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 YOU ONLY HAVE 1-WEEK  LEFT To REGISTER! There still is time to register for the 2012 PATINS State Conference, which is 2 days full of exciting interactions with professionals in teaching and technology. This is a great opportunity to absorb and share not only hi-tech applications you never knew were possible, but also practical low-tech [...]

Did you know?  PATINS has a prize drawing for all those that participate in our Training Follow Up Surveys.  Sue Buse from Merrillville Community School Corporation was chosen as the lucky winner for this past quarter and received a Point 2 View USB Camera! Congratualations!    AppWriter/Dyslexie Font:  A really cool, but not free ($20) [...]

PATINS Accessible Pledge Accessible Instruction: EVERY Educator’s Responsibility What did your students do today? Read a textbook or a chapter? Take a pop quiz?  Imagine you are given a reading assignment or told to take out a blank sheet of paper for a quiz… but are unable to read the page of a textbook or [...]

PATINS TTA (Targeted Technical Assistance) Grant Selections Announced!  The PATINS Project thanks all districts who applied for your interest in the 2011-2012 Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Targeted Technical Assistance Grant.  Congratulations to the districts who have been chosen to participate in this year’s grant process. A few applications were not considered because they were only [...]

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 [...]

Does YOUR Indiana school district need help with any of these? Supporting the provision of appropriate, high-quality instructional materials in specialized formats. Providing specialized formats  of materials in a timely manner. Developing & Implementing written guidelines defining responsibilities and actions for specialized formats. Supporting Professional Development and Training for staff around students with print disabilities [...]

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 [...]

Hard to believe we’re 1 semester down already in the 2010-2011 school year!  I hope you are all enjoying some relaxing time with family and friends, so I’ll keep it short this week. Great WRITING Resource! (thanks Jim):  Found by NW PATINS Site Coordinator, Jim, this writing web resource is quite powerful!  http://livebinders.com/play/play/2170 TapSpeak CHOICE: [...]

NEW FREE Equipment! …to borrow! The  PATINS Lending Libraries have some brand new equipment you might want to know about: Dynavox Xpress AAC Device Next Generation Perkins Braille Icon Mobile Manager Go Talk Express 32 AAC Device In addition to the above, there are MANY other new devices available to borrow from the PATINS Lending [...]