PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

  Submit A Proposal Soon!  PATINS State Conference 2012 Are You Doing Great Things?  You PROBABLY are and may not even realize it or might not consider it that great, but just think about it for a moment. Could another educator somewhere in IN benefit from hearing more about what you’re doing?  Are you implementing [...]

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 [...]

Google & Autism Spectrum (thanks Chris B): Did you know about Google for Education?   …and that Google has a project for students on the autism spectrum and the educators working with them?  Check this out: www.google.com/educators/spectrum.html Collaborating and Presenting in Second Life Viewer 2!  As you may know, Viewer 2 for Second Life introduced [...]

MATH Tools: I had a couple questions this week about higher level math/equation writing AT tools: Info on the Equation Editor in MS Word: http://spot.pcc.edu/~ssimonds/thisandthat/msword.htm Nice Math Wiki Resource: http://math247.pbworks.com/ Math Type (commercial software): http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/081202.htm?utm_source=ET&utm_medium=email&utm_term=press+release&utm_campaign=MTW65press Creating Math Equations in Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/product/math.html A pdf document explaining more about the Equation Editor in Word 2007: Equations [...]

Google Wave Top 100 For Students: http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2010/the-ultimate-google-wave-guide-for-students-100-tips-tools-and-tricks/ iTouch Education Apps Screenshot iTouch/iPhone Apps for Education: A GREAT Listing here.  I think I blogged this a couple weeks back, but for anyone who might have missed it, this is WORTH checking out. www.scribd.com/doc/24470331/iPhone-and-iPod-touch-Apps-for-Special-Education CoSketch! An online way to collaborate using sketching, text, uploading images, stamps, symbols [...]