PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

CONGRATULATIONS LISA SMITH from Brownsburg Community School Corporation!  A few weeks back (February 3rd posting)  marked the 200th post to this blog since Fall of 2007 and a chance to enter a drawing for some PATINS Goodies AND a full-day  AT/AIM Training on the topic of choice and at the winner’s school!   I’m happy to [...]

2 iPad Tips:  Two iPad-things happened to me this week that were more than slightly frustrating and the solutions quite simple.  So, I thought I’d share in hopes of helping others avoid future headaches! My iPad stopped making all noises: I had checked all of my settings, performed hard and soft reboots, and yes, I [...]

Apologies that this post didn’t go out Friday morning like usual.  I have several important announcements though and needed to wait a couple more days.  You won’t want to miss some of this stuff!  When Will We Start Teaching Online Responsibility… and stop blocking access???  Anyone who’s ever had a conversation with me about education has [...]

SAVE THE DATE NOW!  It is my pleasure to announce on this Friday before the Holidays that the The PATINS State Conference will once again take place in Indianapolis on November 8-9, 2012!  Mark your calendars now and watch for more information to come!   The theme is, “Accessible Instruction: Every Educator’s Responsibility.”  Free ePub [...]

NIMAS and ROL Qualifications: I got these questions a few times this week about which students qualify for NIMAS File Sets of their Textbooks and which students qualify to use Read:OutLoud, so I thought I’d share some quick information on the subject for everyone.    I’ll be happy to help with this if I can.  First, [...]

My Experiences with Built-In iPhone  Accessibility Tools: Check out all the Built-In Accessibility features that come on the iPhone/iPad without needing any other equipment or software.  I’ve been playing with the settings on my phone and have a few thoughts.  www.apple.com/iphone/features/accessibility.html Many of you know that I spend A LOT of time in my car.  About [...]

Friday morning, the normal Blog posting is scheduled to happen, but I wanted to get this special news out ASAP! ICAM is offering a free software update for Read:OutLoud.  Remember, ROL is a great text to speech program that opens NIMAS files beautifully along with pdf, txt, rich text, html, xml, DAISY and offers many [...]