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, [...]
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. [...]
Back in Action
by Samuel Sennott
There is a time for all things under the sun. It has been my time to transition. My beautiful fall and early winter sabbatical was filled with wrestling the new puppy in Vermont, reading linguistics at the Dartmouth College library, and developing an iPhone AAC application: Proloquo2Go. Last week I [...]
A Contemplative Morning
by Samuel Sennott
Saturday…November 15, 2008….North Pomfret, Vermont….thinking….working…communicating
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Ablenet How-To Videos: Step by Step with Levels
by Samuel Sennott
I have had creating a video guide to using a step switch on one of my someday/maybe task lists for a few weeks now. I meant to do this in response to how much trouble people have with using this device, especially when they are learning about both the old and new styles. [...]
2nd Generation OLPC Laptop has Dual Touchscreens
by Samuel Sennott
Things are changing. The second generation OLPC laptop will have dual touchscreens and will be designed to function like a book. What does this mean for early childhood education, special education, and augmentative and alternative communication? Over the course of this summer, we will be exploring this with the goal [...]
UDL Editions from CAST and Google
Sent for submission by CAST
CAST Joins Google and Partners to Celebrate World Book Day
Releases innovative literacy tools to support reading and learning from books, websites
In partnership with Google, CAST today celebrated World Book Day, April 23, 2008, by introducing two new online literacy tools that provide robust, embedded learning supports for readers at [...]
The Power of Community
by Samuel Sennott
I feel so thankful to be working with and to have worked with some of the most amazing and terrific people. It is such a gift to be working with the excellent graduate students in my classroom. Every day they come to these children and the work with so much. [...]
AAC Authors with Caroline Musselwhite
by Samuel Sennott
Thursday Morning ATIA 2008 9:45
AAC users as authors is a terrific concept that is incredibly exciting in this age of near instant publishing and really simple syndication. This workshop looks to be a terrific sampling of potent ideas to help us be better teachers of the writing process for our learners who use [...]
AAC Intervention Tip of the Month
by Samuel Sennott
Have you ever checked out the excellent resources at the AAC Intervention website by Dr. Caroline Musselwhite and Julie Maro? The tip of the month feature is terrific. I have found fabulous and very useful resources there, including literacy support materials, simple accessibility ideas, AAC resources, AT resources, and more.
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