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Evernote is a great tool for teachers and students to capture notes, save research, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, record audio and more. Everything you add to your account is automatically synced and made available on all the computers, phones and tablets you use.
Collaborate and share with others
Collaborate on shared notebooks with other users. Great for shared research assignments, group projects and lesson plans.
Organize files and class materials
Add any type of file to Evernote and you'll have access to it from any computer or device, at school or at home.
Capture whiteboards
Snap a photo of a whiteboard full of class notes, brainstorms and presentations. We'll make the image searchable and even recognize handwriting.
Get top priority support
Get the best service we offer. Have a question or problem? You'll be sent to the front of the queue and given the option of chat support.
Get offline access
Take entire notebooks offline for easy access when you don't have a network connection. Great for traveling. Available on mobile for iOS and Android.
Clip webpages
Capture the entire page: text, images using our web clipper. Great for research, lesson plans and professional development.
Create notes and lists
Take and keep all your important notes and lists directly into Evernote. Add checkboxes to your lists and check them off on your phone to stay on task.
PIN lock devices
iOS and Android users can add a lock to their Evernote app for an extra level of security. Useful for mobile learning and 1:1 programs.
Access note history
Go back in time. View past versions of individual notes in your account. Useful when working with teams for maintaining version control.
Enable easy billing
Pay for all the accounts on one bill, charged monthly or yearly via invoice or credit card.

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This website helps as a teacher resource for chemistry and physical science. Materials can be used in highschool along with middleschool. This website is useful for students who need to see “assignments” in English as well as Spanish.

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/

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Touchable Earth is an interactive app that utilizes he touch screen function to allow students to press a country and read or hear a short description of a country. This could be used to help students find where a country is as well as its neighbors to remember regions and geographic descriptions.

MyCongress is an app for iPads and iPhones that can give summaries and details of government officials currently and past elected. It even can link students to current officials news and social media to see their officials thoughts. This could be important in alllwing students to learn larger and smaller officials as most only know the president.

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Tynker: Tynker is a technology system designed to teach students coding through instructional videos and dynamic activities, as students progress they learn multiple coding languages and can even learn to code for robots and build apps.

NoRedInk: A personalized grammar education tool that has questions based on student interests and adaptive lessons that vary with student skill level.

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Desmos is a an"elegent graphing calculator and math simulations promote collaboration." Desmos is good for group work. Other teachers upload their own files and students have them right on hand.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/desmos

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Writing Challenge ($2.99 in the Apple App Store)

“Writing Challenge lets teachers turn creative writing into a game for students. Whether this app is used as for whole-class, small-group, or individual activity, you'll immediately see the potential of this powerful writing tool. Children will be given a writing prompt and a countdown clock. The goal of this challenge is to have students incorporate the prompt into their story before the time is up. As soon as the timer finishes, they'll be given something new to add to their story.”

This is an encouraging way to get students to write, and enjoy doing so. The time limit is motivating, and can even spark some competitiveness between students. The prompts makes the idea of writing original pieces less daunting, and calls for imaginitive thinking as well as innovative work that can be hard to get from students.

Sentence Builder ($5.99 in Apple App Store)

“Building sentences can be tricky; give your kid a leg up with this easy slot machine-esque tool, featuring basic nouns, verbs and articles. Line up the words correctly to match the pictures, and she'll be rewarded by a cheering animated pal. This app is especially great for practice with grammar and connector words, and is appealing for visual learners because of the graphic illustration of how grammar works. Three levels of play are possible and there are many additional settings, allowing the app to grow with your child.”

This app seems beneficial for students when practicing grammar. Grammar is an important part of being an effective writer, and that is something that should be
emphasized. There is also an option for teens with this app (Sentence Builder Teens), which can be helpful to students in high school who must learn to write assignments that have more substance.

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This is a puzzle game used to help students or anyone using the app to learn country map’s shape and name of European countries. To play you drag the country map to the correct position, when you drag all maps to its position, you win. The trivia function of the game helps the user memorize the country map and names of the Country.

