A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #46: Wordtalk
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Episode Overview-
Hey everyone,
Episode #46 features another excerpt from the presentation for the Individual Differences in Learning Association in Howard County, Maryland. This excerpt describes WordTalk; a free text-to-speech plug-in for Microsoft Word.
The episode features a bumper from Karen Janowski who is an assistive technology consultant, an assistive technology specialist for a school district in Massachusetts, adjunct faculty member at Simmons College, and school board member in her town. She is also one of the innovators behind the UDLTechToolKit wiki, which contains a plethora of resources useful for differentiating instruction.
A.T.TIPS In This Episode-
A.T.TIP #72: WordTalk
WordTalk is a free text-to-speech add-in for Microsoft Word. You can find all the details about which versions of Word it works with along with other frequently asked questions, installation instructions and more over at the WordTalk download page.
1. WordTalk SlideShare Tutorial - This tutorial, created by Paul Hamilton, describes everything you need to know about WordTalk.
Additional Resources Mentioned-
1. www.iste.org/chewat – Select “Notify Me” to sign up to get an e-mail reminder when the book comes out.
2. Eight is Enough Presentation – This is the slideshow I used during the presentation for IDL.
3. 2009 Edublog Award Winners – Congratulations to all of the winners! Let me recommend you head over there to check out all of the nominations and winners. The A.T.TIPSCAST placed seventh out of 26 in the category of “Best Educational Use of Audio“.
4. CliCk, Speak – A free, open source text-to-speech extension for the Firefox web browser.
5. Text-to-Speech in OpenOffice – Open Office is a free suite of programs including a word processing program. OO Text To Speech is a free download for this program.
6. Word Magnets – Type or paste text (words or letters) into a box that then makes each word (or letter) a separate moveable object. Perfect for word scrambles or sentence generation on an interactive whiteboard.
Drag words to make sentences
Drag letters to make words
Upcoming Presentations-
Alternative Professional Development – Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference 2010 – Orlando, Florida – January 28 – 2:45pm – 3:45pm EST
UDL 2.0 presented with Beth Poss – Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference 2010 – Orlando, Florida – January 29 – 9:15pm-10:15pm EST
Contact Information-
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 42: Count Edula’s Game
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Episode Overview:
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Run! Run! Run for your lives! Episode #42 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #42 features a visit to Count Edula’s mansion where he asks about some tools he can use to help organize his “hypothetical” zombie army. Chris’s suggestions just so happen to be useful tools to help students as well.
A.T.TIPS in this Episode:
A.T.TIP #60: Google Earth
Google Earth lets you to zoom anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. Google Earth is a free software program you can download and install on your computer. When you launch the program you see a celestial view of the earth. On the left hand side you see a search window. Type in any location, hit the magnifying glass icon, and watch as you zoom to that location. Also on the left side of the screen you’ll find a section called “layers” click on any of the boxes there to add additional features to what you see in your search. So, for instance, if you select the “3D Buildings” layer when a 3 dimensional image of a building is available you will see that building in three dimensions. Try it by searching for any major city, like Chicago, and you’ll see a three-dimensional representation of tons of different buildings or try doing a search for one of the lighthouses along the Outer Banks. In more remote locations like those you can really see the difference between the 2 dimensional representations and the 3 dimensional representations. There is a street view layer that is awesome where you can see, where available, a 360 degree digital image as if you were standing at a given location. Students who have trouble visualizing how tall something is, or what something might look like, or how a structure might appear in real-life, can experience these places in a very tangential way. Using Google Earth before or after a field trip or community-based instructional trip can bring a totally new dimension to the learning experience. What’s nice about Google Earth is that it’s totally free. Students can download it at home to explore on their own. Again, this is just scratching the surface of what it can do as there are all different types of layers, including shipwrecks, weather conditions and forecasts, and global awareness.
