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JUST A FEW HOURS left to register for the PATINS State Conference 2012 on Nov. 8-9.  The Presentation Schedule: http://bit.ly/PresentationGrid  Full Conference Booklet: http://bit.ly/FullBooklet  Register Online:  http://bit.ly/PATINSStateConf2012 National CASE Conference Highlights: I had planned to share some points from the CASE Conference today, but the conference is still going on the  2nds half of today and tomorrow, I will [...]

A Few Reminders & Updates:  Starting on March 20, 2012, Jeff Bond and I initiated the PATINS LIVE TV Series.  Yesterday (May 1) we did the 4th episode in this series.  These are LIVE broadcasts that take place at 11:45 EST and finish at 12 noon.  So far, we’ve demonstrated such things as text-to-mp3, iBooks [...]

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 [...]

Textbooks in Indiana: “…For starters, it redefines what a textbook is. As of July 1, the word “textbook” in the Indiana code will refer not just to books but also computer hardware, software and digital content.” Read the whole article here and share your thoughts here on the blog in the form of comments. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/guest-commentary/article_f99f3714-de9b-5fde-a3a5-ef078d1d464d.html [...]

Tech Expo Presentation Schedule: For those of you attending the Tech Expo next week here’s the “Schedule At A Glance:“  TechExpo2011PresentationAtAGlance Monday May 2, 2011 4-5pm EST Chris Bugaj & Beth Poss Present: UDL 2.0  The Read-Write Web: Free Tools for Students Register Here (limited): www.surveymonkey.com/s/MAY2 PATINS  Second Life Island Event Location: http://bit.ly/PATINSLSISLAND PGP Points [...]

IASP Conference Podcast: I was fortunate enough to attend and be asked to record some podcast interviews and recording of the panel session a the Annual Fall Indiana Association of School Psychologists (IASP) Conference.  Watch for this podcast soon!  I’ll announce it here and link to it.  It’ll also be available from the IASP Website: [...]

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 [...]

VODPOD: You’ve probably noticed that for the last two weeks, there are some new videos just to the right of the main content area of the blog.  This area is usually referred to as the “widget area” and one of my new “widgets” is the VodPod!  It’s a free tool that allows me to collect [...]