Tech for Nest

Tech for Nest Technology resources for educators in the ASD Nest program Browse through the links, or use the tags below:

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Great simple, free tool for students to create their own custom shareable maps with markers for points of interest 

Could be used for lessons in history, geography, about community, etc. 

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Math Is Visual

A website with great math videos and demos to help with conceptual understanding of mathematics

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The world's smartest, fastest dictionary. Look up a word and learn it forever.

vocabulary.com gives clear definitions in everyday language 

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MnemonicDictionary.com - Fun and easy way to build your vocabulary using Mnemonics, Pictures, Visual, Etymology, Usage, word games

A nice twist on an online dictionary: in addition to definitions, users submit mnemonics to help remember definitions to words (contrite = cont– (COUNT) rite (RIGHT): COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT)

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Notebook, unbound.

Zoho Notebook is a nice way to organize notes, images, checklists, and more. 

Easy to use visual interface, syncs across web and devices 

Could be a nice Evernote alternative for teachers to organize work in a unit, a group of students to organize a project

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ThoughtCo.com

From chemistry to computer programming, arts to World War II, ThoughtCo.com provides guides, tips, and resources to help you understand more about the world around us.

Formerly about.com, ThoughtCo.com offers well-researched, well-written articles on a range of topics 

A great first-step alternative to google for student research

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Wheel Decide

Can't decide? Wheel Decide for you! Set your own custom choices and then spin the wheel to make the random decision (lunch, movie, anything!)

Create a visual virtual spinning wheel to help make decisions 

Could be used for problem-solving with students, selecting activities as a class, and much more

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Use this free app to snap a photo of a worksheet, and allow students to type or sketch their answers on a phone or tablet

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Free, curated book pairings for common novels

Have students explore connections novels through selected passages from fiction and nonfiction works related to the novel’s theme

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Paste text into the editor to check writing for grammatical errors and stylistic mistakes

Nice tool for middle / high school students to self-check before submitting an essay

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Pixiclip's web-based whiteboard makes it easy to create and share sketches online

Easily create and record whiteboard lessons, with voiceover

Very simple, user-friendly interface

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Perfect for print. Dynamic for digital.

A nice site to help you design flyers, reports, brochures, etc. Very user-friendly.

Free account with a school email address 

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Create recorded whiteboard lessons on your iPad or computer to share with students so they can watch and rewatch 

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An easy free URL shortener from Google. Copy and paste a long link and get a shortened link, so that something like this: 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cravings/201609/fidgeting-has-benefits?utm_content=bufferadb41&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

becomes this: 

https://goo.gl/36V4cV

More information about using goo.gl at FreeTech4Teachers

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Sushi Monster

An engaging game for practice addition and multiplication facts

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Nice interactive math activities and explorations

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A web whiteboard (AWW) is a collaborative online whiteboard

Students and teachers can draw and write on the same “canvas” together in real time. Free and easy to use.

Speech therapists and teachers may want to explore using it do to Carol Gray’s Comic Strip Conversations

Also check out Stoodle – similar, but with some different features