Friday, April 15, 2011

Special Education Wordle

Wordle: Special Education

Book Builder Presentations About Special Education

This first book is about the many various roles that special educators play:

Special Education: One Teacher...So Many Hats

Wikis For Parents and Teachers About Special Education

The wiki links below describe the specific disorders, include instructional techniques, modifications/adaptations, and includes a bunch of research about each disorder:

Learning Disabilities Wiki

Developmental Delays Wiki

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Wiki

Communication Disorders Wiki

Hearing Disabilities Wiki

Visual Impairments Wiki

Physical Disabilities Wiki

The link below leads to a forum that discussions various topics about the field of Special Education

Special Education Forum  

Inspirational Video For Teachers: You Can And Do Make A Difference!

This video shows how even at the face of adversity, with help from others, people with various difficulities can become successful:

Parents! Students! Teachers! Get Involved With The Special Olympics

Watch this inspirational digital story below. You might want to even volunteer to help children with disabilitites improve their abilities to play sports. There are many different ways you can volunteer.


Articles For Teachers About Utilizing Digital Stories With Students With Disabilities

This article discusses one Special Education teacher's instructional strategey adaptation for her middle school language arts classroom. It shows how she incorporated digital storytelling into her classroom practices:

Digital Storytelling In The Middle Childhood Special Education Classroom: A Teacher's Story of Adaptations

This following article about how to utilize digital storytelling to allow students with disabilities to practice their socialization skills:

Digital Stories Targeting Social Skills For Children With Disabilities: Multidimensional Learning

The article on this link describes how digital storytelling can be utilized with students with learning disabilitites in order to help them to improve their writing skills:

Use Digital Storytelling To Improve Your Students' Writing Skills

Promoting Community and Good Citizenship in the Classroom

Glogster for Promoting Community and Good Citizenship in the Classroom