PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

OK, so there’s no hiding the fact that I’ve been a nearly-hopeless blogger this Fall 2012.  But, I’m here today.   I’ll do my best to be here next Friday as well.  I hope that most readers/subscribers have stuck with me and in return, I’ll try hard to make up for lost posts in the [...]

Apple Special Ed. Seminar September 13:  Co-Sponsored by PATINS Project and ICASE Sept. 13, 2012, 8:30am – 3:00pm At CIESC in Indianapolis NO COST Registration opens to public TODAY.  Space is limited to first 75 participants Flyer Here: Apple Seminar Sept 13 2012 Flyer Register Here:  http://edseminars.apple.com/series/3k1nW-bbxap  ICAM VI Teacher Audio Interviews: If you’ve not yet heard [...]

Submit To Present At The PATINS State Conference 2012! You are PROBABLY doing something amazing in your classroom or school OR you know someone who is. Could another educator somewhere in Indiana benefit from hearing more about what you’re doing?  Are you implementing Accessible Materials, creating Accessible Materials, promoting Accessible Materials, utilizing Assistive Technology to [...]

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 [...]

This Week, a few quick tools I’ve recently come across.  Check them out! Skype Global Community for Classrooms: “The free service is focused on connecting teachers from around the world to allow them to communicate, collaborate on projects, draw expertise from one another, and share learning materials and best practices.” http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/03/30/skype-community-comes-to-the-classroom.aspx Corkboard (thanks Vicki): Many [...]

Free UDL Forum March 31: The registration is open online for the UDL Forum in Columbus at the end of March….first come, first served registration. http://www.bcsc.k12.in.us/15891021813643263/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=62885&15891021813643263Nav=|&NodeID=2552 Configure Your Firewall To Allow Second Life: I can tell you that we’ve got at least one really exciting opportunity coming up on the PATINS Second Life Island.  Here’s [...]

My Experiences with Built-In iPhone  Accessibility Tools: Check out all the Built-In Accessibility features that come on the iPhone/iPad without needing any other equipment or software.  I’ve been playing with the settings on my phone and have a few thoughts.  www.apple.com/iphone/features/accessibility.html Many of you know that I spend A LOT of time in my car.  About [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday’s Presentation on PATINS Second Life Island: …was great!  David Davis did a wonderful job and provide interesting ideas, challenging thoughts and a powerful set of resources and handouts.  We had 40 people attend with their avatars and several of those avatars were presenting the session via LCD projector for others to watch.  We plan [...]

Virtual Worlds Best Practices In Education -3rd Annual International Conference- March 12,13, 2010 Once again, several of the PATINS Staff will be attending this free, online, virtual, international educational conference.  I will also be presenting a session this year on the Friday. “The Virtual World Best Practices 2010 focus is “Imagination Around the World”.  From the North, [...]