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Stories:
Special Needs and Accommodations

Hear true stories of the struggles and successes of teachers working with students with special needs, students who are underserved, or youth at risk.

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Read accounts from teachers who are working with students who have special needs.

Stories: Special Needs and Accommodations

Adventures in cybercamp: a summer technology camp in a special needs district brings life to the curriculum.
At-risk high-schoolers learn health science in an integrated curriculum: one teacher explains the benefits of careful technology choices.
Bringing cultures closer together with technology: a gifted student inspires a teacher's involvement in a cross-state classroom.
Celebrity interview project: a reading teacher finds success with every student using a popular, tech-integrated project.
Technology: a key to help unlock at-risk children: technology helps an at-risk student begin to interact with his peers.
Technology breaks barriers for a special needs child: finding solutions for a child with multiple disabilities
Sally, a special needs student, succeeds with the Web: a technology teacher discovers the strengths and weaknesses of the Internet.