2. • Mild forms tend to be most prevalent
type of disability
• Includes learning disabilities, serious
emotional disabilities and mental
retardation
• Needs assistance with reading, writing,
memory and retention of information
• Key is to balance remediation of skills
and development of higher level
thinking skills

3. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
This is a powerful website that offers
interactive tools for students to
learn a variety of math topics of
varying difficulties. Students can
access the manipulatives to learn
math concepts visually and
kinesthetically. This website is good
for any student to master their math
skills but it particularly assists
students with learning disabilities.

4. Glencoe Virtual Math Manipulatives
Students with cognitive disabilities may struggle to
conceptualize difficult math concepts. This
technology provides a blank canvas and a variety of
tools for students to manipulate and learn from. Math
teachers have been using Algetiles and Geoboards
for decades to teach students math concepts with a
hands-on approach. This website provides these tools
in a technological setting for free.

5. • Affects a person’s mobility or agility
• May experience gross or fine motor skill
difficulties
• Provide students with alternative
methods of accessing keyboard,
mouse and/or monitor
• Goal is to identify appropriate tools for
access and control that allow the
student to participate at the maximum
level

6. Math Talk
Math Talk is the leading software
in speech recognition
mathematics. This technology
allows students who struggle with
fine motor skills the ability to speak
their solutions and have them
typed out. This offers students with
a physical disability the
opportunity to do math without a
keyboard, mouse or pencil. This
program works for developing
graphs also. The math notebook
products that are compatible
with Dragon Naturally Speaking
are available from Metroplex
Voice Computing.

7. EmPower Program
The FX software is designed to make it easier
to type, draw and graph math problems.
Many students with physical disabilities find
mathematics and science extremely difficult
to write. The equations and graphics are too
difficult to construct with standard tools. These
products are designed to make mathematics
and science teacher's jobs easier but many
students with special needs have found that
they also provide the assistance they need.
Efofex has four software program for math: FX
equation, FX draw, FX graph and FX stat. All of
these programs make it easier to write math
problems strictly using the keyboard. The
EmPower Program provides all of these
programs to students with special needs free
of cost.

8. • Impairments associated with the loss
of hearing or vision
• These disabilities are identified as
hearing impaired, deaf, partially
sighted or blind.
• Assistive Technologies such as speech
to text, narration, magnification or
screen readers are widely used for
persons with these disabilities.

9. Talking Calculator
The Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator is a
modified TI-84 Plus with a small attachment that adds
accessibility and additional controls. American Printing
House for the Blind partnered with Orbit Research and
Texas Instruments to make this powerful calculator
accessible. A graphing calculator is a must for any high
school math student and now this tool is fully functional
for blind and visually-impaired.

10. Math Daisy
This software works with Microsoft Word and Mathtype
programs to provide a text to speech version of
documents for students with visual impairments. Since
many teachers use these tools to write
worksheets, quizzes and tests for math class, this
program would be a valuable technology for students
with sensory disabilities.

11. Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a wonderful resource for any math
student to use to better understand the lessons in math
class. This website provides instructional videos on
practically every math topic from addition to Calculus. In
2011, Khan Academy made all of their videos universally
accessible by providing closed captioning options for the
hearing impaired and for viewers who speak different
languages.

12. • Face similar academic challenges as
disabled students and similar
technology tools and strategies can be
implemented to promote success.
• Learning difficulties include struggling
with math computations and concepts,
lack of motivation, and difficulty
remembering a sequence of tasks.
• Goal is to use technology to provide
powerful and motivating opportunities
to engage in learning activities.

13. BrainPOP
BrainPop is an educational website with over 1,000
short animated movies for students in grades K-12.
This resource provides students and educators with
quizzes, supplemental information and related
materials, covering a variety of subjects of
science, mathematics, engineering and
technology. Presenting math in a fun, engaging
manner like this can be beneficial to all students but
can be especially motivational to an at-risk student.

14. Math Motivation
This website provides lesson plans, videos and
activities to motivate high school math students
that do not see the relevance of the subject in their
lives. There are numerous resources for showing
students real world examples and helping them
answer the nagging question of, “When am I ever
go to use this stuff?” At Risk students that will benefit
from seeing the value of learning the subject at
hand.

15. • Need services and activities not
ordinarily provided by the school in
order to be challenged and achieve
high standards
• Goal is to provide students with the
tools to engage in higher level
research and learning experiences
that properly align with their learning
abilities

16. Problems of the Week
The Math Forum at Drexel University provides a wonderful
website filled with resources and tools for math educators
and students alike. There is a section of the site devoted to
the problem of the week. There is a challenging problem
listed every week for students of primary grades, math
fundamentals, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry and
trigonometry/calculus to attempt and submit online. At the
end of the week, the solution to this problem is posted and
a new problem is provided. This website provides resources
for teachers to implement these Problems of the Week into
their lessons and there is also a library of previous POWs.
This resource allows gifted students to challenge
themselves and develop higher order thinking skills.

17. Try Engineering
Tryengineering.org is a resource for
students to learn about engineering
and engineering careers. The goal is
that this site will help young people
better understand what engineering
means, and how an engineering
career can be made part of their
future. Students can use this site to
research the lifestyles, education and
accomplishments of engineers as well
as participate in hands-on learning
experiences in the field. This is a great
resource for gifted and talented math
students that may be considering a
career in engineering.

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