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Roger Holt

USDA TARGET Center - archived webinar on smartphone accessibility - 0 views

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smartphones accessibility

shared by Roger Holt on 08 May 12 - No Cached
  • For a 45 minute overview on Smartphone Accessibility, visit the related Discovery Series link below. In addition, you will find links to a variety of internet resources. Look for additional individual device demonstrations to be posted in the coming months. Please note that TARGET Discovery Series requires that Adobe Flash be installed on your computer. Discovery Series Episode: Discover Smartphone Accessibility (TARGET Discovery Series)
Roger Holt

Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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assistive technology iPhone AssistiveTouch

shared by Roger Holt on 18 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Plenty has been written about the new iPhone 4S, with its voice-controlled virtual assistant Siri, and about iOS 5, its software.But in writing a book about both, I stumbled across an amazingly thoughtful feature that I haven’t seen a word about: something called AssistiveTouch.
Terry Booth

Technology to Capture and Organize What You Learn - Webinar - Aug. 21, 2012 - 0 views

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information technology webinar

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  • Terry Booth on 13 Aug 12
     
    Click here to register for this webinar What:
    Whether taking notes in class, gathering Web research, or creating a textbook study guide, student success relies on the ability to effectively capture and organize information from a variety of sources. This class will demonstrate tools that aid this "knowledge management" process, from notebook software, smartpens, and graphic organizers to everyday tech such as digital cameras and smartphone apps. Technology tools to be discussed and/or demonstrated include: Low-tech annotation aids (highlighters, stickies) PDF annotation software Notetaking pens (such as Livescribe, IRISPen) Digital notebooks (such as Microsoft OneNote) Literacy & learning software with built-in study tools (such as Kurzweil 3000) Cloud-based notes and organization (such as Evernote) When:
    Tuesday, August 21, 2012
    1:30 - 3:00pm Mountain
Roger Holt

Blind Olympic torch bearer runs unguided, assisted only by smartphone | Fox News - 0 views

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blind iPhone

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  • Chosen to be a torchbearer at the 2012 Summer Games, blind ultra-runner Simon Wheatcroft will carry the Olympic Flame running solo -- with only the guidance of his iPhone. “If you had asked me three years ago if training alone was possible while being blind I would have said no," Wheatcroft told FoxNews.com. "Now I do it and ... I realize perhaps a lot of things are possible.” The RunKeeper app uses the GPS tracker in the iPhone to track your runs, including duration, distance, pace, calories burned, and path traveled on a map. The app reads your current stats over your headphones as you run, and the virtual coach warns if you are ahead or behind pace. “This allowed me to match distances with markers on my route. So I would pair a dip before a turn with a distance marker from RunKeeper," Wheatcroft explained.
Sierra Boehm

Smart Technologies as Vocational Supports for Persons with Cognitive/Behavioral Challen... - 0 views

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Montana behavioral cognitive vocational smart technologies

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  • Sierra Boehm on 18 Sep 13
     
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    What:
    This day-long workshop for autism support professionals on strategies for the assessment and training of persons with autism to use PDAs, tablets and smartphones as cognitive-behavioral aids in transition to employment.  We will discuss the evolution of these tools, explore apps for memory, task management, behavioral modulation, wayfinding, and communication, and use case studies to develop individualized suites of device, apps, and peripherals to provide workplace solutions for this population.  

    When:
    Wednesday, October 2, 2013
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mountain

    Where:
    Bozemen (location to be announced)

    Cost:
    No charge
Sierra Boehm

PLUK News feed: Smart Technologies as Vocational Supports for Persons with Cognitive/Be... - 0 views

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Montana behavioral cognitive vocational smart technologies

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  • Sierra Boehm on 18 Sep 13
     
    Register for this event
    View course report for #3295

    What:
    This day-long workshop for autism support professionals on strategies for the assessment and training of persons with autism to use PDAs, tablets and smartphones as cognitive-behavioral aids in transition to employment.  We will discuss the evolution of these tools, explore apps for memory, task management, behavioral modulation, wayfinding, and communication, and use case studies to develop individualized suites of device, apps, and peripherals to provide workplace solutions for this population.  

