PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

Well, to say things have been busy the last couple weeks would be a severe understatement!  I do apologize for missing the last couple of weeks with the blog though and have lots to share.  This one, actually should have posted Friday and didn’t, but here it is and I’ll do my best to get [...]

Apologies that this post didn’t go out Friday morning like usual.  I have several important announcements though and needed to wait a couple more days.  You won’t want to miss some of this stuff!  When Will We Start Teaching Online Responsibility… and stop blocking access???  Anyone who’s ever had a conversation with me about education has [...]

NEW PATINS Website! … and trainings being scheduled NOW! If you haven’t noticed yet, PATINS Project has a brand new website with a new, more functional, look! www.patinsproject.com . A couple of things I’d like to draw your attention to with the new website: Upper right hand area; there are up/down arrows allowing you to [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

NIMAS and ROL Qualifications: I got these questions a few times this week about which students qualify for NIMAS File Sets of their Textbooks and which students qualify to use Read:OutLoud, so I thought I’d share some quick information on the subject for everyone.    I’ll be happy to help with this if I can.  First, [...]

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 [...]

ICE 2010 Conference: Having had the opportunity to attend the ICE Conference this year, I have several free apps worth sharing.  Check some of these out, by: 1.  Go to the iTunes Store and click on Power Search on the left side under Quick Links: 2.  Then, select APPS from the drop-down on the left: [...]

PATINS Trainings & Needs Assessment: Thank You to all  who filled out the online Training Needs Assessment for us these past couple of weeks.  This data really helps the PATINS Team to more effectively plan and coordinate our training offerings for the school year and we appreciate your time! Many FREE trainings will be offered [...]