A.T.TIP #61: Google Earth Video Tours
Google Earth 5 allows you to create a tour by creating a movie. One of the icons is a little video camera. Just click on that video camera icon and then the little red record button that appears. Teachers can use this with students to give a little video tour of where they are going or where they have been. Students can also use this feature to demonstrate their knowledge. A student records themselves traveling from place to place in Google Earth to demonstrate they know how to get to a location from a location, that they know where on the globe an event occurred or where a place is actually located. You could even use it as an alternative way to tell a story. Instead of writing that essay on what they did over Winter Break, students can virtually take the teacher and other students to that location by showing it on Google Earth.
A.T.TIP #62: Mystudiyo.com
Mystudiyo.com is a website that allows you to create assessments using all sorts of different media. There are different assessment types to choose from, but the one that I think is easiest and most relevant to students is the multiple choice type of assessment. Once you choose your assessment type the website takes you through a series of questions to set-up your quiz. It’s like a quiz wizard that walks you through creation, step-by-step. You can choose from different looks of your quiz and you can add introductory media using text, an image, or video to give directions which is perfect for students who might have trouble reading instructions. You can also have text, an image or video accompany each question, which means you could read each question aloud and save it as a video to have a much more accessible assessment. At the end of the assessment a student can be presented with a scoreboard to see how well they did. Once you’ve finished creating your quiz the website generates a unique URL for your quiz. Take that URL and distribute it to students for them to take the quiz on your computers or, if possible, on their own home computers. See how well you can do on the quiz created by Count Edula for his zombie horde.
A.T.TIP #63: Shorttext.com
Shorttext.com allows someone to either type or copy/paste text directly into it. Then, once they are ready, they click on the “Create URL” button to make a URL for that text. In the future, they just go back to that unique URL to access that text again. It’s a handy way to save information. For instance, students who tend to lose things, like thumbdrives or assignments, can post it to Shorttext.com. Then, all they need is the URL to go get it. Unlike a thumbdrive, the URLs can be shared with a teacher or in a safe location that doesn’t get transported to and from school. There are some other tools on the net that might be better for organization of assignments and such, but shorttext.com has a very simple interface without lots of buttons or other functions. This makes it less intimidating, which is why I like it and which is why it might be perfect for some students and teachers. Check out a piece of intercepted correspondence from one of Count Edula’s zombie field generals.
Points of Interest:
Mentioned in the podcast is an article by the New York Times about Wikipedia’s new policy about editing entries about living people.
Also, if you haven’t seen this Common Craft How-to video, well, it might be worth your time to help you prepare for the impending apocalypse.
Upcoming Presentation Information:
The Building Blocks of a Successful Assistive Technology Team presented with Sally Norton-Darr – ISTE Webinar – October 21st- 4pm – 5pm EST
Eight is Enough: Ways to Use What You Got – Clarksville, Maryland – November 9th – 7:30pm – 9:00pm EST
Alternative Professional Development – Powering Up With Technology Conference 09 – Upper Marlboro, Maryland – November 14th- (Time TBD)
Alternative Professional Development – Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference 2010 – Orlando, Florida – January 28 – 2:45pm – 3:45pm EST
UDL 2.0 presented with Beth Poss – Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference 2010 – Orlando, Florida – January 29 – 9:15pm-10:15pm EST
I hope to meet you at any or all of these presentations. But, if you can’t make it to those, and you’re interested in any of this (or other) content for workshops in your district please contact me at attipscast@gmail.com. We can work together to set something up either in person or virtually!
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #38: Graphic Organizer Interview – Part 2
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Episode Overview-
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Episode #38 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #38 features Part 2 of the interview with Chris Cummins, a high school English teacher and adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia who is currently teaching a class on Literacy and Technology. The second part of the interview focuses more on specific tools that can be used to create graphic organizers while also touching upon some ideas about implementing graphic organizers across the curriculum.
A.T. TIPS In This Episode-
A.T.TIP #54: VUE (Free)
“The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information.”