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Students can focus on auditory learnt with the reassurance that they will have written notes as a reference.

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Platforms

Subjects

Ages of Learners

Categories

SoundNote is the best way to take notes in meetings, lectures, and interviews. It tracks what you type and draw while recording audio, so you'll never worry about missing an important detail. During playback, just tap a word: SoundNote will jump right to the proper time in the audio.

Use SoundNote's powerful drawing tool for quick sketches. It's easy to edit them, too. Tap a drawing to select it, or tap twice to select an individual stroke. From there, you can drag it to wherever you want, or tap "Delete" to get rid of it. Use two fingers to zoom and scroll.

SoundNote is perfect for students. If you ever fall asleep in class, don't worry - SoundNote's got your back. Just tap what you wrote while you were awake, and SoundNote will play the audio to help you fill in the blanks.

SoundNote is also great for journalists. Ever miss an important detail during an interview and have to skim through your entire recording to find out what it was? With SoundNote, just tap a word from that part of the interview - it'll play back what you missed.

When you're done, share your text, drawings, and audio notes via email, or transfer them directly to your Mac or PC. Audio notes are recorded in standard M4A format: One hour of high quality audio is only 25MB.

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iRewardChart

Problem: Your child needs extra motivation to accomplish routine tasks.

[Finally! Apps That Build Productive Habits}

How to use the app: Input chores or behavior goals and track your child’s progress into iRewardChart over the course of the week. When he completes an action, he earns a star toward a reward.

Benefits: It offers children visual reinforcement of progress made — and rewards earned.

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Tackle your to-do list (digital-style!) with these smart productivity apps - like EpicWin and Task Timer - that inspire kids and adults with ADHD to get things done.

Woman with ADHD, on city street, smiling and holding cellphone after using to-do list app for organization

Tackle your to-do list (digital-style!) with these smart productivity apps - like EpicWin and Task Timer - that inspire kids and adults with ADHD to get things done.

EpicWin

Problem: You find it difficult to meet goals.

How you use the app: EpicWin is a cross between a digital organizer and a role-playing video game. You choose an avatar character that appeals to you, and then select a task that you want to accomplish. As tasks are completed, players pick up points, "treasures," and loot.

Benefits: Video-game elements appeal to the ADHD brain and motivate you to keep going.

Task Timer

Problem: You get distracted when doing a task.

How you use the app: Pick a task, choose the completion time, and the app keeps you on track by showing time elapsed and time remaining. Include breaks and use the intermittent vibration reminder to help you stay on task.

Benefits: You can customize Task Timer to your work preference - as a quick burst of activity or at a more leisurely pace.

iRewardChart

Problem: Your child needs extra motivation to accomplish routine tasks.

How to use the app: Input chores or behavior goals and track your child's progress into iRewardChart over the course of the week. When he completes an action, he earns a star toward a reward.

Benefits: It offers children visual reinforcement of progress made - and rewards earned.

Evernote

Problem: You can't keep track of paper clutter.

How to use the app: Evernote allows you to store text, photos, and audio notes on your device of choice. Create "notebooks" and categorize notes for recipes, an upcoming vacation, product research, to-do lists, and so on. Notes are tagged with geo-location for mapping or search.

Benefits: Information is in one location, organized, and available through a simple search. Type in what you need and Evernote will find it for you.
NOTE: This article was last updated in June, 2013.

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World Mobile News: (free)
1) Keeps students updated on world news, events and happenings.

Today History: (free)
1) Lists events that happened today in history from all of history (goes back to ancient times).
2) Lists who was born and who died on this day in history.

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Students can check their work or formulas at home, or when the teacher is not available.

https://www.symbolab.com/

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Problem: You get distracted when doing a task.

How you use the app: Pick a task, choose the completion time, and the app keeps you on track by showing time elapsed and time remaining. Include breaks and use the intermittent vibration reminder to help you stay on task.

