C. McKell's List: Collaborative Tools

http://www.mindmeister.com/12213323/best-online-collaboration-tools-2011-robin-good-s-collaborative-map

Special educators spend a great deal of time collaborating but do you use the most appropriate tools to support your collaborative work? Take a look at this web stie that features of map of the best collaboration tools on the web.

http://www.powerof2.org/

One stop shopping for resources in teaming. Would you like to know how other teachers collaborate and team with their colleagues? At this site you will find descriptions of teachers sharing effective strategies. Power of 2 also has online training related to collaborative skills and best practices and useful resources and related links to assist you in your collaborative efforts.

http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/index.php

Special Connections is a website with extensive resources to connect teachers to strategies to help students with special needs gain meaningful access to the general education curriculum. It is divided into four major areas: Instruction Collaboration Behavior Plans Assessment. Under each area, you will find training modules and information about a variety of topics. Each area and topic also has an extensive list of tools you can access. For example, under the Collaboration area, you will find modules on Working with Paras and Co-Teaching with a variety of tools you can use in those endeavors. There are sections on Universal Design under the Instruction section which include tools for creating guided notes, taping a textbook and creating tiered assignments. Under the assessment section, you will find modules on CBA and Data-Based Decision Making. Tools include different types of observational recording techniques and how to graph and interpret data for instructional decision making. The Behaivor section has information on Functional Behavioral Assessment and tools you can use to conduct FBAs. Check it out.