VUE Examples and Video Tutorials
A.T.TIP #55: FreeMind (Free)
“FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java.”
FreeMind Examples and Video Tutorials
A.T.TIP #56: Record Sound Feature of Inspiration (Not Free)
Students who can tell you a story (or explain an essay) orally but who have difficulty expressing those thoughts in a written format can use the “Record Sound” feature of Inspiration to complete writing assignments, like stories, essays, or essay questions on tests. The strategy involves the students recording one thought per cell in a web or outline created in Inspiration. Once they have recorded each sentence orally they can go back, listen to the sentence in the cell, and begin typing it in. Every time they get stuck with spelling or forget what they were going to type they can re-listen to their own recording to type it in. The following screenshots explain how to use the ”Record Sound” feature of Inspiration.
Let’s say you have a graphic organizer that looks like this:
After selecting a cell, the student can record his voice by going here:
Once the student has selected “Record Sound” the following window will appear. Use the red record button to begin recording. Use the “Save” button to save the recording.
Once the sound has been saved the selected cell will display a ”speaker” icon in the upper right hand corner. Double-click on this speaker icon to hear the recorded message as many times as necessary while the student types the words.
Additionally, teachers could use this feature to leave hints or reminder to students when developing a graphic organizing template.
Upcoming Conference Presentations-
I’ll be presenting at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st in Washington, D.C. (Poster Session: Chew the P.H.A.T-Policies and How-to’s in Assistive Technology with Sally Norton-Darr).
Contact Information-
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #32: Gift Ideas for Students with Severe Disabilities
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Episode #32 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #32 is mostly an audio version of my guest blog post over at Patrick Black’s blog Teaching All Students. The post outlines a personal family experience while providing a number of ideas for gifts that could be given to students with severe disabilities. It is my hope that educators who find this useful will forward it onto families who will then share it with other family members. Embedded within the episode are a number of A.T.Tips as outlined below.
A.T.TIP #44: CAST’s UDL Book Builder
A.T.TIP #45: Playlists / CD Mixes
A.T.TIP #46: Tadalist.com
Here is my entry into the Better Hearing and Speech Month Video Contest for 2009 titled ”2 Minute Mouths“
My colleagues will be riding in the local Tour De Cure sponsored by the American Diabetes Foundation. If you can donate, even a dollar, it would be much appreciated. Select the “donate” button on either website to make a donation.
I’ll be presenting at these two upcoming conferences:
1. Maryland Assistive Technology Network Conference (MATN)- May 7th in Maryland (Session on Alternative Professional Development in Assistive Technology).
2. National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st in Washington, D.C. (Poster Session: Chew the P.H.A.T-Policies and How-to’s in Assistive Technology with Sally Norton-Darr).
If I don’t get to see you at either of those conferences we can still get together virtually over the Internet. Join the A.T.TIPPERS group on Facebook and/or Classroom 2.0 ! You can also follow me on twitter.com.
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #31: Packing Peanuts
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Episode #31 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #31 describes the diabolical event that happened to me on April 1st, 2009. It also describes different ways to you use packing peanuts as assistive technology tools or to support existing assistive technology tools.
A.T.TIP #43: Packing Peanuts
Also, check out these resources associated with the different ways mentioned to use packing peanuts.
1. Deep Pressure and Weight Lifting- An article about the use of bean bag chairs as deep pressure
2. Packing Peanut Dome - Check out how this creative student used packing peanuts! Wouldn’t this make an awesome chill-out area?
3. Lap Buddies – A school system that is creating and using lap buddies.
Oh, and here is that picture of Yours Truly getting hit in the face with a pie…
Chris gets hit in the face with a pie
I’ll be presenting at these two upcoming conferences:
1. Maryland Assistive Technology Network Conference (MATN)- May 7th in Maryland (Session on Alternative Professional Development in Assistive Technology).
