This document outlines how a special education classroom integrates various web 2.0 technologies to enhance student learning, such as using online lessons and assessments through ClassServer, having students complete research and book studies using educational websites, and creating podcasts for literacy and field trip activities. Technology is also used for behavior management, communication with parents, and future project ideas like portable science labs and audiobooks on flash drives. The document provides contact information for the special education teachers implementing these strategies.

1. Web 2.0 in the
Special Ed Classroom
Pamela Cranford
Scott S. Floyd
White Oak ISD
http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org
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2. Discarded Stand Alones - GRAB THEM!!!
Language Arts Activities
Spelling
TAKS Practice Passages
Treasure Mountain - Reading Comprehension
Reader Rabbit - Parts of Speech
and More
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3. Students can experience success working side by side
at their own level.
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4. Weekly Spelling Tests
Each student takes the weekly spelling test as a
ClassServer assignment. The format is designed to
match the 4th grade TAKS Writing assessment.
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5. Students have comprehension questions before them, and the CD
cues them when a question is coming up by saying, “Quick Quiz”.
Students mark their answer in pen and self-check when the
correct answer is given for immediate feedback.
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6. Do my students love Technology?
Just ask them!
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7. Technology Tuesdays
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8. • Technology Folders
Each student has a Technology Folder. This folder contains a
grid with the name of each program that is loaded on our
computers. Students choose, load, and record their program
by marking the grid with the date. The same program may
not be repeated more than twice before at least 2 additional
programs are used by the student.
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9. Roughneck Research
Book Study
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10. We did a book study on Snowflake Bentley.
Subjects integrated included math, social
studies, science, and reading.
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11. ClassServer Lesson
Students read a brief history of Wilson Bentley’s life.
www.snowflakebentley.com
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12. In this lesson, students follow hyperlinks to show what they have
learned about the Snowflake Man from Jericho, Vermont.
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13. Next, we went to the weather website to complete a comparison/
contrast document of the weather in Jericho to the weather in
White Oak.
www.weather.com
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14. www.popularfront.com/snowdays/
Students followed one hyperlink to a site that allowed them to cut
an online snowflake and add it to the blizzard. We viewed
snowflakes cut by students in Italy and other countries. We
searched White Oak, Texas, and viewed snowflakes cut by other
students in our town.
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15. Snowflake Exhibit
www.snowcrystals.com
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16. Students Visit our
Elementary Library
We sent out invitations to the Primary and Intermediate
Campuses asking them to come to the Elementary Library to
view a video loop of the first photographs ever taken of
individual snowflakes.
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17. Fastt Math
At last year’s TCEA Conference, I was lucky enough to win this
program at one of the sessions. It is being used in our Math Lab
to aid RtI Students with Math Fluency.
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18. Mystery Motivator
Technology is an excellent Behavior Management tool as well. I use
Dr. William Jenson’s Mystery Motivator idea from Tough Kids
Toolbox. Not only are students being rewarded, but they are
actually practicing decoding, attention to details, reading
comprehension, vocabulary development, and
multi-meaning words.
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19. PODCASTS
Inclusion - Color Poems by 5th Grade
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20. PODCASTS
Blending GT and Sp. Ed - A guest reader -
A Christmas Star
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21. PODCASTS
Author Study - A Salute to Seuss by 4th Grade
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22. PODCASTS
Pirate Story - Self-directed literacy
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23. Parent Communication
5th Grade Science Field Trip to the Nature Center
www.etwwf.org
Special Ed Roughneck Research
Spider Research Lesson Plans
www.etwwf.org
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24. Parent Communication
Email - Email - Email ! ! !
DimDim Conference Call - Sp. Ed Homebound Student
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25. Next GREAT Projects
Portable science labs for nature center
Flash drives so that students can take data back and
forth from home to school and visa versa.
Transfer all Class Server lessons to Moodle
Books on tape to be transferred to iPods
Wiki for class projects
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26. Web 2.0 in the
Special Ed Classroom
Pamela Cranford - cranfordp@woisd.net
Scott S. Floyd - floyds@woisd.net and
http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org
White Oak ISD
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