Learning-Behavior

Cost: About a dollar for one can Source: [] Playdough is a compound that is usually used in play by children as they mold with it. Playdough can be used to help students with ADHD. Giving students with ADHD some playdough to squeeze while the teacher gives directions or engages in classroom discussion can help students concentrate better. This tool can be used during any class, but should mostly be used during the instructional time that requires students to listen.
 * Playdough (low tech) **


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 * Too Noisy App **



This app visually shows students when their noise level has reached an unacceptable level. All students who have a tendency to get too loud, specific students who scream out consistently, or students who are unable to monitor their own behavior or sound levels. All areas of school where students may be making noise. Class discussions, partner work, free time
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 * Cost—**Free, or able to be upgraded to “pro” version for $1.99
 * Source—**Available on the App Store (can work on the iPhone or the iPad)
 * Student Characteristics**
 * Environment**
 * Tasks It May Assist With**


 * Joanna Rizzo**

Cramberry My web 2.0 tool is Cramberry. This website allows you to create, study, and share flash cards. You can make your own flash cards or choose from the catalog. You can sign up online for Cramberry for free on your computer, Ipad, or Iphone. [] Characteristics of students who may benefit from this tool may include trouble studying, breaking information down, issues with memory, picking out important information, or poor organization skills. This tool would be used in a general education classroom and could be used for any subject. This tool will assist students in helping them focus on what cards and concepts they need to study and reduce anxiety. (Sarah Callanan)

A schedule is a written plan or set of procedures. The schedule would broken-down into time segments that shares with the student what they will be doing that day. Different schedules can be written or can use pictures or stickers to show the children what they will be doing for the day.
 * Schedule: **

The characteristics of students who would benefit from this tool would be someone who is unorganized, has trouble paying attention, someone who has trouble with time, someone who cannot remember procedures to a routine, and someone who is off task and consistently breaks rules. This tool would help students be most organized, pay attention, focus on segments of time, and allows the student to stay on task and work at the same pace as the peers in the classroom. The student follow the listed procedures on the schedule so that he or she would know everything that he or she is supposed to be doing, when they should be doing it so that they can be on task. Schedules would help students independently transition from one activity to the next.

Schedules can be used in school or at home. Students can use it in school to follow along with the day. The schedule could be personalized to the student and remind him or her when she needs to be pulled out of the classroom or what is going on for the day. Schedules can be used for students in self-contained classrooms as well as the general classroom. Parents can use a schedule at home to remind children to clean their room or do laundry on a specific day.

[] Cost would be $5.00



(Kathleen Seale)

 [|Time Timer LLC] - $30.00 for 3”, $35.00 for 5”, $40.00 for 12”
 * Time Timer **

The Time Timer is a visual timer that helps students see and understand the passage of time by providing a visual countdown.

The Time Timer is helpful for students with ADHD by structuring their time in short blocks and allowing them to visually see their time passing. It is also helpful for students with Autism in helping them visualize time.
 * Student Characteristics **

The tool can be used in any curriculum area in which students need to be timed in an activity or where students need to be able to visualize a countdown of time.
 * Environment **

Timing students Visualizing time/countdowns
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Erin Entwistle

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Voki Website

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Voki website is free for all users and can be found at http://www.Voki.com.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Voki is a website that creates talking avatars that help motivate students and improves their comprehension by including technology in a fun way.

This tool can help students who have difficulty staying motivated or on task. This will help engage students in a unique way. It also benefits students who have difficulty reading by the text to speech software.
 * Student Characteristics**

Voki can be used in any educational setting in which students need help staying motivated or understanding a specific concept.
 * Environment**

Focuses on getting a message across to the students in a different way. Includes new and exciting visuals for the students.
 * Tasks**

(Dana Errico)

Cue Cards:

Cue cards are printable cards that can be taped to a student’s desk or posted around the classroom. They are silent reminders to students to remember to stay quiet, stay seated, or to always raise their hand before answering a question. They can be customized to fit any student’s individual needs. Since these are just pieces of paper that can be laminated, teachers are able to print these for free off of the internet.

Source: [] (Or you can search in Google, and lots of different cue cards will show up)

Students who benefit from these cue cards are students with learning disabilities, students with autism, students who have trouble focusing, students with ADHD, or students who tend to get off task easily. They can be used during any classroom instruction since they are taped to the student’s desk. Teachers can even have a symbol they do when they are reminding students to look at their cue cards. It helps monitor behavior in the classroom and eliminate distractions by the student.

Bridie Condon