The Center on Technology and Disability provides fact sheets, presentations, videos, online discussions, webinars, Tweetchats using the #CTDTechtalk hashtag and much more to educate the public about how technology can be used to support students with disabilities.
The Center on Technology and Disability provides fact sheets, presentations, videos, online discussions, webinars, Tweetchats using the #CTDTechtalk hashtag and much more to educate the public about how technology can be used to support students with disabilities.
This six-minute YouTube video provides a nice overview showing how to use the basic features of ActivInspire software for the Promethean interactive whiteboard, including setting up a new flipchart; adding, editing, and formatting text; using the pen tool to add annotations and highlighting; and more.
Did you know that Windows 7 includes a Magnifier with a choice of three viewing modes that can be set to open automatically on login? Provides visual access by increasing size of cursor, toolbars, icons, text, and more on the computer desktop, web pages, software programs, and more. This website provides instructions for using this tool, and includes a video.
This PDF, created by the Loudoun County Assistive Technology Team, shows how to create a basic countdown timer in PowerPoint. Countdown timers can support time management and organization. Add your favorite graphics, such as a school mascot, to customize it for your students.
Episode #119 features a review, including spoilers (you have been warned), of the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, and how it relates to contemporary assistive technology and educational practices.
Use this tool to improve your writing. Analyze your sentence structure! Use it to know which part of speech each word is. It can be useful in analyzing language and exploring how an AAC system in organized (if the AAC system is organized by parts of speech).
This website provides accessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities. Membership is free for U.S. students with qualifying visual, physical, or learning disabilities. Check out the website to find out how to apply for a membership.
MakeBeliefsComix.com provides wonderful writing supports, including this webpage which includes links to writing prompts for students creating comics online, or printables with pre-made comics and writing prompts.
"With consideration for some of the most frequently recommended visual supports in mind, this small 5 ½ x 8" binder includes a First/Then board, a Personal Picture Schedule, and a Task Analysis Checklist, with a Finished Pocket on the front cover. Each of these is easily available by flipping or opening the folded board which is adhered to the Finished Pocket. A Token Reward board is on the back cover. The picture symbols and tokens for all these tools are housed inside the binder on plastic tabbed dividers covered in adhesive carpet tiles."
Pictures provide wonderful visual supports to support content. This cheat sheet created by the Loudoun County Assistive Technology Team shows how to quickly insert pictures in MS Word tables so that they remain the correct width for your table columns...no resizing needed!
CODES infor "Overlays
You will need Boardmaker installed on your computer to open most of these files.
Communication Books, Storybags, Low Tech Communication Kits, Tech 8/32 overlays, Games Pack Overlays Timetables"
The CODES Framework now has its own website, please click on link to visit page http://codesframework.wordpress.com/
The Codes Framework - What is a successful AAC communicator and how do we know the individual is an effective communicator?