2. National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st in Washington, D.C. (Poster Session: Chew the P.H.A.T-Policies and How-to’s in Assistive Technology with Sally Norton-Darr).
If I don’t get to see you at either of those conferences we can still get together virtually over the Internet. Join the A.T.TIPPERS group on Facebook and/or Classroom 2.0 ! You can also follow me on twitter.com.
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #27: Transportation Interview-Part 2
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Episode #27 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #27 features the second and final part of the interview pertaining to transportation. During this part of the interview we brainstorm ideas for using technology during transportation for educational purposes.
A.T.TIP #38: Technology for Transport
Oh, and don’t forget about the conference that are quickly approaching. I’ll be at all of the following so I hope to see you there:
1. The National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) Conference- February 17-19, in Panama City, Florida.
2. The Virginia Society For Technology in Education (VSTE) Conference- February 22-24, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
3. National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st, in Washington, D.C.
If I don’t get to see you at any of those conferences we can still get together virtually over the Internet. Join the A.T.TIPPERS group on Facebook and/or Classroom 2.0 !
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #26: Transportation Interview- Part 1
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Episode #26 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #26 features the first of a two-part interview pertaining to transportation and education. During this part of the interview we discuss how transportation needs of students in special education are met in one of the largest cities in the world.
A.T.TIP #38: Technology for Transport
Also, the episode features a bumper from Sally Norton-Darr who I’ll be co-presenting a session called “Chew The P. H.A.T: Policies and How-to’s in Assistive Technology” with at three upcoming conferences. We hope to see you at any or all of the following:
1. The National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) Conference- February 17-19, in Panama City, Florida.
2. The Virginia Society For Technology in Education (VSTE) Conference- February 22-24, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
3. National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st, in Washington, D.C.
If I don’t get to see you at any of those conferences we can still get together virtually over the Internet. Join the A.T.TIPPERS group on Facebook and/or Classroom 2.0 !
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #25: Who’s Who?
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Episode #25 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #25 discusses the creation of a Who’s Who? book that can be created for or with students which can be read over and over again to reinforce relationships, plan for transitions to new environments, or more. The episode suggests using the photos that arrive on holiday cards to help create the booklet.
A.T.TIP #37: Who’s Who Book
Also, I’ll be co-presenting a session called “Chew The P. H.A.T: Policies and How-to’s in Assistive Technology” at three upcoming conferences. I hope to see you at any or all of the following:
1. The National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) Conference- February 17-19, in Panama City, Florida.
2. The Virginia Society For Technology in Education (VSTE) Conference- February 22-24, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
3. National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)- June 28th – July 1st, in Washington, D.C.
If I don’t get to see you at any of those conferences we can still get together virtually over the Internet. Join the A.T.TIPPERS group on Facebook and/or Classroom 2.0 !
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #24: Brainline.org Interview
Chris and Chelsea
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Episode #24 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #24 features an interview with George Washington University graduate student Chelsea Feist who is also interning at Brainline.org. Chelsea and I discuss how the resources on Brainline.org can help individuals, families and professionals learn more about Traumatic Brain Injury.
A.T.TIP #36: Brainline.org
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #22: Google Maps for CBI
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Episode #22 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #22 describes different ways to use Google Maps to help students who participate in Community Based Instruction (CBI). Also, there is a special guest bumper from Dr. Penny Reed!
A.T.TIP #34: Google Maps for CBI
Here are some quick screenshot tutorials to help you navigate Google Maps:
Here are some helpful resources on Google Maps:
1. Use Google Maps Mashups in K-12 Education- Jeffrey Branzburg
3. How To Use “My Maps” Feature from CNET News- Short Video
Check out how these school districts are using Community Based Instruction:
1. Phoenix Day School For The Deaf
2. San Francisco Unified School District
3. Bartow County School System (Georgia)
Check out The Teachers’ Podcast and the 3rd Annual Teachers’ Podcast Awards!
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A.T.TIPSCAST reaches #10 on CyberEars.com!
