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After looking around a bit, I thought I would share the Gale resource.  Here is the URL for my resource:
https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=ITKE&u=iowaec&sid=geolinks
I chose this resource because I would like my resource students to become more independent and once they know how to maneuver this site, it would be a wonderful resource for them.  When I am working with other students, they could look up the topic of their reading passages.  There are so many amazing options available for them. We will have to practice using them and how to maneuver the site.  This would also be beneficial to them as they get older and have to research different topics.  
        Upon opening this website, you are given the options of topics, news, pictures or videos.  Clicking on the topics option I was brought to another page in which there were now 13 areas to visit or a random question in which you could click on for more information and an answer.  This page had a search bar I could use, or I could click on the 6 fairly recent articles which dated April to May of 2023.  Below these articles, there were interesting random facts and more options for exploring.   From the news page, I again returned to the home page and checked out the pictures and video pages.  There were a lot of pictures and videos available.  
        So as a special education teacher, I was impressed and excited for my students, to see all the available options to differentiate their learning experiences.  They have the option to listen to the article, make the text either larger or smaller, change the font to Dyslexic friendly fonts (Open Sans & Open Dyslexic), change the color of the background to light gray, peach, or green, and change the spacing of letters, words, and or lines.  In addition to all those options, there is also the option to translate the article into about 50 languages ( I didn’t count them but I did have to keep scrolling down to get to the bottom!).  Individuals can also cite, share, download, print, get a link, or highlight the article.  The only thing I was disappointed with was that the above-mentioned options were not able to be printed.  But that is doable, just happy they are available online!