App Roundup
- By Techinspecialed
- 04/11/12
Accessible Media| Feature
Bookshare just celebrated its 10th anniversary as a provider of digital accessible materials to students with print disabilities. More than 190,000 people--mostly students--have access to the cloud-based library that currently has more than 135,000 titles available.
iPad Apps | News
A new iPad app promises to help boost memory, concentration, and organizational skills for students with ADHD.
Mobile Learning
Mobile technology and apps enable those who have special needs to function more freely and effectively in the classroom and out into the world.
E-Learning | Research
A majority of public school districts in the United States have students who participate in distance education courses at some level, according to data released by the National Center for Education Statistics. But the most of those districts aren't delivering the education themselves.
Distance Learning | Feature
A private school in Miami uses is using free technology to bridge geographical gaps between faculty and students.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 10/26/11
Funding | News
Monarch Teaching Technologies will accept applications for its Second Annual Visual Learning 2011 TechGrant program until Oct. 5. Total value of the awards is more than $160,000.
Special Needs | News
Excent, based in Roswell, GA, has released MyGraduationPlan 2.0, updated e-learning curriculum software for K-12 that allows special education students and parents to get more involved in their individualized education plans.
Home-School Connection | Feature
Computers for Youth works with low-income schools to put computers in the homes of sixth-grade students and bring parents into the learning mission.
- By Jennifer Demski
- 03/07/11
Videoconferencing | FETC 2011 Coverage
In an effort to reduce truancies and tardiness among alternative education students, Kingsville ISD in Texas has started using videoconferencing to reconnect those students to their original classrooms. The results from the initial pilot have included improved attendance and, for the district, $200,000 in annual savings.