Hello everyone,
No new audio content yet as I am still working my tail o
ff on the top secret assistive technology project. In all seriousness I’ve been putting in at least 10 hours a week into the new project so I hope it is something you enjoy. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a spare minute to record new episodes of the A.T.TIPSCAST and I probably won’t be doing more until November or December. Meanwhile, something big just happened. The A.T.TIPSCAST just hit number 10 on Cyberears.com!
This means that it is the 10th most popular audio collection this month of shows hosted by cyberears.com.
The more time it gets on the front page of this website the more likely it is that someone will stumble upon the A.T.TIPCAST! To me, that is totally awesome and I’m a bit blown away. I hope this means that more people listen to the show and more people begin to use the strategies contained within! Thanks for all of your support and stay tuned as more will be coming in a few months. Thanks for your patience!
Remember you can contact me at attipscast@gmail.com and you can look me up on Facebook as well as Classroom 2.0! I hope you’re enjoying the new school year.
Chris Bugaj
A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #20: Motivational Plans
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Episode #20 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #20 describes the strategy of using a motivational plan to help reinforce appropriate behavior. Episode #20 also marks the end of Season One of the A.T.TIPSCAST. I’ll be taking a few weeks off due to other obligations but I will return before you know it with A.T.TIPSCAST Season Two!
A.T.TIP #32: Motivational Plans
Here are some more helpful resources on behavior/motivational plans.
1. Terri Mauro’s Resources on About.com
2. Debbie DeSpirit’s Tips on Behavior Plans
Here is a link to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fund raising site to help raise money to find a cure for juvenile diabetes. Please donate even if it is just a dollar! Even the smallest amount can make the biggest difference.
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #19: Sabotage!
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Episode #19 is up for your listening pleasure. May is “Better Hearing and Speech Month” and I haven’t mentioned it yet so far in the podcast, well, until this episode that is. So, to make up for my lack of advertising I discuss a technique used to elicit communication called Sabotage!
A.T.TIP #31: Sabotage!
Here are some more helpful resources/ideas on how to elicit communication from students.
2. Better Practice Makes Perfect – LaTrobe University
Here is a link to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fund raising site. Please click on “Make a donation” and donate, even if it is just a dollar! Even the smallest amount can make the biggest difference.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Make a Donation!
One last thing, here is the link to the video of the family participating in the Cystic Fibrosis walk. I hope you enjoy it!
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #18: Amorphous Visual Schedules
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Episode #18 is up for your listening pleasure. In Episode #18 AMORPHOUS visual schedules are discussed. Below are some examples of AMORPHOUS (or Non-linear) visual schedules.
A.T.TIP #30: Amorphous Visual Schedule:
An example that is more general- For a student that doesn’t need specific visuals, but still needs a visual schedule. Note the “Unexpected” visuals.
An example that is more specific- For a student that needs more specific visuals on the visual schedule. Note the “Unexpected” visuals.
All of these schedules were created using Boardmaker software. If you’re like, “Hey, what the heck is Boardmaker software?” check out Mayer-Johnson’s website.
Here is a link to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fund raising site. We’re doing the walk on May 18th, 2008 but you can continue to give even if you’re reading this after that date. Please click on the “Make a donation” button to donate! Even the smallest amount can make the biggest difference.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Make a Donation!
One last thing, here is the link the video of the river running through my backyard. I admit, up front, that it was way more exciting in real life than the video shows but the point was that it was unexpected, just like things that happen in a classroom everyday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p625PUpsaTA
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #17: Linear Visual Schedules
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Episode #17 is up for your listening pleasure. In Episode #17 linear visual schedules are discussed. Below you will find examples of both horizontal and vertical linear schedules. Enjoy!
A.T.TIP #29: Linear Visual Schedules
Horizontal:
Vertical:
All of these schedules were created using Boardmaker software. If you’re like, “Hey, what the heck is Boardmaker software?” check out Mayer-Johnson’s website.
