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Last week I attended the Spring Leadership Development Program Seminar at Purdue University, which was all about “Working Smarter With Technology, Not Harder.”  I grabbed a bunch of great ideas and tools, some of which I knew, but many were new to me and all are worth sharing! Poll Everywhere (texting polls in class with [...]

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 [...]

A Few New PATINS VENDOR DISCOUNTS (Thanks Sandy): www.patinsproject.com/buys.html School Content Filters Blocking Learning: A February 2010 article that I recently came across:  http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/how-school-content-filters-block-content-and-learning Mark Your Calendars! —May 2: Beth Poss and Chris Bugaj in Second Life on the PATINS Island! This will be on the PATINS SL Island in the Main Auditorium from 4pm-5pm.  [...]

Textbooks No More? Several of you have probably heard me talk recently in-person about the future of textbooks and some ways to prepare.  Here’s an interesting article about Washington State and their redesigning of the textbook for the digital age, as a follow up: http://education.newsweek.com/2011/01/25/who-needs-textbooks.html VoiceThread for All Students: You’ve probably heard me talk about [...]

Print Disabilities Webinar Posted! Many of you have been asking when and where the recording from the January 11th webinar, “Off The Page: Print Disabilities,” with Dr. Friedlander and Dr. Nellis would be posted.  Well, here you go!  On the ICAM Website, under the Resources Tab and then Archives!  Or, just click HERE: www.icam.k12.in.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=archive&Itemid=6 Now, [...]

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 [...]