisioned to help students, teachers, and
parents become more aware and familiar with developing
students' strengths in areas such as organization, study skills,
note taking, etc. The site contains different sections including
sections on organization and note taking that offer excellent
strategies on supporting students in planning and strategy
development and for managing information and resources.
The hope of this sites approach is to make students more
successful in the rigorous academics and life experiences to
come in the future.

Checkpoint 6.2/6.3
This is a site that helps students keep track of their own
progress in their schoolwork by using charts and graphs. It is
common for students to struggle with numbers, but graphs
and charts are great because they communicate information
visually. This provides an alternative way for students to
represent progress in a fun and engaging way. The site is
Create-a-Graph https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx
extremely useful for users who may not have made a graph or
chart before because there is a help tab on the left side of the
page that provides definitions of parts of a graph, as well as a
tab of examples.

Checkpoint 6.4
Assignment Calculator is a website that allows users to create
a time management guide for a wide variety of writing
assignments. It is a website through the University of
Minnesota, but you are able to create a guest account to use
Assignment
https://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/ac/ its features by following the easy steps on the homepage of
Calculator
the site. Having a personalized time management guide is an
effective way to support planning and strategy development.

Checkpoint 6.2

III. PROVIDE MULTIPLE MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT:
7. Provide options for recruiting interest
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
Book Adventure is free and motivating reading program for
children in grades K-8. The site making reading books an
adventure for students. The can search a book or look up a
book based off of their interests, grade level and level of
difficulty and a list of books will appear for them to choose
from. They also have the ability to take a quiz on the book
they read as a form of a comprehensible assessment that can
be views by parents and teachers who are tracking a childs
progress in reading and learning. This site provides teachers,
parents and children with access to a wide range of books that
can be read cover to cover, the ability to make booklists, and
Book Adventure http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx more. This is a great site to use for students to motivate them
to want to learn and it also provides a want to learn because
you can receive prizes based off points you earn on the site! It
is very important to allow there to be choice for students in
what they want to read about because they will be more
interested in the work they have to do. By supplying them
with the choice of book from this database, you know it is a
reliable book that is grade and level appropriate, as well as an
outlet for students to become more interested and engaged in
reading and other school aspects.

Checkpoint 7.1
This site uses the Olympic Games to teach science in a fun and
engaging way to help students understand concepts. NBC
Learn partners up with the National Science Foundation
to unravel the physics, biology, chemistry, materials science
and math behind the Games. This is a very unique site that
breaks down the science and engineering of the winter games
NBC Learn http://www.nbclearn.com/olympics
in a way that excites and engages students. NBC Learn does a
great job of creating relevance, value and authenticity to the
students about how the Olympic Winter games and science
are so closely related. The site has videos, along with lesson
plans that would go with the video. This is a great way for
students to relate what they are doing in school with things
 they may do or watch outside of school. I would recommend
this site for older elementary and up due to the contents
complexity at times.

Checkpoint 7.2
This blog site provides a list of 10 common distractions and
helpful tips to follow so when a distraction arises, so as a
teacher you dont get off track. It is important as a teacher to
always prepare and plan ahead for the worst, so you know
what you would do if a situation occurs. Also as a teacher it is
Classroom important to know what easily distracts your students and try
Distractions: How https://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/classroom- to fix it, while remembering each student and class is
much can we avoid distractions-how-much-can-we-avoid-them/ different. Distraction tends to stem from boredom or
them? disinterest in a given topic or discussion, so it is also pivotal
that as a teacher you are supplying multiple means of
engagement without overloading the students with
distractions that can take away from their learning.

Checkpoint 7.3

8. Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
Rubric Maker is a great resource for creating rubrics that make
goals and objectives meaningful to students. Rubrics are used
to make grading easier for teachers, while also making what is
required clearer for students with objective. This site provides
an extensive amount of rubrics broken down by different
categories for teachers to use as well as worksheets, lesson
plans and resources that can be used by teachers. The site also
Teachnologys
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ aids/ rubric maker tools for teachers interested in creating
Rubric Maker
their own rubric. This site makes it easier for teachers to
clearly state the goals and objectives of the assignment by
creating a rubric for the students to follow. Rubrics serve as a
uniform way of grading, so the students know what to expect.
Also the rubrics on the site are all different tending to the
needs of all learners.

 Checkpoint 8.1
Skype is an app that can be downloaded on any device and is
a great way to foster collaboration and communication
among students and people everywhere. It has the ability to
voice call, video call, instant message, and share screens, with
Skype https://www.skype.com/en/ multiple users at a time. This can be used in the classroom to
make video calls to other classrooms, school districts and even
countries. And its freeJ

Checkpoint 8.3


9. Provide options for self-regulation
Name of
Link Discuss how the resource aligns with the guideline.
Resource
This is a website that contains multiple stories from a wide
range of learners. The sites mission is to help build the
capacity needed to support high-quality learning
environments. The site does this by creating virtual and
physical spaces for people to reflect on four fundamental
questions: how do people learn; how do I learn; what does an
ideal learning environment look like; and how do we create
more ideal learning environments. This site encourages all
people understand their strengths and weaknesses as learners
Faces of Learning http://www.facesoflearning.net/ and hopes for a world were all demand high quality learning
environments. This is a great site for inspiring people of all
ages to control their learning by self-regulation. While also
providing expectations and beliefs as motivation, as well as
personal coping skills and strategies through the stories and
experiences written on the site. On the left hand side there is a
search bar that allows you to search for stories as well as a list
of tags that take you to stories related to the given tag.

Checkpoint 9.1/9.2/9.3
Often times in large classrooms it is hard to stay on top of
Learner Diaries http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/learner-diaries every students needs, abilities and interests. Learner Diaries is
a site that allows teachers to develop a 'one-to-one'
 relationship even with large classes of students. The unique
aspect of a learner diary is that it serves as a source of real
communication between a teacher and a student that does
not require correcting spelling and grammar, but rather
providing genuine thoughts and opinions. This site is great to
help students self reflect and asses because it is a way to
privately communicate with the teacher, whether it be about
the learning process itself, or just a general thought or
wondering they would like to know about or discuss. Students
are allotted time during class to write in their Learner Dairy
and then will eventually hand it in for the teacher to read and
provide insight to.

Checkpoint 9.3