The New TechMatrix

Updated and Expanded! 

The TechMatrix (www.techmatrix.org) is a powerful tool to help educators and families find learning and assistive technology products for students with special needs. With many additional products and research citations, our updated version  – the TechMatrix 2.0 – is greatly expanded and easier to use. The TechMatrix has been featured in eSchool News as “Site of the Week” and in Education Week’s Digital Directions as a Top Pick “Go-To Site for Educators.”

Funded by the NEC Foundation of America and the U.S. Department of Education, the expanded TechMatrix gives users the opportunity to customize an individualized search of over 200 products and generate a detailed report within seconds.

 Now you can: 

• Find hundreds of products and tools with research to assist students with special needs in the areas of access to the computer, reading, writing, and mathematics. Users can conduct searches by subject area, instructional goals, technology feature, and/or product name. The dynamic database also allows consumers to compare features and functionalities of current software and tools.
• Learn what questions to ask and how to make informed decisions in the Consumer Guides for School Administrators and Ed Tech Vendors (110kb – PDF); this product reflects collaborative research conducted with AbleNet, Inc.
• Customize and share your search results with the Send to a Friend feature.   
• Review Supporting Struggling Writers Using Technology: Evidence-Based Instruction And Decision-Making (350kb – PDF), a report from Illinois State University’s Special Education Assistive Technology Center (SEAT).
• Listen to a podcast about the TechMatrix features, conducted as part of the ConnSENSE Bulletin’s What’s New at ATIA Conference.

 Spread the word about the new TechMatrix! Share our flyer (120kb – PDF) and forward to colleagues and friends.