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Karen
 IP: 24.111.187.88 Jun 19, 07 - 12:31 PM |
Free Online Resources
Check out this awesome website loaded with incredible FREE valuable resources that will make your child's life easier! http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/ Free Text-to-Speech WordTalk - a free text-to-speech program for the PC that works within WORD and Outlook and highlights each word that is read. Includes a talking spell checker and a talking thesaurus. Watch this teachertube.com video that I created to learn how to use it. It's best to watch it full screen. Natural Reader - another free text-to-speech software program which converts any written text to speech (Word, pdf, websites, emails) Click,Speak - a free Firefox extension that reads the Internet and highlights phrases and sentences as it reads PowerTalk - free text-to-speech for PowerPoint presentations ((Word Talk is a MUST have download! There are a number of other programs but these are preferred because they work right within the program AND highlight the text as it is read. No need to open a new window.) Free Speech-to-Text It is built into Office 2003 for Windows and VISTA. Explore it. Free Tools for Study Skills CueCard - an electronic flashcard program download with multiple features including ability to import audio and graphics. Keeps track of correct responses and can be printed out. Study Stack - create interactive web-based flashcards or use ones that are already created; if you use stacks that are already created, check them first as there are errors in several of the created stacks. Flash Card Machine - allows the user to create interactive web-based study flash cards. Quizlet - described as an online tool for learning vocabulary Create note taking templates in Word Use "Power of Color" within Word (background color, highlighting color and font color tools) to reinforce concepts, to determine salient points and for review Use the "Organizational Chart" in the Diagram Gallery that is part of the Drawing Toolbar in Word to reinforce concepts and relationships which promotes learning. In Word, press the Alt tab + mouse click within a word to access the Research pane. When you are online, you will instantly get a definition of the word. Free Collaboration Tools (these are accessible anywhere!) Google Docs and Spreadsheets - allows students to collaborate on work from any computer including while at home Zoho - check out their online word-processing tool, Zoho Writer that allows collaboration Go 2 Web 2.0 - here you will find every Web 2.0 application imaginable. There are tools for everything. Constantly updated! Web 2.0 Tools - (These tools especially benefit the learner with reading, organizational or attentional issues as the material can be easily retrieved, read or listened to online) Wikis - provide group collaboration opportunities and study guides Blogs - provide opportunities for written expression without time constraints and can use text-to-speech, spell check, grammar check etc. before posting. Blogs are great for students who are less vocal IN class, for a variety of reasons, but still want a chance to participate in discussions Podcasts/videocasts Web-based bookmarking tools such as Delicious or Portaportal - create class favorites that your students can retrieve anywhere to help them study Additional Free Tools Do to Learn - Free Feelings and Emotions Games, excellent for social skills instruction, also check out the Fire Safety and Street Safety songs for students with cognitive disabilities Springdoo - a free audio and video email tool Yackpack - audio email or free live conferencing Eyejot - "Video messaging in a blink," video email tool Better Fonts - Dafonts - free fonts PDF Creator or Cute pdf - free PDF conversion tools Bubbl.us - free brainstorming and organizing tool Read/write/think - Interactive digital activities (click the student materials link and then click the interactive links - there are many to choose from) Diigo - a powerful social annotation research tool, with highlighting features Cast UDL Book Builder - Check out a previous post to learn about this free online tool for creating digital books with embedded prompts. Checklists - linear alternative to rubrics, easily create guides for students' projects. Visual Schedules - best for younger students. Note Star - helps organize notes and bibliographies for essays and research papers. Thinking Blocks - a creative, interactive math resource to help students understand how to solve word problems. Watch the video here to learn how to use it. Imagine Symbols - 4000 free realistic symbols. Import these into your clip art folder for easy access. Audacity - Free, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds Multimedia and Digital Storytelling Tools Photo Story 3 for Windows - you will be amazed at how quickly you can create slide shows or movies from your class photos. Upload your photos in seconds, easily add music and you have a year end presentation of your class activities. MANY other uses. VoiceThread ScrapBlog - Create online multimedia scrapbooks from your text, video, audio and photos Flip Books - Create online multimedia scrapbooks from your text and photos Voice Thread - capture audio for online digital storytelling Additional Strategies Create customized lined paper using the Line tool within the Drawing Toolbar within Word. Give students the choice of lined paper within your classrooms including mid-lined paper. Customize the toolbar in Word; remove extraneous icons on the Standard and Formatting Toolbars and add the "Insert Sound Object" icon so that it is readily available for student or teacher use. (There are numerous options for this "Power of Voice" feature - this is a very powerful tool!) Enlarge the icons on your customized toolbar in Word Embed verbal prompts in your documents for student support. There are so many options, AT does not have to be expensive! |
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