PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

Early Intervention Switch-Ready Apps: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-switch/id467933372?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inclusive-smarty-pants/id490126715?mt=8  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/switch-kids/id467551739?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ispeak-button/id471583149?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/switch-kids-lite/id480241366?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/attainment-switch/id432089360?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/five-sharks-swimming/id490124748?mt=8   Braille App for your iOS or Android Phone: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/can-braille-be-faster-than-qwerty-app-developer-thinks-so/?hpt=hp_bn6   Create A Story Using Apps:    www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3753   5 Common iPad Questions Answered:  http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3672 Some Thoughts/Advice for Parents of 1:1 Programs:  http://www.thethinkingstick.com/advice-for-parents-of-11-programs-2/   QR Codes!  Create QR Codes using Google.  Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrhbsZ9BS8&feature=related Lots of [...]

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 [...]

Low Tech Mainstream AT:  I saw this photograph floating around on a social media network from a colleague this week and wanted to share it.  It not only represents a great idea for keeping your many cables where you want them, it also represents the fact that great assistive technology does not have to be [...]

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: [...]

Shift Happens (V.4): As you start taking a serious look at what, when, how and where you might be teaching certain skills this year, also ask yourself if you have specific plans to address the shifting landscape that our students will be living and working in.  Are we teaching them to read from a printed [...]