    When:
    Monday, September 30, 2013
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mountain

    Where:
    Wingate Hotel
    5252 Airway Blvd.
    Missoula MT, 59808

    Cost:
    No charge
Roger Holt

Post Tech - Congress passes bill to make Internet, smartphones accessible for blind, deaf - 0 views

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accessibility mobile phones smartphones

shared by Roger Holt on 29 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Congress passed a bill on Tuesday night that would make the Internet and mobile phones more accessible to people with disabilities. The legislation will go to President Obama next week to sign into law. Advocates for the blind and deaf say the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act would ensure that Web sites and makers of consumer electronics consider the vision- and hearing-impaired, who have been left behind as more communications tools move to the Web.
Roger Holt

Education Week: Solving Algebra on Smartphones - 0 views

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math smartphones technology

shared by Roger Holt on 19 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Research shows that a project to use the devices as teaching tools in some N.C. districts has had a measurable impact on student achievement in math.
Roger Holt

FCTD | February 2011 - Weapons of Mass Instruction - 0 views

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iPad iPhone iPod smartphones computers laptops assistive technology

shared by Roger Holt on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • They include iPads and iPods, smartphones and laptops. They already cost far less than more specialized technology and their price is dropping still further. But their potential to help change the course of U.S. K-12 education is limitless and their educational impact could soon include nearly every American child, including those with disabilities, according to noted education researcher and author Milton Chen, who calls these increasingly ubiquitous devices, “weapons of mass instruction.”
Roger Holt

Children's Book Apps: A New World Of Learning : NPR - 0 views

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reading e-reading apps smartphones iPad

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  • There's a whole new way to read your kids to sleep these days — or to distract them while you are trying to get something done. If you have a smartphone or an iPad, you can download a kids' book app in no time. From classics to stories created specifically as an app, these enhanced e-books include narration, animation and interactive features. Some children are even getting their first exposure to books on a digital device.
Roger Holt

Hearing-aid apps pump up the volume, double as headphones | Reuters - 0 views

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hearing impaired apps assistive technology

shared by Roger Holt on 11 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • (Reuters) - New smartphone apps that link to hearing aids are helping people with impaired hearing to pump up the volume on their devices or to use them as headphones to stream phone calls, YouTube videos and music.
Roger Holt

Beyond a gadget: Google Glass is a boon to disabled - 0 views

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assistive technology Google Glass

shared by Roger Holt on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Google Glass, the hands-free headset that functions similarly to a smartphone or a computer, is a boon to Columbia University law school student Alex Blaszczuk, paralyzed since 2011. See how the emerging technology of Glass may help the disabled.
Roger Holt

PDA 4 Memory - training materials for individuals with brain injuries - 0 views

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brain injury technology PDA

shared by Roger Holt on 09 Sep 09 - No Cached
  • The purpose of the PDA 4 Memory Project is to provide training materials for individuals living with brain injuries. Training relates to the use of PDAs and smartphones as memory/cognitive prosthetic devices. The training materials include books, videos, and booklets designed with the specific needs of those living with brain injury in mind.
Roger Holt

The Power of Technology, The Power of Equality | The White House - 0 views

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ADA 508 assistive technology technology employment

shared by Roger Holt on 21 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Twenty years ago, a simple, standardized way to link together pages of text via the Internet was invented, and the World Wide Web was born.  Perhaps equally amazing as this innovation are all of the commercial communications advances that were either nascent or not even invented then  – email, Smartphones, GPS, and the rechargeable batteries that power laptops, cell phones, and cameras to name a few.   For as powerful as these inventions were in changing the lives of so many Americans, we recognize that technology has the power not just to entertain but to enhance our work-life experience and connect us to our families and communities. This is particularly true for the approximately 54 million Americans with disabilities.
Roger Holt

Advances in mobile technology provide the blind with new tools - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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smartphones blind visual impairment

shared by Roger Holt on 30 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Zhenya Pankova sends and receives 200 text messages a day. That’s typical for a ninth-grader. But to read her texts, she presses her Samsung cellphone to her ear. Pankova is blind.
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