Internet Gold for Speech-Language Professionals
ASHA - Boston, MA, November 16, 2007
Judith Maginnis Kuster
General Collections
Reproducibles
Interactive Web Sites
Stories and books
Examples of short articles/stories and books which could be used for a variety of therapy activities
Electronic books - read-along or listen to
Generators and Templates
Generators
PowerPoint Templates
Specific Therapy Ideas and Materials
Hearing disorders
Voice/VPI materials
Fluency/Stuttering/Cluttering
Aphasia/TBI
Motor Speech Disorders and Augmented/Alternative Communication
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Speech sound disorders
Phonemic Awareness
Language
Second Language Learners
Many More Materials That Can Be Adapted for Therapy
Finding additional sites and reliable information using standard search engines
"Google-ing" -- Good, but not perfect (www.google.com)
First, some warnings/problems I've had or have with Google
Some ways to make Google work better for you
- consider boolean searches (and/+, -/not, OR, quotation marks)
- combine strategies
- choose key words carefully
- learn some of the advanced strategies available (*, ~, site: org stuttering, +pdf, +ppt, language tools)
- cache
Some additional Google Gifts
Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org
Gigablast- http://www.gigablast.com
Copyright - Judith Maginnis Kuster - November 13, 2007