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American Foundation for the Blind: Assistive Technology Products

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this section, you will find a comprehensive listing of assistive technology products used by people who are blind or visually impaired organized by category.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World:technology and Literature:part Two

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the use of technology to assist students with historical background to a piece of literature; it can help to understand the literature and how people felt about the historical event. It features links to the short...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Carrying Device for People Using Crutches

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students are given a biomedical engineering challenge, which they solve while following the steps of the engineering design process. In a design lab environment, student groups design, create, and test prototype devices that help people...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Off Road Wheelchair Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students further their understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) while being introduced to assistive technology devices and biomedical engineering. They are given a fictional client statement and are tasked to follow the...
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Other

Autism Speaks: Technology and Autism

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore assistive technology using smartphone and tablet apps on the topic of autism.
Unit Plan
University of Washington

Uw: Disabilities, Opportunities and Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The DO-IT Center serves to increase the success of people with disabilities and promotes the use of accessible information technology and universal design. Search the pages for content tailored to your needs.
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Other

Alliance for Technology Access

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site is for providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies. Wonderful search engine to find just the technology you need!
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Portable Wheelchair Ramp Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students follow the steps of the engineering design process while learning more about assistive devices and biomedical engineering applied to basic structural engineering concepts. Their engineering challenge is to design, build and test...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Watch Out for the Blind Spots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this service-learning engineering project, students follow the steps of the engineering design process to design a hearing testing device. More specifically, they design a prototype machine that can be used to test the peripheral...
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Other

Ti:me the Technology Institute for Music Educators

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to TI:ME, an organization whose mission is to assist music educators in using technology in their classrooms. Features include resources for music education for voice and instrument.
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Other

K12 Handhelds: 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a list of uses for your classroom PDAs. If you have the technology, look for new ways to use it.
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Other

Physorg.com: Technology: Engineering: Robo Copters in Marines' Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the possibility of using robotic helicopters, summoned by a soldier's digital handheld, to assist in a combat area.
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University of Wisconsin

Uwm: Apple Macintosh Software Toolkit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A complete page of free downloads that allow the Macintosh computer to be more easily used by people with poor vision.
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Other

Antonio Gutierrez: Geometry From the Land of the Incas

For Students 9th - 10th
Discovering the properties of constructions, seeing proofs in action, and viewing problems come to life here with this wonderful use of technology in the classroom. Single steps are explained and illustrated one at a time so that the...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
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Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 1 Word Lesson Plan (Stone Soup) Pdf

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars use Stone Soup by Ann McGovern to generate word lists and use patterned text to assist with descriptive writing. Gives links to step sheets and samples for creating a table , a template for...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aries

For Students 9th - 10th
The battering-ram, was used to batter down the walls of besieged cities. It consisted of a large beam, made of the trunk of a tree, especially of a fir or an ash. To one end was fastened a mass of bronze or iron, which resembled in its...