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**__Special Education Supports for Alternative Schools__**
The aim of this wiki is to share tools and strategies for effective and creative teaching that benefit different types of learners and their unique needs. Some of the pages are also focussed on so-called "Special Education" issues; while other pages have been set up to share ideas about education and schooling.

**Interesting Links:**


[|A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses]
Joshua Davis, Wired Magazine, 10.15.13

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===**[|How to Learn Math: Youcubed at Stanford University]** ===

Free online course for students that combines Math and Growth Mindset, and dispels many of the common myths people have about math, and the ability to do math.

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__**[|Dragon Box: Algebra 5+, Algebra 12+ and Elements] **__
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[|Phil Hansen: The Art of Imperfection]
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 More links for Ideas and "Learning Disabilities"
//Comic illustration by Angela Liao, 20px. //

**More links for Study Skills and ADHD & Anxiety**
**[|Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit],**VATSAL G. THAKKAR, New York Times


 *  More links for ADD, ADHD and Anxiety, and Ideas **


 * [|Revolution Hits the Universities] Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times. **


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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Blog Talk Radio]
With BlogTalkRadio, you can either host your own live talk radio show with any phone and a computer or listen to thousands of new shows created daily.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Mental Case App]
Excellent app that creates beautiful study notes and cards. Similar to traditional flashcards, but are much more powerful. They can include as many facets as you like, each of which can contain text, an image, audio, and even a short video. Once you have a set of notes prepared, you can study them in beautifully presented slideshows, which make studying less of a chore. <span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for Study Skills, Visual Learning and Teaching Tools **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|DimensionU]
DimensionU is a video game-based learning resource for K–12 students. In DimensionU, students can access 3D multiplayer educational video games that help them hone their math and literacy skills, connect with friends, and compete and collaborate while learning.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for Learning Styles/ Differentiated Instruction/ Teaching Tools ===

<span style="color: #af040a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**[|Visual Literacy]**
Amazing info graphic, but it is necessary to go to the online table to get all the links to each type of visualization method. Other interesting visual learning tools at the main site: [|www.visual-literacy.org]

===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for Visual Learners, On-line Resources for Teachers, and Study Skills ===

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **[|Prezi]**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for Ways of Learning/ Visual Learning/ Assistive Technology ===

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Voice Dream Reader App]
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">An app that supplies high quality text to speech within a reader app. ===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for Assistive Technology, Universal Design, and Writing Supports. ===

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===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More links for: Special Education, ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, and Learning Disabilities ===

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Games for Change]
Games for Change is often considered a branch of serious games focused on social issues and social change. Its members represent hundreds of non-profit directors, game developers, artists and academics—a network committed to social change through gaming.