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Introducing the Vantage Lite from Prentke Romich
by Samuel Sennott
It is exciting to report the arrival of the Vantage Lite, the newest AAC device from Prentke Romich Company. In my early childhood classroom program we have been greatly appreciating the Springboard Lite. The most important advantages of the Lite series in general is that they are physically lighter, have brighter backlit displays, [...]
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
An [...]
Introducing Patrick Black’s Teaching All Students Blog
By Samuel Sennott
Sam: Welcome. Great to hear about your excitement for your new blog. It looks terrific. What’s it all about?
Patrick Black: Teaching all Students in a blog about my experiences in teaching students with significant cognitive disabilities. As a self described “Geek”, I’ve always been interested in the ways technology can be [...]
Accessible Books Launcher
by Samuel Sennott
Do you have enough books? Would you like some more? How about links out to over a thousand books? Here is a books launcher that was presented as part of the ISAAC 2008 pre-conference presentation I collaborated on with Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite titled, Writing Books for Beginning Readers . . . and Using [...]
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 [...]
AAC-RERC Webcasts
by Samuel Sennott
Check out the excellent offerings of AAC-RERC Webcasts, which can be found here and navigating to webcasts: http://www.aac-rerc.com Some of the pictures have been deleted, due a server move by the AAC-RERC. I am going to consider how to feature the webcasts better, and in an automated format in the future.
Maximizing the Literacy [...]
WebAnywhere Folowup
by Samuel Sennott
Last week, I reported on WebAnywhere, the screen reader on the go. Check out this article found in the CEC smartbrief:
Emerging tech makes learning more accessible
Electronic web narrators and tongue-driven controls continue trend toward ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to assistive learning tools
By Meris Stansbury, Assistant Editor, eSchool News
Ghovanloo and Huo with the Tongue Drive [...]
Ebook List Posted on ACOLUG
by Samuel Sennott
Russel Cross recently posted a great list of accessible books on the ACOLUG (Augmentative Communication Online Users Group) Listserv. Check it out:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ – project gutenburg – html, text (FREE)
http://www.ebooks.com/ – ebooks – Microsoft reader, Mobipocket, Adobe
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/ – University of Adelaide – html, txt (FREE)
http://www.ereader.com/ – ereader – ereader format (use with Palm, Mob, [...]
WebAnywhere: A Screen Reader on the Go
by Samuel Sennott
Things are surely getting interesting with the release of WebAnywhere, the screen reader on the go. This just may be a sign of things shifting to the power of open source/ freeware and the University connection aspect of the AT work. I look forward to speaking with some friends who are blind about [...]
