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"The Educator Card supports the Library's efforts to be a center for learning and reading in the community.  The Educator Card offers expanded access to Library resources to educators living and/or working in Loudoun County.  This card is intended for professional use only, offers more privileges than a personal card, and should not be used in place of a personal library card. Educator cardholders enjoy these unique privileges: Borrow up to 50 items No fines for overdue items 8 week loan period (no renewals)"

"Twiddla is a no-setup, web-based meeting playground. Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly. "

Teaching strategies and considerations for the words/language concepts "yes" and "no".

yes / no steps for teaching

Teaching yes/no

"The effect of aided language stimulation on vocabulary acquisition in children with little or no functional speech."

"is a "G" rated study resource for junior high, high school, college students, teachers and home schoolers. What does PinkMonkey offer you? The World's largest library of free online Literature Summaries, with over 460 Study Guides / Book Notes / Chapter Summaries online currently, and so much more. No more trips to the book store; no more fruitless searching for a booknote that no one ever has in stock! "

Create free games, quizzes, activities, and diagrams in seconds! Host them on your own blog, website, or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

Even the most well-intentioned person can be a poor communication partner for individuals who use AAC. The average person has no idea how to communicate effectively with someone who has a significant communication disability, and is likely to do things that are less than helpful. These Communication Access Cards, developed by Scope, can be just the thing to improve the quality of interactions.

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Meet the creators of Adobe Voice and hear their take on what makes a story engaging and memorable. Voice is a free iPad app that helps you create stunning animated videos in minutes. No filming - just talk to tell your story. Pick from over 25,000 beautiful iconic images to show your ideas and Voice automatically adds cinematic motion and a soundtrack. Persuade, inform and inspire anyone online. Make an impact. Show your story. Create a stunning animated video - in minutes.

Series of articles on getting to yes/ no

This short booklet provides information about children and young people who use a variety of different ways to communicate, how you can help support them and where to go for further information. You should read this booklet if you live or work with children and young people whose speech is difficult to understand or who have no speech.

"Welcome to Backyard Brains The brain is complex, but extremely fascinating. We need more people interested in studying the brain because 20% of the world will have a neurological disorder... and there are no cures! To study the brain, you typically have to be a graduate student at a major university. Not any more! Backyard Brains enables everyone to be a neuroscientist! We provide affordable neuroscience experiment kits for students of all ages to learn (hands-on) about electrophysiology. Now everyone from schoolchildren to grad students and every grade in between can experiment with similar tools used by real neuroscientists worldwide! By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience first-hand how the brain communicates with our senses, memories, hopes, and desires."

"Every voice should be heard Some people are hard to hear -- through no fault of their own. Disabilities like autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome and Rett syndrome make it harder for many individuals to communicate on their own. Many people use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools in order to help make their voices heard. We work to help bring out the voices of those with complex communication needs through good tech that actually makes things easier and supports everyone in helping the individual succeed."

Open platform that works with any hardware (flash drive, Ipod, portable HD) suite of software applications. No install, runs from hardware.

through the use of the World Wide Web, the overall outcomes of this project will be (a) increased ASD awareness; and (b) training and assistance at no cost to the educational, vocational, and medical communities and families.TechKnowledgy 09.

ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication - a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.

Portaportal is a web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online. Now your bookmarks are no longer limited to any one machine.

With this many words available to learn in the English language, which words would you focus on to teach a user of AAC. Time with a student is finite. Which words give you the greatest bang for their buck?