Recognizes the best application specifically designed to benefit students with unique educational needs, including those with physical or learning disabilities, those on the autism spectrum, or those who are gifted and talented in the PK-12 or postsecondary market. Includes solutions that are 508 compliant and provide instructional materials that are accessible or developed under the principals of universal design for learning (UDL).
Wonkidos Animated Social Skills - Brighter Futures for Beautiful Minds
The Wonkidos Animated Social Skills are video modeling app and interactive eBooks created to visually teach social and developmental skills to children.
Originally developed to teach social skills to children on the autism spectrum, the videos are appropriate for all children from the developmental ages of two to nine.
The videos are available on iTunes, and can also be purchased on the Wonkido website www.wonkidovideos.com to allow playback on any computer or mobile device.
Teach your child important social and life skills they need to know
- Visual Learning - Video Modeling - Fun Animated Cartoon to allow children to have the perception of "play" - Wonkido Videos - Award winners of Mom's Best Award - Outstanding Product 2012!
Children watch fun animated cartoons of the Wonkidos to visually learn behaviors step by step.
Saying Hello Going Potty Making Eye Contact Taking Turns Choosing Games Getting Dressed Remembering your phone number Asking a friend to play
Renzulli Learning provides teachers with online time-saving, research-driven, practical tools proven to increase teacher capacity to differentiate instruction and help students achieve by focusing on their strengths, interests, learning styles, and expression styles, which increases engagement by differentiating the Renzulli Learning System to fit the needs of each individual student and the ways they like to learn and express themselves.
Renzulli Learning maintains a curated database containing more than 40,000 online and offline educational resources that are matched to student responses in the Renzulli Profiler (TM). The Renzulli Profiler will match thousands of engaging enrichment activities that correspond to the top three interest areas, learning styles, expression styles, and ability level of each student.
Founded in 1969, Compass Learning personalizes learning to unlock the potential of every student for academic achievement and personal growth.
Raz-Kids.com empowers teachers to differentiate instruction through hundreds of interactive, leveled books spanning 27 levels of difficulty, covering a wide range of subjects. In addition to engaging kids at their reading level and in their area of interest, this award-winning site gives kids 24/7 Web access to the practice they need to become better, more confident readers. At the same time, teachers can customize assignments, view reports, and track student progress every step of the way.
With Raz-Kids.com, teachers can:
Give their kids independence and ownership! Students can access the site at home or at school, choose books from the virtual bookroom, decide on their reading pace, and even record themselves reading!
Motivate kids to successfully complete online comprehension quizzes, which help kids progress from level to level and gives them an added incentive to succeed.
Monitor students' activity and progress online, build reading rosters, do online running records, and adjust assignments to maximize effectiveness.
Watch their kids savor the time they spend exploring Raz-Kids.com, including the motivational "Raz Rocket". This engaging clubhouse-like environment gives kids virtual rewards (stars) to "spend" customizing their very own rocket.
VizZle District Edition - Monarch Teaching Technologies
VizZle District Edition is a bundle of software products and support services designed to improve outcomes and lower costs by providing an easy way for everyone involved in special education in a district to access and share evidence-based materials that drive achievement while giving all levels of staff instant access to the data needed to make informed decisions.
Originally envisioned as a software for creating interactive visually supported teaching materials for autism, VizZle (the Web-based software at the core of VizZle District Edition) has matured into a much broader solution for special education that gives educators access to a huge (and constantly growing) moderated shared library of ready-made teaching materials that allow students in special education to access curriculum and allow their teachers to customize and differentiate instruction as needed.
Using any of the over 15,000 pieces of educator-approved in-app media (audio, video, and deep and varied library of visual representations) or personal imported media, teachers can customize library materials or create their own with flexible, easy-to-use templates. Students can play the lessons on any platform from interactive whiteboards and touch screens to PCs, Macs, iPads or Android tablets, taking advantage and making best-use of a district’s investment in hardware.
Read&Write GOLD with Web Apps - Texthelp Systems, Inc.
Read&Write GOLD's customizable toolbar integrates reading, writing, studying, and research support tools with familiar applications (e.g. Word, IE, Adobe Reader) that are used every day. This flexible literacy software solution helps individuals of all ages access the support they need at school, work, or home.
Read&Write features are now accessible in the Cloud! Texthelp Web Apps work within browsers (i.e., IE, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox) on PCs and Macs, or iPads, iPhones, and other mobile devices. Users benefit from using familiar features along with flexible mobility and instant accessibility. Web Apps include:
• Read&Write Web: Read aloud web content with support tools. • Read&Write for Google™ Docs: Read aloud and support tools for Google Docs documents in Chrome browser on PCs/Macs. • eBook Reader: Search for and read aloud Bookshare® eBooks. • Speech App: Read aloud typed or pasted text. • Dictionary App: Get text definitions and images for typed or pasted words. • Spelling App: Look up a word and get spelling suggestions, including text definitions and images.
Read&Write GOLD meets the needs of diverse student populations, including those with reading and writing difficulties, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, and English Language Learners, ensuring that all students reach their potential and achieve success.
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