Teaching by Design: Using Your Computer to Create Materials for Students With Learning Differences Paperback – November 30, 2005

The book is a good resource for teachers who are interested in creating their own curriculum materials for students. If the teacher is already fairly computer savvy, the most useful parts of the book may be where to purchase materials like the flash card stock, or similar items that aren't easily available in the local office supply store.I was slightly disappointed when I received the book to see that, for me at least, there was not a lot of new information. I have been making my own materials for my classroom (including flash cards and card games) since I started teaching.In order to successfully follow many of the ideas here, you will need a source of clipart such as Microsoft Office's clip-art on-line, or  Boardmaker (Mac CD)  (there is a Windows version available as well, but Amazon does not seem to sell it). It would also be helpful to have access to a scanner, digital camera, and a good quality printer. Ideally, the teacher or parent using this book will know how to use products like  Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 , and  Microsoft Publisher 2007  or Word, or another desktop publishing program like  Adobe PageMaker 7.0 , for example.

Finally a book that shows you how to make those nifty games that are normally unaffordable for many teachers. In a heartfelt way, Kim Voss pours all of her knowledge about teaching special students, primarily from her experience with her daughter Ashley, and mixes it with an understandable dose of technology. The end product is amazing! I read the book, took a breath, and tackled each project without quitting once. Now I have materials that are professional and appropriate. Say good-bye to handwritten flash cards and stickies forever!

Unfortunately, anyone with a basic knowledge of how to use Word or Excel or PowerPoint or equivalent programs on a computer could easily create these materials. It's basically like a "Creating documents for dummy's" book. I was excited hoping it would give me more ideas than I already have/know how to do on Word or Excel or PowerPoint but it did not. I wouldn't spend the money on this unless you have NO idea how to use Word or Excel or PowerPoint.

This book was not what I was expecting. There was very little in here that couldn't have been discovered for free on pinterest, teachers pay teachers, or any other educational site with a yearly membership.

I found this book to be a really good book that has a lot of great ideas that I have used with my students.

Great ideas but the CD is all in pdf format so I could not edit any of the pages.

A must have book for creating materials that can be used in differentiated teaching. Very creative!

Product arrived as described. Would use seller again.