Here is a link to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fund raising site. Please click on the “Make a donation” button to donate! Even the smallest amount can make the biggest difference.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Make a Donation!
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #16: Listener Feedback, Sort Of
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Episode #16 is up for your listening pleasure. In Episode #16 I answer questions from e-mails and voicemails submitted by “listeners” to the show. Four new A.T. TIPS are discussed in the show.
A.T.TIP #25: FIRST-THEN-THEN Boards
Here are examples of first-then-then boards:
A.T.TIP #26: WWW.FINDSOUNDS.COM
This website is a great place to find sounds
A.T.TIP #27: JUICYSTUDIO.COM for Website Readability Statistics
Here is the link to the Website Readability Statistic Tool. Make sure you scroll down a bit to see it. Simply place the URL of the website you want analyzed and hit “Calculate Readability”.
A.T.TIP #28: WWW.THEFREEDICTIONARY.COM
This online dictionary provides an auditory version of each word along with many cool games.
Here is a link to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fund raising site. Please click on the “Make a donation” button to donate! Even the smallest amount can make the biggest difference.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Make a Donation!
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #15: First-Then Boards
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Episode #15 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #15 describes how to create and implement a First-Then board with students who need help following directions or completing tasks.
Here are a few examples of first-then boards:
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Make a Donation!
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #14: Television
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Episode #14 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #14 features a description of television as an assistive technology tool. It describes a few shows and why they are good at what they do. Click on the names of the show to explore the website for that show. The shows discussed are as follows:
Tip# 20- Oobi
Tip# 21- Dora The Explorer
Tip# 22- Super Why!
Tip# 23- Cyberchase
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Here is the link to the statistics from California State University at Northridge: Television Statistics.
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A.T.TIPSCAST EPISODE #12: Work Jobs
Here is a link to download the audio directly: Episode #12
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Episode #12 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #12 features a co-host, Mrs. B! Together we discuss how vocational tasks can be implemented for any student.
You can find examples of work jobs on the following websites:
1. http://xnet.rrc.mb.ca/eceworkplace/images/workjobs-jan03group/workjobs.htm
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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #11: Autosummarize in MS Word
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Episode #11 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #11 describes the autosummarize feature of MS Word. I realize that the episode is just a quick rundown of how the feature works and I didn’t really get into what you’d use it for. I’m trying to keep the tips quick. So, I invite you to tell me how you might use this feature or tell me how you have already used the feature. Your story might just inspire someone else in how they could use it. Please send me an e-mail, record a message and send it to me or post a comment here.
You can find whole tutorials on autosummarize for your version of MS Word here:
Word 2002 : http://www.microsoft.com/education/autosummarize.mspx
Word 2003: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051896801033.aspx
Here is a helpful dialogue about the Autosummarize feature in MS 2007: http://help.lockergnome.com/office/Word-2007-Autosummarize-Feature-ftopict901799.html but here is that same basic principle and a brief tutorial:
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/09/10/create-a-summary-of-a-document-in-word-2007/
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #10: Talking Calculator
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Sorry this post is up about 24 hours late, but here it is!
Episode #10 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #10 describes the free software Talking Calculator. You can access a link for the free download from www.premierathome.com/products/TalkingCalculator.php.
Here is a screenshot of what it looks like once it is installed:
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #9: PowerTalk
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Episode #9 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #9 describes the free software add-on for PowerPoint called PowerTalk. PowerTalk is an open source, free download that reads the text on a PowerPoint presentation outloud. You can access a link for the free download from http://fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/.
Once you have it installed on your computer you simply navigate to your PowerPoint presentation file, right-click and then select “Narrate With PowerTalk”.