Benefits: You can customize Task Timer to your work preference — as a quick burst of activity or at a more leisurely pace.

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Tackle your to-do list (digital-style!) with these smart productivity apps - like EpicWin and Task Timer - that inspire kids and adults with ADHD to get things done.

Woman with ADHD, on city street, smiling and holding cellphone after using to-do list app for organization

Tackle your to-do list (digital-style!) with these smart productivity apps - like EpicWin and Task Timer - that inspire kids and adults with ADHD to get things done.

EpicWin

Problem: You find it difficult to meet goals.

How you use the app: EpicWin is a cross between a digital organizer and a role-playing video game. You choose an avatar character that appeals to you, and then select a task that you want to accomplish. As tasks are completed, players pick up points, "treasures," and loot.

Benefits: Video-game elements appeal to the ADHD brain and motivate you to keep going.

Task Timer

Problem: You get distracted when doing a task.

How you use the app: Pick a task, choose the completion time, and the app keeps you on track by showing time elapsed and time remaining. Include breaks and use the intermittent vibration reminder to help you stay on task.

Benefits: You can customize Task Timer to your work preference - as a quick burst of activity or at a more leisurely pace.

iRewardChart

Problem: Your child needs extra motivation to accomplish routine tasks.

How to use the app: Input chores or behavior goals and track your child's progress into iRewardChart over the course of the week. When he completes an action, he earns a star toward a reward.

Benefits: It offers children visual reinforcement of progress made - and rewards earned.

Evernote

Problem: You can't keep track of paper clutter.

How to use the app: Evernote allows you to store text, photos, and audio notes on your device of choice. Create "notebooks" and categorize notes for recipes, an upcoming vacation, product research, to-do lists, and so on. Notes are tagged with geo-location for mapping or search.

Benefits: Information is in one location, organized, and available through a simple search. Type in what you need and Evernote will find it for you.
NOTE: This article was last updated in June, 2013.

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Apps for enhancing reading abilities:

1. Comprehension (free programs include: LightSail, The Opposites; other apps in this category range from $0.99-$9.99) These apps focus on helping students develop strong reading comprehension skills with parts of speech, discerning between fact and fiction, as well as visually demonstrating components of a work in the form of a concept map.

2. Development (Book Reader is a well-rated, free app) This app focuses on allowing students the opportunity to create their own stories with interactive images, text areas, etc. This will give students the chance to put their reading and writing abilities to work in a fun, creative way.

3. Learning Ally Audio helps students who struggle with reading (like dyslexia) have a customizable reading experience. This helps them develop reading fluency in all grade levels. Textbooks are also available with this technology. Some are computerized voices but most are real narrations by a human reader.

4. Mad Libs. This app allows students to create their own stories by filling in the blanks (these blanks can range from selected adjectives, adverbs, etc). This is a fun way for students to use their grammatical knowledge.

5. Newsela. This website generates current events articles for each subject. Every article has 5 versions and they are written for various reading levels. Students can choose which version is best for them., read the article, and then take a comprehensive quiz based off of what they read. Or, teachers can assign an article based off what they are covering in class and talk about how the content connects with current events.

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1. Long-term assignment planning tool- editable pdf that helps break down your work into chunks and set deadlines

2. Test prep strategy sheet- evaluate how prepared you are for an exam

3. Cold Turkey app-  blocks distracting websites/apps for a set time

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Speech synthesizers/screen readers
-it can display and read text aloud on a computer screen, including text that can be typed, scanned, or text appearing on the internet.
-will benefit people who struggle with reading and writing

