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August 30, 2017 This is an updated version of the popular chart we published awhile ago featuring some of what we think are the best apps for students and learners with special needs.  We have arranged the apps into four main categories: apps for dyslexic learners, apps for autistic learners, apps for the visually impaired and apps for learners with writing difficulties.  For those of you using Android check out t his list . Categories Apps Apps for Dyslexic Learners SoundLiteracy What Is Dyslexia Dyslexia Quest Happy Math Multiplication Rhymes Phonics with Phonograms Dyseggxia DD’’s Dictionary: A Dyslexic Dictionary Apps for Autistic Learners Sight Words Sequences for Autism See.Touch.Learn Verbal Me Autism iHelp Autism/DDT Shapes Autism DDT Letters Speech with Milo Apps for The Visually Impaired ViA Dragon Dictation Light Detector Color ID TapTapSee Be My Eyes- Helping Blind See Talking Calculator AccessNote Visual Brailler Apps for Learners with Writing Difficulties The Writing

August 27, 2017 Math learning and teaching can be so much fun especially when done through the right strategies. One of these strategies is through engaging video content.  To this end, we have compiled 20 of the best and most popular YouTube channels for math teachers. These channels provide a wide variety of  videos, tutorials and animated courses covering different mathematical concepts from algebra to geometry. If you have other suggestions to add to the list, please share with us in our Facebook page. 1-  Math TV ‘MathTV.com has over 10,000 instructional videos to help students learn everything from basic math through calculus. Each problem is worked by multiple instructors.’ 2-  Khan Academy This list would be incomplete without Khan Academy in it. The channel embeds math courses and video tutorials covering a large spectrum of math concepts. 3-  Numberphile This is another popular math channel on YouTube. It features math videos with a primary focus on numbers 4-  Techmath Tech

August 27, 2017 A few weeks ago we started a series of blog posts covering some of the main Google services for us in education. For each of these services we create a chart  featuring  the main features of the service under study. All of the features are hyperlinked leading to external pages hosted in Google Help centre where you will get to learn more about the targeted feature. Our purposes is to provide teachers, educators and students with  handy resources to help them make the best of these services in their teaching, learning as well as in their professional development. After we have covered  Google Drive Chart ,  Chromebook chart ,  and  YouTube chart , today's post is featuring Google Maps chart. Google Maps Guidelines for Teachers Popular articles How to use Google Maps Get started with the Google Maps app Find or update your Google Maps app version Sign in to or switch accounts See system and browser requirements Use Maps in Lite mode Download areas and navigate offline

August 26, 2017 Spiral is a great website where you can create a class for your students and get them engaged in a wide variety of collaborative learning activities. It offers a number of key tools to help you conduct quick formative assessments, design interactive presentations, annotate public videos, create video quizzes and video lesson plans, and many more.  Spiral  does not require any software download and is completely free of charge for teachers. Spiral offers the following tools to help you turn your class into an interactive learning space: 1-  Quickfire ‘Quickfire is an ideal tool to use during a lesson to introduce, assess, review and reinforce student knowledge and understanding in class. It provides the teacher with the responses of the entire class in real time. Student answers are displayed anonymously on a whiteboard to develop confidence and encourage risk-taking.’ 2-  Discuss ‘Discuss is a powerful tool that encourages students to share their ideas in class. The con

August 25, 2017 Today's chart is based on Apple's Literacy apps' collection in iTunes App Store. These are some very iPad apps to use with  your students and kids to help them develop basic literacy skills.  Most of these apps have already been reviewed here in   EdTech and mLearning  in separate posts in the past. The apps are arranged into three main categories, each of which cover a particular set of literacy skills: print concepts and letters; phonics, words and spelling; reading and telling stories. We are also working on an infographic to go along with this chart which will be ready by next weekend. Enjoy      Some Very Good Literacy Apps For Teachers and Parents Print Concepts and Letters LetterSchool AlphaTots Alphabet TopIQ Academy The Word Monsters Intro to Letters iWriteWords Elmo Loves ABC Fish School HD Interactive Alphabet ABC’s Starfall ABCs Wee Alphas Abc Pocket Phonics LetterForms Write On Handwriting Alphabet Animals Phonics, Words and Spelling Reading Ra