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" National Public Website on Assistive Technology Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"

" This fifth edition in the annual K-12 series of the NMC Horizon Project examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within the environment of pre-college education. Six emerging technologies are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, "

"Looking for simple easy ideas to help infants and toddlers with disabilities be more successful? Look no further! EZ AT 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three is a guide for increasing young children's participation in daily activities and routines using assistive technology. "

The Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Center (ATAC) serves individuals with disabilities and specializes in assistive technologies that help with reading, writing, studying, and information access. We provide services for students, faculty, and staff with the following disabilities: vision (blindness and low vision), mobility impairment, learning (dyslexia, ADHD, and others), and hearing loss.

"The goal of this wiki is to provide educators in Maryland (and beyond!) with resources to support the education of all students in a Universally Designed for Learning Classroom and to support students with disabilities with the use of Assistive Technology. This wiki is a resource for sharing information about Assisitive Technology in Education. It is a place for you to find resources and to share resources as well. Click on the edit tab on any page to add information. For more information about wikis in general, check out this page on using Wikis to Support Student Achievement."

A list of articles and sites for funding of assistive technology compiled by Disability.gov

This paper explores the pedagogical and social potential of emerging technologies, in particular the iPod, in facilitating the learning of young Australians with severe intellectual and social disabilities. The study, which was carried out in a segregated educational setting in Victoria, Australia, sought to establish whether the intrinsic portable, multi-media capabilities of the iPod particularly lent themselves to a practical application for students with severe disabilities. It was concluded that such new technology has considerable power and potential as an emerging pedagogy with students with severe intellectual and physical disabilities.

This project has been produced by the Consortium for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs and an interdisciplinary team of AT and Telehealth experts across the country. The interdisciplinary team designing this AT curriculum is comprised of experts in the fields of informational technology, assistive technology, telehealth, rehabilitation engineering, and service provision. The team consists of includes Rachel Brady, Toby Long, Jean Minkle, Penny Reed, John Richards, Mike Rosen, Steve Sulzbacher, and Joy Zabala.

"Physical Access Technologies - A Guide for School-Based Teams (2009) This collection of webcasts, demonstrations and related materials presents an overview of physical access technology options for students with disabilities."

CITEd identifies evidence-based practices for integrating instructional technology to support the achievement of all students.

Videoconferencing resources, training and consulting for special needs teachers - to introduce them to new technologies and methods of teaching using assistive technology.

"The Technology & Learning Connections (TLC) Team is a part of Florida's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) through the Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Project at the University of South Florida. Our services support the local development of highly effective classrooms for all students based on the Florida Standards in a multi-tiered system of supports.   The TLC Team provides guidelines and resources to support the implementation of:   The Florida Standards Assistive & Instructional Technology Accessible Instructional Materials Universal Design for Learning"

"Large numbers of consumers, parents, teachers, therapists and AT professionals  purchase mobile and handheld devices and downloading various apps to be used as assistive technology and educational software for people with disabilities. The ability to test and review every app that can be used in this manner is nearly impossible. To aid Maine consumers and AT professionals who may be interested in knowing more about what's out there, we have assembled this resource."

"Aurasma is a radical piece of technology that represents the future of how we use our mobile devices by bringing the physical and virtual worlds together for the first time. Available on smart devices, Aurasma was created out of technology that is capable of recognizing images, symbols and objects in the real world and understanding them. It can then deliver digital content in real time, including videos, animations, audio or webpages."

"Freaky" is the only word I can think of for the experience of this app. I wonder what applications it has for SWD? Any blogs out there?

"Adaptive/Assitive Technologies final"

"It's a features chart that could be used when a family or an IEP team is considering Mobile technology of any kind.   The idea is to start with the tasks that the student needs to do and then discuss what features a tool would have if it was used to support student achievement for those tasks. So-tasks across the top and features for those tasks down the left side.  And hopefully, for this part, we would not really talk about specific tools."

"Join the maker movement! There's a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators, this maker movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. The active learner is at the center of the learning process, amplifying the best traditions of progressive education. This book helps educators bring the exciting opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom."

"Welcome to the official guide to technology and learning by Edudemic! This part of Edudemic is meant to offer you, the teacher, some of the best and most popular resources available today. We've combed through hundreds of resources in order to narrow down our guides into something easy to read, easy to use, and easy to share."

"This course illuminates current theories about autism together with challenges faced by people on the autism spectrum. Theories in communicating, interacting socially, managing cognitive and affective overload, and achieving independent lifestyles are covered. In parallel, the course presents state-of-the-art technologies being developed for helping improve both theoretical understanding and practical outcomes."

"Since we are using Floortime (1) for play therapy, I took a play-based child-centered approach to helping Beth use the iPad."