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+Calculators-Talking Desktop Calculator.  Sci-Pod Low Vision Scientific Calculator (with headphones)
+Digital Graphing-can visually see the graphs and manipulate it
+Apps in IPad used in classrooms-familiar to the students. Help students with ADHD.  Help with kinesthetic learners.
http://archives.gadoe.org/DMGetDocument.aspx/Math_Chart_revised_8-10.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6CFC3EAE26FFD23831AA37596E6C907F54E26E070D9A5463C&Type=D

http://www.dyscalculia.org/math-ld-books/math-tools

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Accommodations in the lab
https://www.washington.edu/doit/making-science-labs-accessible-students-disabilities
Contains a list of accommodations for various disabilities including but not limited to: Deaf, Mobility impairment, Blindness, learning,
and attention disability

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Application of universal design to a science lab

Students with disabilities face access challenges to typical science labs in precollege and postsecondary settings. Access barriers may prevent a student from:

gaining knowledge,

demonstrating knowledge, and

fully participating in lab activities.

There are two approaches to making academic activities accessible to students with disabilities-accommodations and universal design (UD). Accommodations are alternate formats, assistive technology, and other adjustments for specific students once they are enrolled in a class. For examples of accommodations in science classes, consult the publications Working Together: Science Teachers and Students with Disabilities and The Winning Equation: Access + Attitude = Success in Math and Science.

Universal Design

The Center for Universal Design defines universal design as "the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design." Applications of UD in education take proactive steps to create aademic products and environments that are accessible to students with a wide range of characteristics, including disabilities, thereby minimizing the need for future accommodations. For example, if a science lab contains an adjustable-height workstation, an accommodation will not be needed for a future student who uses a wheelchair that is too high for standard-height workstations. This workstation may also be comfortable for a student who needs to remain seated because of a health impairment or someone who is very tall or short in stature. In a science lab, UD can be applied to:

lab climate;

physical access, usability, and safety;

delivery methods;

information resources;

interaction; feedback;

assessment; and

plans for accommodations.

Making accommodations is reactive, whereas universal design is proactive.

Accommodations

Following are examples of accommodations that might benefit a student with a disability.

Use wheelchair-accessible labs and field sites.

Talk to a student about special learning needs and accommodation alternatives.

Provide a lab partner.

Use plastic instead of glass.

Allow extra time for set up and completion of lab work.

Address safety procedures for students with a variety of sensory and mobility abilities.

Use institutional resources for students with disabilities.

Typical science lab accommodations for students with specific disabilities include those in the following lists.

Blindness

Low Vision

verbal descriptions of demonstrations and visual aids

preferential seating to assure visual access to demonstrations

large print, high contrast instructions and illustrations

raised-line drawings or tactile models for illustrations

large print laboratory signs and equipment labels

video camera, computer or TV monitor to enlarge microscope images

hand-held magnifier, binoculars

large print calculator

Mobility Impairments

wheelchair-accessible field site

uncluttered lab; clear, wide aisles

preferential seating to avoid physical barriers and assure visual access to demonstrations

mirrors above the instructor giving a demonstration

an enlarged screen

wheelchair-accessible, adjustable-height work surface

non-slip mat

utility and equipment controls within easy reach from seated position

electric stirrer, container filler

support stand, beaker and object clamp; test tube rack

handles on beakers, objects, and equipment

surgical gloves to handle wet or slippery items

modified procedures to use larger weights and volumes

extended eyepieces so students who use wheelchairs can use microscopes

flexible connections to electrical, water, and gas lines

single-action lever controls in place of knobs

alternate lab storage methods (e.g.,"Lazy Susan," storage cabinet on casters)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

preferential seating to view demos and watch instructor captioning for video presentations

written instructions prior to lab

visual lab warning signals

Learning and Attention Disabilities

Health Impairments

avoid chemical materials to which student is allergic or provide alternate assignment

flexible schedule and time allocation

Universal Design Considerations

Some of the accommodation suggestions listed above could be implemented within a lab now, anticipating that at some point a student with a disability may need access to the lab and that some changes may benefit all students. Here are some strategies that could be implemented in a science lab as a part of universal design efforts:

Provide both written and verbal instructions.

Give verbal and visual descriptions of demonstrations and visual aids.

Use plastic instead of glass.

