The Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education and Research (ICATER) is proud to announce that many of the resources that we offer including our AT app webinars and archives and AT Tips of the Day are available as part of a free app for the iPad. The ICATER Toolkit is available in the app store and aims to provide AT resources to teachers on their mobile device.
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.
"Pizza boxes are a fantastic tool for play! They are small and can be stacked easily for storage purposes. They are portable and are perfect for on the go. Simply open the box to store all of your extra parts or pieces. Pizza boxes are also super versatile and rather inexpensive. "
Speaker: Debbie Witkowski
Presentation: Getting the most from High-Tech AAC Devices
This segment is a discussion on the use of pre-stored messages versus a word-based vocabulary set in high-tech AAC devices, specifically the use of core vocabulary. This discussion includes a review of journal articles on the topics of pre-stored messages and core vocabulary.
"Learning new vocabulary can be stressful and challenging, but it doesn't have to be. Words U puts college-level vocabulary words in your hands, and lets you discover them as you message your friends."
"Excel 2010 is a spreadsheet application in the Microsoft 2010 Office Suite. Excel allows you to store, manipulate, and analyze data in organized workbooks for home and business tasks. New innovations in Excel 2010 include the enhanced data viewing features of Sparklines and Slicers."
"This app is designed to help determine if students are eligible for accessible materials from AIM-VA. It is an universal app designed for both iPhone and iPad."
Shades Chrome to a soothing orange color to decrease eye-strain, eye fatigue and to appease your brain's day/night cycle.
Useful to help readers who prefer to read with a colored overlay.
iPad inspires creativity and hands-on learning with features you won't find in any other educational tool - on a device that students really want to use. Powerful built-in apps and apps from the App Store let students engage with content in interactive ways, find information in an instant, and access an entire library wherever they go.
Save yourself money and a trip to the store! Print graph paper free from your computer. This site is perfect for science and math homework, craft projects and other graph paper needs. All graph paper files are optimized PDF documents requiring Adobe Reade
The titles in the Piano and Laylee Learning Adventures Series are valuable resources for educators and parents wanting to introduce digital citizenship concepts to children aged 5-9. Designed to be read to and shared with early readers, the books follow the adventures of two adorable puppies who learn how to be safe and responsible while using technology. These petite books (4x6 inches) are perfect for classroom lessons on digital citizenship or for starting conversations at home. Charming, full-color illustrations help children grasp even difficult concepts.