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Stevens Institute of Technology Online Project - Environment - identify lifeforms, create database, and share information, with other students elsewhere.

Powerpoint Slides for Infinitec Webinar March 9, 2015 This session will discuss key points necessary when a student uses AT and is transitioning to employment or post secondary environments. It will highlight free tools and resources created by the Great Lakes ADA Center and others.

Powerpoint Slides for Infinitec Webinar March 9, 2015 This session will discuss key points necessary when a student uses AT and is transitioning to employment or post secondary environments. It will highlight free tools and resources created by the Great Lakes ADA Center and others.

"Wireless service provider Sprint has released a new iOS app that captions conversations in real time. The app uses computerized speech recognition service to caption the caller on the other end. The user can hear the other caller if they are able to and use the captions if they are unable to hear the person on the other end of the line. Then they can respond by voice. It is unclear how accurate the automated captioning will be with people with heavy accents or in loud environments. Sprint says the following about the app: "Wireless CapTel(R) by Sprint(R) is a free app available for individuals with hearing loss and understandable speech to place calls CapTel services on iOS. Using state of the art voice recognition technology, CapTel delivers captions of everything your caller says, while you listen (with your residual hearing) and speak directly to your caller.""

As thought leaders and practical innovators in education, we live in the intersection of technology and strategy. We look deep into the reservoir of the research literature, balanced with the real-life of today's educational environments, to share content for your immediate use (or at least to encourage immediate thinking). This site is a modern day chalk board where we sketch out our ideas, discoveries of others, and "stumble-ons" that we had no idea existed. Jason Gibson (the strategist) and Jason Carroll (the technologist) are popular conference speakers that have engaged educators, counselors, and administrators from across the globe (often referred to as The Jasons). Heavily influenced by the tpack, universal design for learning, and systematic instruction frameworks, we focus on tools and strategies that make a difference.

"Virtual Field Trips Virtual field trips challenge and expose students to new types of technology. It is a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific content area. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students' reading comprehension skills and will expose them to different cultures and environments. "

The Reactive Colours project, funded by NESTA, identified that certain fundamental aspects of social interaction and communication could be promoted in young children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions through technology environments that enable children to play and explore without fear of failure. A practical outcome of this research has been the fully customisable ReacTickles software.

Talk To Me 100TM provides a core vocabulary of high frequency use words easily accessible in all environments to those individuals needing verbal communication Requires 3 AAA batteries and has a $59 price tag!

Kathleen McClaskey's new blog is open discussion and sharing of how mobile apps can be used to create digital learning environments using the UDL framework

Penny Reed-WATI