Allow extra time for set up and completion of lab work.

Address safety procedures for students with a variety of sensory and mobility abilities, including the provision of visual lab warning signals.

Make laboratory signs and equipment labels in large print, with high contrast.

Ensure that field sites are wheelchair accessible.

Maintain wide aisles and keep the lab uncluttered.

Incorporate an adjustable-height work surface for at least one workstation.

Install a mirror above the location where demonstrations are typically given.

Use lever controls instead of knobs.

Install flexible connections to water, gas, and electricity.

Buy lab products that can be used by students with a variety of abilities (e.g., plastic lab products instead of glass, tactile models, large-print diagrams, non-slip mats, support stands, beaker and object clamps, handles on beakers and equipment, surgical gloves to handle slippery items, video camera with computer or TV monitor to enlarge microscope image).

Ensure that utility and equipment controls are within easy reach from a standing or seated position.

Provide surgical gloves for handling wet or slippery items.

Additional Resources

DO-IT has created a collection of videos and publications that help teachers make math and science teachers coursework accessible to students with disabilities. They include:

These titles may be freely accessed online. DVDs can also be purchased from DO-IT. Permission is granted to reproduce DO-IT videos and publications for educational, noncommercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged.

For more information about universal design in academic settings, read Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction and Universal Design in Education: Principles, Practices, and Applications. For a comprehensive set of resources, consult The Center for Universal Design in Education. The book Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice published by Harvard Education Press shares perspectives of UD leaders nationwide.

Communication Hints

Treat people with disabilities with the same respect and consideration with which you treat others. There are no strict rules when it comes to relating to people with disabilities. However, here are some helpful hints.

General

Blind or Low Vision

Be descriptive. Say, "The computer is about three feet to your left," rather than "The computer is over there."

Speak all of the content presented with overhead projections and other visuals.

When guiding people with visual impairments, offer them your arm rather than grabbing or pushing them.

Learning Disabilities

Offer directions or instructions both orally and in writing. If asked, read instructions to individuals who have specific learning disabilities.

Mobility Impairments

Sit or otherwise position yourself at the approximate height of people sitting in wheelchairs when you interact.

Speech Impairments

Listen carefully. Repeat what you think you understand and then ask the person with a speech impairment to clarify or repeat the portion that you did not understand.

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Psychiatric Impairments

Provide information in clear, calm, respectful tones.

Allow opportunities for addressing specific questions.

About DO-IT

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Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities

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1. Low tech (co-teaching) Expanded method of diverse instruction. This requires more planning and more evaluation.
2.https://www.edutopia.org/article/assistive-technology-resources
- Allows students to work more independently and create assignments
-It may create a barrier for students that are not able to use technology as well as others.

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- Education Genius program: allows students to annotate articles online & collaboratively https://edshelf.com/tool/education-genius/

- Minecraft Education Edition: allows students to build worlds together and has special programs for biome building, chemistry, architecture, and computer programming https://education.minecraft.net/

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http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=53489
Using lab instructions w/ pictures for all lab materials so that ELL students can recognize what they need to use, even if they had trouble with the written description of the lab

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ClaroRead Plus-
ClaroRead Plus is screen reading software designed to allow students with reading difficulties to have word documents and pdf-files read to them.
https://youtu.be/b-dlHN9X3Oo      (For non-coding experts)
<iframe width="592" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b-dlHN9X3Oo" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(for the technlogically advanced)

Reading Ally-
Reading Ally is a vast online library of audio-books designed to allow students who struggle with reading to keep up with their fellow classmates and enjoy literature with significantly less debilitating stress.

Links:
https://youtu.be/mQdUzsSz_wk     (For non-coding experts)

<iframe width="592" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mQdUzsSz_wk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(for the technlogically advanced)

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Social Studies: National Archives DocsTeach is an app that student's can download with thousands of primary sources to help with research, DBQ's for AP classes, etc. Teachers can also create a classroom within the app and add specific documents for their class.