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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 [...]

One of the free webinars from the PATINS collaboration with Ohio and Michigan is taking place this Thursday.  Remember you can see all of the Interstate Webinars HERE Universal Design for Learning: Reach and Teach All Students Webinar Series – Part 1 Thursday, October 13, 2011 – 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST This presentation will [...]

The Autism Fall Virtual Conference … was this week of course!  If you missed it or want to review any of the sessions, they have been recorded and made available here.  Additionally, my session on iPads was interrupted with internet connection troubles and I have offered to re-do that session next week on Tuesday (9/20/11) [...]

Welcome Back To School …for many of you! PATINS Targeted Technical Assistance Grants:  There seems to be some confusion out there about 2 related but unconnected Grants that were recently announced.  There was a grant that was due to IDOE on 8/10 this week.  There is a separate and different grant through the PATINS Project [...]

THIS COMING MONDAY! May 2   4-5pm EST NO COST! Chris Bugaj & Beth Poss Present: UDL 2.0  The Read-Write Web: Free Online Tools Register Here (limited, but spots still available): www.surveymonkey.com/s/MAY2 PATINS Second Life Island Event Location: http://bit.ly/PATINSLSISLAND PGP Points Available for Attending Right After School Timing for most Must have Second Life Software Installed [...]

Wikipedia? At a recent conference, I presented a session on portable and accessible text on iPods, but I also heard another presenter strongly discourage attendees from using Wikipedia in school.  I’ve come to accept that there are still lots of folks out there who are a little scared of the unknown, which includes Wikipedia for [...]

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 [...]

Getting Started in Second Life (pdf files): Getting Started in SL First Login Location Viewer2 PATINS Island IP Address Video Tutorials, Calendar of Events and more:  www.patinsproject.com/SLEventsCalendar.html PDF of the Flyer Below: JunePATINSSLFlyer Click Image Below to View Larger Getting Started in Second Life (pdf files): Getting Started in SL First Login Location Viewer2 PATINS [...]

12 Days Till Tech Expo!!! Still a little Time To Register April 20, 2010 in Indianapolis. No Cost To Attend To Register: www.patinsproject.com/training.html Informational Flyer: www.patinsproject.com/Tech%20Fair%202010/TechExpo2010.pdf Contact Us w/Questions: www.patinsproject.com/contact.html iPad Dragon Dictation: Did you get an iPad last week?  Check into the FREE Dragon Dictation for iPad here: www.dragonmobileapps.com/apple/dictation.html New JING Pro Features: By [...]

This Monday & Tuesday’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Training Photos: Listing of Academic Organizations in SL: http://edudirectory.secondlife.com/ -PATINS ISLAND Listing: http://edudirectory.secondlife.com/listing/show/listing_id/131 -PATINS ISLAND VIDEO TOUR: Coming Next Week! Screen Jelly: A new free screen capture software I’ve found! www.screenjelly.com Vozme: One more web-based free Text To Speech Converter to add to your bag of [...]