Welcome to the Technology Turning Points Resource Center
This feature offers additional resources related to topics covered in past issues. The Resource Center provides a variety of tools designed to help you explore important issues that affect the computer technology classroom.
Presentations for How Technology Helps Students with Disabilites
Accessible Technology for All Students is a new initiative of Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). CoSN’s mission is to provide K–12 technology teachers with an organization to help improve the use of technology in teaching and learning. The goal of this initiative is to help all students succeed by the use of effective technologies.
- Accessible Technologies for ALL Students Discover how bridging the gap between general and special education communities can maximize the potential of educational technology.
- Building Bridges: Accessible Technology for ALL Students
Learn how recent technology allows students with disabilities to participate in school-based education.
- Region 2 Digital Library
The Region 2 Digital Library includes a wide range of classroom resources for early learners and cognitively young students. Teachers can download a variety of activities and digital books, including several PowerPoint based books created by teachers. - Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock has been pointing educators to great web resources for many years. This site is extremely comprehensive for enhancing curriculum activities in the classroom. - UDL Toolkits
Universal Design for Learning provides a framework for using technology to help all students learn. This Web site includes tutorials on what Universal Design for Learning is, as well as examples of UDL lesson plans and resources. - Application Tutorials
This is a collection of tutorials and resources for most of the common software programs used in classrooms. It includes several tutorials of programs that target support for students with disabilities, including ClozePro and Co:Writer. - Stellar Cartography
Stellar Cartography is a collection of software and online resources based on “The North Star Guide to Technology Planning” by Peter Reynolds. This site focuses on resources for accommodation, creativity, crafting, exploration, communication, innovation, and publishing. - Books in the Digital Age
An online handout that includes links to resources for creating books, publishing on demand, digital books available online, text to speech, and adapting text for students with disabilities.
Tutorials for Basic Computer Skills
Craig Ellison, Pepperell Middle School, Lindale, Georgia
- Microsoft Word
Insert WordArt
Insert Clip Art
Format Text
Double Space Your Sentences - Microsoft Excel
Basic Features and Usage - Microsoft PowerPoint
Make your Slides Blank
Insert a Text Box - Internet
How to use the address bar
Rebecca Thomas, Jefferson Davis High School,
Montgomery, Alabama
