PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

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 [...]

Apologies …to those who got the email this morning that a new blog posting was ready and then arrived here to find a 404 Error Message!  It’s been a long week!  I added a few bonus items at the end of this morning’s post for the inconvenience. Phones & Devices In School:  I was recently [...]

NEW PATINS Website! … and trainings being scheduled NOW! If you haven’t noticed yet, PATINS Project has a brand new website with a new, more functional, look! www.patinsproject.com . A couple of things I’d like to draw your attention to with the new website: Upper right hand area; there are up/down arrows allowing you to [...]

Welcome Back To School …for many of you! PATINS Targeted Technical Assistance Grants:  There seems to be some confusion out there about 2 related but unconnected Grants that were recently announced.  There was a grant that was due to IDOE on 8/10 this week.  There is a separate and different grant through the PATINS Project [...]

PATINS Infomercial! We recently worked with CIESC Media staff to develop a VERY SHORT introduction to the PATINS Project.  It seems that every single week I run into at least one person who has never heard of PATINS and who asks me what we are all about in the state of Indiana.  Well, now in [...]

PATINS Tech Expo 2011 took place this past Thursday at the Crown Plaza in Indianapolis!  Thank you to all who came and helped make it a success!  It was a great event with lots of information from many assistive technology vendors including many presentations and hands-on opportunities with both software and hardware! If you missed [...]

Virtual Worlds Best Practices In Education is Happening RIGHT NOW! This is the third year I’ve attended and my second year presenting at this amazing 3 day, online, free, international educational conference. If you can possibly get into Second Life to attend any of this conference today.  It started at 5pm EST last evening and [...]

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you all had a restful time with family and friends.  Most of us have made it through the first week back from break by now and hopefully excited about finishing the last half of this year strong!   Here are a bunch of FREE opportunities that you should know about [...]

Teaching in Second Life: (Thanks Colleen!) This is a program developed in New York City Schools District 75 using Second Life as a virtual world for training students – This course is for teachers of high school aged students in alternate assessment whose goals focus on expanding students’ communication, social and life skills.   Students selected [...]

PATINS Trainings & Needs Assessment: Thank You to all  who filled out the online Training Needs Assessment for us these past couple of weeks.  This data really helps the PATINS Team to more effectively plan and coordinate our training offerings for the school year and we appreciate your time! Many FREE trainings will be offered [...]