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Connecting assistive technology (AT) specialists to share and discuss implementation practices, new ideas, and funding issues.

With education technology emerging at a fast and furious pace, outfitting a classroom can make for an intriguing puzzle. We asked two top-notch district tech gurus. how to get beyond the gadgets and put the emphasis back on learning. They sketched out two integrated, cost-effective implementations that do just that.

Episode #92 features a number of easy-t0-implement strategies to help students learn to be better spellers and to correct spelling errors.

Unique Learning System is the ONLY online, dynamic, standards-based curriculum specifically designed for special learners. Subscribers download monthly instructional thematic units of study. Each unit contains 30 lesson plans and downloadable materials that teachers can readily implement into classroom learning activities. All materials are created using SymbolStix graphics. The unit lesson plans define three levels of differentiated tasks to accommodate the diversity of learners with significant disabilities.

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Youth identified with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have deficits in social competence that can lead to problematic social behavior and social isolation. This can lead to a lower quality of life, as well as deficits in other developmental areas such as language and cognition. The iSocial project undertakes research and development to test and advance a set of principles and methods to enable and enhance social interaction for individuals with ASD. The long term aims of the project are to implement a virtual world that supports positive social interaction, enables learning of social competence with transfer to other settings, enables learning of other academic and workforce preparation subjects for youth with social deficits, and supports a community of educators, parents and youth as they address the needs of youth with ASD.

The e-DBRC system is an electronic daily behavior report card that allows teachers and schools to progress monitor prosocial behavior, communicate with parents, implement interventions and make data based decisions. Using an A-B-C-D-F grading system (modified for early childhood settings to red, yellow, green/happy, neutral, sad faces) the e-DBRC is an effective efficient method of data collection and reporting on behavior.

Congrats to Jeremy being recognized for implementing technology in his classroom. 

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The A.T.TIPScast: Assistive Technology Tools In Public Schools is a podcast about using technology to help students meet their educational goals. Each episode features at least one "A.T.TIP" that can be used to differentiate and individualize the learning process. Christopher Bugaj, the host of the podcast, is an assistive technology specialist, speech-language pathologist, ISTE author, and online mentor.