Helping students to develop mouse skills can be a challenge. There are free activities online for helping children to build mouse skills. There are games and various drawing programs (see previous posting "Sites to Support Students with Special Needs" for a listing of drawing programs) that provide simple mouse practice for the beginning mouser. Below you will find some activities designed
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Building Mouse Skills
Helping students to develop mouse skills can be a challenge. There are free activities online for helping children to build mouse skills. There are games and various drawing programs (see previous posting "Sites to Support Students with Special Needs" for a listing of drawing programs) that provide simple mouse practice for the beginning mouser. Below you will find some activities designed
Friday, January 8, 2010
100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration
100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration
I love this list by Ozge Karaoglu. Talk about getting people talking! How much fun would kids have using some of these tools in their classrooms. My favorites are listed below.
CoSketch is another whiteboard that you can collaborate to visualize your ideas and share them as images. The good thing is that, you don't have to register or install anything
Monday, December 28, 2009
Methods and Materials to Support Handwriting
A CONTINUUM OF CONSIDERATIONS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
For the Mechanics of Writing
Handwriting is a complex skill involving visual perceptual,
neuromuscular, and motor components. The labor-intensive motor aspect of
writing includes: holding the writing utensil; stabilizing the paper;
visually guiding the hand; moving the writing utensil along the paper;
visual recall of the letter;
