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CASE needs YOUR help! *** ALERT  ***    March 1st is fast approaching and unless Congress acts that means all education programs, and many other important federal programs will be cut by 5.1% on March 2nd.   With only THREE days until Sequestration cuts take affect, NOW is the time to reach out to your members [...]

Good Day!  Daniel here again, briefly…thought I’d steal a few minutes this week to poke my head back into one of my favorite online hang-outs to thank Sandi Mahl for doing such a great job of caring for the blog these last couple of weeks.  As many of the readers know, I’ve been doing this [...]

Accessible Instructional Materials TTA Grant Applications Due Feb. 7, 2013  Let PATINS Help Make Your District More Accessible to ALL of your Students   • This is a unique opportunity to have dedicated PATINS Coordinators working directly and intensively with your district to make sure it is as accessible and efficient as possible with regard [...]

  PATINS TECH EXPO 2013!  REGISTRATION is OPEN!   This year’s Tech Expo will take place on April 18, 2013 at the Fountains in Carmel, IN.  Once again, there is NO REGISTRATION FEE for Attendees!  AND, your lunch is on PATINS and your parking is FREE. Register to attend: www.surveymonkey.com/s/TechExpo2013 Registers for Vendor or Not For Profit Booth Space:  www.surveymonkey.com/s/TechExpo13Booths   Parent/Family [...]

Happy Holidays from all of the PATINS – ICAM Staff!

A NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW:  On the day before the PATINS State Conference last month, I sat down to speak casually with Dr. Joy Zabala, National AIM Center Director of Technical Assistance, about her background and start in the world of assistive technology, accessible materials, and “usable materials,” and how these concepts are all interrelated in a [...]

OK, so there’s no hiding the fact that I’ve been a nearly-hopeless blogger this Fall 2012.  But, I’m here today.   I’ll do my best to be here next Friday as well.  I hope that most readers/subscribers have stuck with me and in return, I’ll try hard to make up for lost posts in the [...]

JUST A FEW HOURS left to register for the PATINS State Conference 2012 on Nov. 8-9.  The Presentation Schedule: http://bit.ly/PresentationGrid  Full Conference Booklet: http://bit.ly/FullBooklet  Register Online:  http://bit.ly/PATINSStateConf2012 National CASE Conference Highlights: I had planned to share some points from the CASE Conference today, but the conference is still going on the  2nds half of today and tomorrow, I will [...]

 YOU ONLY HAVE 1-WEEK  LEFT To REGISTER! There still is time to register for the 2012 PATINS State Conference, which is 2 days full of exciting interactions with professionals in teaching and technology. This is a great opportunity to absorb and share not only hi-tech applications you never knew were possible, but also practical low-tech [...]

Well, to say things have been busy the last couple weeks would be a severe understatement!  I do apologize for missing the last couple of weeks with the blog though and have lots to share.  This one, actually should have posted Friday and didn’t, but here it is and I’ll do my best to get [...]