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This is not only help full for our special needs students but all students in general.

A Path Towards the Least Restrictive Environment

Students in special education can make progress in the general curriculum when it is presented to them in a format they can access. If the format of the material is appropriate to their learning needs, they can consume it. As consumers of the general curriculum, aren’t they general education students – just learning from a different format? In fact, all students learn differently. Some make copious notes, others read material once and retain it; some outline and others map their ideas; some sit attentively while others rest their chins on their desks. If every student has a unique learning style, then they are all special.

More http://blog.bookshare.org/2010/11/17/a-path-towards-the-least-restrictive-environment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bookshare%2FURFG+%28Bookshare+Blog%29&utm_content=Twitter

Thank you Bookshare

I strongly believe that every student is unique and special. In supporting students with adaptive technology I use what I call the "goodness of fit" model because of this belief.

Great Resource for Inclusion Settings,” says IA Specialist

Laura Koch IA Specialist for Muscatine Community School District, Iowa, can share alot with all of us on how Bookshare has supported students in her school district this year. Laurais an early adopter of the Bookshare online library of accessible books,

More http://blog.bookshare.org/2010/11/22/bookshare4inclusion/

Thank you Bookshare

I am a big fan of bookshare, I use it myself and support many students in their use of it.

Respect for people with intellectual disabilities

Two you tube videos that make powerful statements in support of respect for people with intellectual disabilities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFKFshINuw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_5_BbZlbI

Please take time to look at them

IPad Opens World to a Disabled Boy

I am a fan of tech as alot of people know. I'm often asked by people if they should get an IPAD, and could it help their child with a disability.

It is not helpful for everyone, understand I beilieve in the "goodness of fit rule" it is not technology for technologies sake, that tech needs to "fit" the individual and work towards a given result.

Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyregion/31owen.html?_r=1

Thank you nytimes and Apple for sharing this with me

Rise of Digital Books in the Classroom

As surely as the sun rises every day, digital books are steadily, daily finding their way into classrooms. Their arrival will not flood our classrooms like a tsunami; rather they will appear because of the foresight and talent of leading educators who recognize the many benefits of digital books and know how to incorporate them into teaching strategies.

Read More http://blog.bookshare.org/2010/11/04/sunrise-or-tsunami-–-the-rise-of-digital-books-in-the-classroom/

Thank you Bookshare