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  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 [...]

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 [...]

Tech Expo Advice! We’ve got some exciting and interesting new tools and concepts we’ll be implementing at this year’s Tech Expo.  Those of you registered for the 2012 PATINS Tech Expo on April 19th in Indianapolis will want to: Bring ANY laptop, netbook, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Tablet, etc., device that can get on [...]

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 [...]

Controlling Your SMARTBoard w/Your iPad:  This is a question I’ve received several times actually.  It’s a little bit confusing so I like to first make sure that folks understand what the smartboard actually is.  There’s no computer in the smartboard, rather the smartboard is connected to a computer and it controls the computer it is [...]

REGISTRATION OPEN!  Registration is now open for the PATINS Tech Expo 2012 on April 19! Download Informational Flyer Here REGISTER HERE!     A GoTalk on your iPad: New App I came across recently from Attainment that sort of turns your iPad into a GoTalk.  Interesting to me because the GoTalk is one of my [...]

Almost Happy New Year!  Do you have anything in particular on your list of things you want to accomplish in 2012 regarding the education of students in your district?  One great start, might be taking the PATINS PROJECT ACCESSIBLE PLEDGE if you haven’t already and if you have, then find someone else in your building [...]

2012 PATINS Tech Expo Date:   …officially announced!  April 19, 2012!   NEW LOCATION wFREE PARKING!  Add this to your calendars now!   Download the pdf flyer here: PATINS TECH EXPO 2012 Save The Date Here’s a BUNCH of short videos of last year’s Tech Expo if you want to see what it’s like: http://nepatins.edublogs.org/2011/04/15/4152011-patins-tech-expo-2011-videos-drm-podcast-interviews-creative-commons-and-copyright-great-highlighter-tool-free-software-upcoming-events Assistive Tech for [...]

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 [...]