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #8: VSTE 2008 (Top 5)- Part 2
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Episode #8 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #8 is the second of a two part episode where I rank the Top 5 things I learned at the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) Conference 2008. This episode includes:
Number 3- www.emilychang.com/go/ehub-
This website is the personal website of a web designer named, Emily Change, out of San Francisco. There is so much out there and so many new web applications updating every day, this site can keep you up to date on the latest Web 2.0 applications.
Number 2- www.soundsnap.com
This is a great resource to find free sounds. I think one under utilized activity for students with difficulties following directions or auditory processing difficulties is listening to and discriminating between sounds. Sounds can be used as story starters as opposed to the traditional text-based or picture based story starter. Sound effects can be used to enhance digital storytelling activities, movie making activities, or student produced podcasts. Adding these sounds might allow the students to feel like their production has a polished and fun quality.
Number 1- Mail Merge functions of Publisher to create Picture Dictionaries and Identification Cards
A teacher from Norfolk public schools named Jennifer Durkin presented on different ways she uses Publisher. One strategy she showed what how you could take lists of items in Excel and Merge them with templates created in Publisher to easily make picture dictionaries and identification cards. Picture dictionaries are a great way for students to review difficult spelling words, review vocabulary from any content area, or maintain their own “difficult for me to remember” list of words. Identification cards are also a useful tool for students with communication difficulties. The ID card might have saying on them like “My name is… and I am lost” or “Can you call my mom for me? My phone number is …”. I wrote Jennifer and she gave me permission to post her hand-outs here. vste-presentation-handout.pdf
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #6: ReadPlease
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Episode #6 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #6 is the first episode with the new format. Let me know what you think. The tip for this episode is http://www.readplease.com/. Readplease is free piece of software that you can download. It is a text reader/talking word processor. That is, you can copy/paste text right into it and it will read it out loud. You can also type right into the program and it will read it aloud.
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #5: Use Whatchya Got (LRE and UDL for a Healthy DIAT)
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Episode #5 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #5 briefly explains the my take on the convergence of the educational concepts of Universal Design for Learning, Least Restrictive Environment, and Differentiating Instruction using Assistive Technology. I also explain that future episodes will have less me talking about the principles of AT practice in public schools in favor of trying to fit in two tips per episode. Please let me know what you think about the format change. Good thing or bad thing for the show, what’s your take?
The tip for this week’s episode is on “Pacing Boards”. Pacing Boards are simply circles used to facilitate language development. You can watch a short movie on Pacing Boards here : Keeping Pace
Download a Microsoft Word document containing a Pacing Board: Three Circled Pacing Board 
Download a Microsoft Word document containing a Pacing Board: Six Circled Pacing Board 
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A.T. TIPSCAST Episode #4: FETC 2008 (TOP 5)
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Episode #4 is up for your listening pleasure. Episode #4 contains a short synopsis of my take on FETC 2008 as well as the top 5 things I learned at FETC 2008 (Florida Educational Technology Conference). During the show I mentioned that I would post some movies and links. I hope you enjoy them and find them useful in your teaching practice.
Opening Session Panoramic Video: Click here for the video.
Jeff Corwin on The Impact of Teachers on the World: Click here for the video.
***TOP 5 Resources I Learned at FETC 2008***
#5: Frequency of Web 2.0 Applications is Increasing In Education
#4: Classroom 2.0- Social Networking site for educators
#3: Using Your Noodle On The Moodle (Alan Taylor)- Presentation Style Can Be Free Form, Dynamic and Non-scripted/rehearsed
#2: The Amazing Math Toolbox For Teachers (Ian Prietz)- Handouts with links to math resources (some free)
#1: www.voicethread.com- Allows users to post a picture and allows other users to have access to leave voice comments or text comments on the margins surrounding that picture.
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A.T.TIPScast Episode #1: Introduction
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The very first episode of the A.T.TIPScast is now up and running. I just uploaded to Cyberears.com and sent it to iTunes for review. This episode is meant to be an introduction to the show. I hope you enjoy the show and please feel free to leave a comment here or drop me a line at attipscast@gmail.com
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