This column shares the most popular posts from my Ask a Tech Teacher blog this past month:
Here’s a great list of Special Needs websites. Click the link for an updated library:
- Occupational Therapy–a long list of great apps including stress, social skills building, and more
- Read&Write–for students with dyslexia or English language learners who struggle with reading and writing.
- Signed Stories–beautiful stories in sign language
- Speech Therapy and Language Apps–apps like Conversation Builder, StoryBuilder, Tense Builder, Rainbow Sentences, designed for kids who need a different approach
- Disabilities—Microsoft
Autism
- Autism browser—Zac Browser
Blind
Dyslexia
Navigation
- Click-free Browsing – Chrome extension link
- CraftyCursor – Chrome extension link
- Caret Browsing – Chrome extension link
- CrxMouse – Chrome extension link\
- LipSurf – Chrome extension link
- Vimium – Chrome extension link
Speech-to-Text
Text-to-Speech
Miscellaneous
My #1 Go-go site: Carol Leynse Harpold at OTs with Apps and Technology
More on special needs
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs
How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Man vs. Nature saga, and the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice, a columnist for NEA Today, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, Laws of Nature, Summer 2021.
Thanks for these links, Jacqui. I’ve bookmarked this page.
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If you have children (or friends) with special needs, there are a lot of good ones here!
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Yes, I specifically noticed that. I have nieces and nephews with some learning barriers.
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What a wonderful list. Good on you for creating it.
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These are sites that are hard to find if you need them. I readily share them on my ed site but thought it might be of interest to my writer friends, too!
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These look like great resources! The difficutly I have with students who have learning or processing difficulties is that I don’t know what the problem is to be able to suggest a resource or strategy that would help.
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Absolutely true. Well, in my case, I don’t want to be seen as recommending anything so I simply make the varied resources available to parents. Let them make the choice.
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It is a tricky line to walk.
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Awesome resources, Jacqui! I really appreciate you taking the time to do this.
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I know you’ve had the same experiences I have, Pete, with struggling students with unique needs. This has really helped some of them.
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Thanks for the helpful links, Jacqui. It’s great there are more resources available to help those in need than there was a few years ago.
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These are the type of links it’s hard to find when you need them!
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I’m going to have to check out your speech-to-text suggestions! Thanks.
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Happily, most are free.
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Great resources, Jacqui. Sharing!
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It’s amazing how many resources are available for special needs. I keep lists (it’s what I do–keep lists) so wanted to share!
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Thanks for all you do!
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It’s nice to see so many apps for helping special needs kids and adults. (And writers). Have you tried speech-to-text writing? And do you have a favorite app?
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I have some nasty eye issues so have been thinking more about speech-to-text apps. I may have an answer for you soon!
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Oh, I hope your eye issues clear, Jacqui. That’s not good. I do look forward to your feedback on speech to text (whenever). I’ve tried it once and the text was unintelligible gobbledygook. 😀
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Dragon Speak wasn’t very good. I think it’s improved since then but I need to check.
My eyes have become that annoying thing I think about daily, most of the day, when they used to be invisible. Sigh. Old age isn’t for the faint of heart.
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No it’s not. Take care of them and follow the doctor’s orders.
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You sound like husby!
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He’s right!
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New ideas for a changing world. Thanks Jacqui.
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Well, if there are other writers like me whose bodies are giving out bit by bit, this could be a timely list!
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Thanks for sharing this excellent list of resources, Jacqui.
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My pleasure. Never know what works for my fellow writers!
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Hi Jacqui – excellent list of sources for us and also for teachers … stay safe – Hilary
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I am constantly impressed by how much is available to help people with special needs.
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What wonderful resources for teachers. Thank you, Jacqui.
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Glad you liked it, Norah!
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🙂
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