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Here with the best group in the world in Richardson, Texas, we are talking about how to integrate information. Here are some ways to collect new information to integrate.
Teaching Learners with Multiple Needs http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/
Speech Language Pathology Sharing http://speechlanguagepathologysharing.blogspot.com/
Schuyler’s Monster Blog http://www.schuylersmonsterblog.com/
Teaching Every Student http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com
Teaching All Students: http://teachingall.blogspot.com
Free Resources from the Net for Special Education http://paulhami.edublogs.org
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Stevie’s Story on Channel 4 News in Nevada
We just received this very well done video shown on the channel 4 news: Reno student with autism uses technology to communicate.
Proloquo2Go is featured prominently.
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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 [...]
FluidTunes Sets Our Minds Ablaze
by Samuel Sennott
FluidTunes is a free Apple OS X software that uses gesture recognition to control your iTunes library. In other words, by harnessing the power of the iSight camera, the user swipes their hands at the buttons to play the music, stop the music, flip to the next song or flip to the previous [...]
Imagine Symbols
by Samuel Sennott
Do you know about the 4000 Imagine Symbol set that is free for personal use. You can go to www.imaginesymbols.com and download the entire brightly colored set of picture symbols. There are also low cost options to liscense the symbols. Don’t forget that you can load them into your iPhoto library for easy [...]
Wireless Switch from Prentke Romich
by Samuel Sennott
Prentke Romich Company announces a wireless switch that should be nice to see in action next week at Closing the Gap. How many times have you wished for this? The Jelly Beamer is cool, but common, they definitely got it right going with the pervasive Bluetooth technology. It will be interesting to get [...]
Family Center for Technology and Disability News and Notes: AT & High Incidence Disabilities
by Samuel Sennott
Check out the new Family Center for Technology and Disability article featuring the work of Karen Janowski.
Karen Janowski champions universal design and assistive technology. It is terrific to see her work being recognized. Check out her blog too. teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com
Here is an excerpt:
AT & High Incidence Disabilities: Independence is Her Goal
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SpeakUP SUMMER 2008 ISSUE, FEATURE: Accessible Electronic Books
by Samuel Sennott
It is very pleasing to present the summer issue of SpeakUP, USSAAC’s quarterly newsletter magazine.
USSAAC is the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, the national chapter of ISAAC, the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
SpeakUP
NEW SUMMER 2008 ISSUE FEATURE: [...]
Some Favorite Posts on Alltogether
by Samuel Sennott
Including Samuel
ASHA 2007 ALLTOGETHER LAUNCHER
PRC Pictures (3,385 of them) Wow!
Hannah Montana Book,
Skateboarders Ride Transitional Book,
Dogs by Samuel Sennott
You Can Golf
AAC-RERC Webcasts
Video Writing Setups
The Tango Tutorial: An Exercise in Not Reduplicating Training
Connecting Video to Reading and Writing
Tar Heel Reader: An Open Source Library of Talking Books
Padded Head Switches and Loc-Line Mounting Arms
AAC Considerations and the Stages Framework
AAC Consideration Materials and Checklists
Goossens, Crain, Elder Communication Overlay Color Reminder
Art Website Launcher
Math Websites [...]
We Love the Wii and Adapting it Too
by Samuel Sennott
We have been playing the Nintendo Wii with children with special needs and have been having an amazing time. Both for recreation and as a connection to the curriculum, it really is an amazing tool. Seeing the virtual game worlds up on the big projector is pretty cool. Our best integration is seen [...]
