Archive for March 2009
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Sixth Sense and AAC, Literacy, Universal Design for Learning
Adam Bowker and I are having this great ongoing dialogue about the application of a host of new tools that will be become available in the future. Recently Dr. Light sent us information about Sixth Sense, a MIT Media Lab’s new Fluid Interfaces Group project led by Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry . The basic [...]
John Wooden TED Talk
I work to transition, or observe the transition(either way you want to look at it), from the comfortable and familiar yet always challenging classroom teaching and technology specialist practice, into doing a hybrid of that same teaching practice combined with research. Not that I didn’t research before, it is just the level, [...]
1Voice Video Revisited
I thought about Montreal and ISAAC this evening and remembered how truly awesome it was. Meeting new people was one of the most important parts of the experience. A couple people in particular I really hope to see again either in Barcelona or somewhere around. They were part of this group in the UK, called [...]
Everyone Means Everyone
Everyone Means Everyone Talk @ PSU
Everyone can communicate, so let’s empower everyone to communicate.
Here is the template for the activity for today
4-by-4-and-picture-template
Here are the resource links:
http://www.alltogetherwecan.com/2008/02/27/ms-word-and-slater-softwares-free-online-symbol-resource-video-podcast/
http://www.slatersoftware.com/PixLibrary.html
www.flickr.com/creativecommons
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20 Tips to Promote Positive Self-esteem by Rick Lavoie
Richard Lavoie has posted a terrific resource: 20 Tips to Promote Positive Self-esteem.
There are a few teachers in this world that resonate with me in a way that is hard to describe. Linda Burkhart, Karen Erickson, David Koppenhaver, Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite, Madalaine Pugliese, David McNaughton, [...]
Siftables: AAC, Literacy, and Learning
There are times when you realize that the dreams you have been experiencing are not just dreams. Siftables, among other things made me feel that way today. It has been terrific to join Dr. Light and crew on the beginning communicators project here at Penn State. We have been in a brainstorm [...]
Let’s Go
In AAC, we are ever more realizing that pictures and videos can be worth an exponential amount of words. It is very hard to describe what I am experiencing in my life right now, so I’ll let this video that Greg sent to me help explain. The music is by the Belgium artist Sylver. [...]
Art Contest: Accelerate
Check out this contest my friend Adam told me about.
VSA arts and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., are seeking artwork from artists with disabilities, ages 16-25. This year’s event, entitled Accelerate, is the largest award program in the country for emerging artists and will give a total of $60,000 to 15 finalists at a reception [...]
A Mix of Sharing, New Stuff, and the Kindle Controversy
There will be much to share in the upcoming weeks and months. The Ph.D. program is going really well and while I feel like Gumby being pulled in all directions, I very much realize it is because I am growing. I just finished a terrific course on assessment and just started a behavior analysis seminar. [...]
