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"Ebook, e-magazine, interactive catalogue... It's so simple now, just say "Wobook"! This service is free for a personal use. Easily create your ebooks (newspaper, albums, drawings, flyers...) in a few clicks and share them by publishing them on your blog, emails, myspace, facebook...Upload all your PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Open Office files... Wobook will take care of everything, including hosting and storage!"

"I am thrilled to have this opportunity to post about Rett syndrome, and share some strategies on successful use of AAC with individuals with Rett on this blog!!  "

"This blog is a companion to the website, www.aacintervention.com At this site, my friends and I will be sharing quick posts, minitips, and think outlouds! "

"apps to reate books on the iPad in the past, but the following listly by Meg Wilson goes further, including 15 apps to do so. The artful collision of technology, learning, and literacy is an idea promoted in the Common Core Standards, which is likely your rule book if you teach K-12 in an American public school. This is a new age of literacy where students can read, research, write, publish, and socialize on the same device sitting right in their lap with a pinch-and-zoom elegance that somehow makes the whole process seem easier than it really is."

"t IPAT, one of my jobs is to provide information on AAC devices and apps, and I was having a hard time keeping track of prices, platforms, and features and how they compare to each other and Proloquo2Go. So I decided to create a comparison matrix for myself and others to ferret out the information to help make better AAC choices. All info was obtained from the manufacturers websites and interaction with the apps here in my office."

"From Farrall's examples I made my own form to use in the future when following this process. This form should include all members input prior to determining the use of a particular AAC app and communication goals."

""Grab your iPad and get ready to start downloading! The staff at TeachThought have shared two separate infographics that provide tablet-loving teachers with some of the best educator-friendly apps out there.""

"Accessible Apps This is where you can find the list of most of the apps and services we've covered on the HTB2 blog and podcast. Some of the apps we've covered are no longer accessible so they will not be included. We know we are far from having a complete and comprehensive list of every accessible app but we only post what we've covered."

" In the AT world, mobile devices such as iPods, iPads, and iPhones are providing new and exciting options to access a huge array of applications.  This blog site is devoted to the use of these devices, highlighting apps that are particularly relevant to young children and school-aged individuals with disabilities, their families, and their instructional teams."

"PODDs are intended to be as much for receptive communication as they are for expressive communication.  Communication partners of individuals using a PODD also use the PODD to communicate. "

"Moms With Apps is a collaborative group of parent developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families." Of note is Apps for Special Needs and App Friday, where new apps are distributed free each Friday.

The Moms With Apps blog supports family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.

blog written by someone with ALS using Tobii's eyegaze system

Text-to-Speech Technology Reaches an Inflection Point

Drips let you paint like Jackson Pollock, and you can save it online. And you don't have to register for it. Even cooler, it gives you a choice of painting it with either your mouse or your webcam and computer microphone. With your webcam, you can use your cellphone light or something else as a brush and your voice to change the color. After you save it, you're given its url address. Students can post it on a student/teacher blog or website and describe it, as well as comment on others made by their classmates.

"AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook. AnswerGarden has many different users: site admins, bloggers, teachers, creative teams, brainstormers and more! Benefits of AnswerGarden Avoid long rants of commenting users and keep the expression lost in polls. Instant overview of the results. "

"What is Web 2.0? Learn it in 5 minutes or less At Learn it in 5, you'll learn what is Web 2.0, and strategies for using Web 2.0 technology in the digital classroom - all in 5 minutes or less. Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slidesharing and much more."

"AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Use it in the classroom as an educational tool or at work as a creative brainstorming tool. Or you can embed it on your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestbook. How does AnswerGarden work? You create an AnswerGarden by entering a topic on the Create New AnswerGarden-page. Then you'll be redirected to your newly created AnswerGarden. Since no-one has posted an answer yet, your AnswerGarden will still be empty. The next step is to share your AnswerGarden. Use it live in the classroom, at a meeting or a conference."

a simple tool for creating animated text displays. The animated text displays you create with Wondersay can be embedded into a blog post or wiki page. To create an animated text display just type a few words then click the Wondersay This icon. If you don't like the display that is automatically generated you can customize the colors, fonts, and animation effects until you're satisfied with the display.