Teachers

This free and easy tool helps educators efficiently manage and assess progress while enhancing connections with learners from school, home, or on the go.

TypingClub is an educational platform for keyboarding. It is web-based, accessible, and fully customizable, so students can practice in class, at home, or wherever an internet connection can be found. Includes free and paid features.

Accessibyte offers fully accessible apps for students who are Blind/Visually Impaired. Site offers Typio (learn to type), Quick Cards (study cards with multiple uses), Arcade (collection of games), ProPack (talking calculator and dictionary), and Teacher Dashboard. Track student progress and activity, tweak student settings, manage caseload and remote learning. Includes free and paid features.

Makey Makey, created by two students at MIT Media Lab, offers easy-to-use invention kits that teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics concepts. The Makey Makey Classic, STEM Pack, and Makey Makey GO kits allow tinkerers, dreamers, and makers the mobility to invent anytime, anywhere. The website also provides music and games.

With Note Anywhere, users can make a note on a web page, save notes in real time, move notes with drag and drop, and automatically load notes. There is also an option to change note style, as well as a notes summary feature.

Inclusive Technology provides software and hardware for people with special needs and is dedicated to providing a full range of innovative products to enable customers to communicate, learn, and play. Eye gaze and communication technology are offered, as well as switch access. Inclusive Technology developed HelpKidzLearn and ChooseIt! Maker 3, as well as creating more than 50 apps for iPad and Android devices.

This blog post includes coding  activities for younger and older students who are Blind/Visually Impaired.

Teaching Students with Visual Impairments is a website that provides resources for teachers of students who are Blind/Visually Impaired. Resources include instructional tools, recorded presentations, workshops, books, braille jewelry, and more. Includes free and paid features.

The Blackbird application is a friendly transition to text coding that is project-oriented and introduces new programmers to the skills required to build fun animations and games on the HTML canvas using JavaScript. The curriculum is organized by units, stages, lessons, projects, and workshops. A teacher dashboard is available for record-keeping, and resources include step-by-step videos and documents to support lessons and data collection. Includes some paid features.

Learn coding at your own pace with free online courses. Beginning with Python, teachers and students can learn text coding. Raspberry Pi offers free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers. It also trains educators to guide others to learn. Includes some paid features.