Posted on October 26th, 2009 by mnichol1
Do you find it hard to keep up with all the advancements in technology? As a school administrator are you successfully integrating technology to support your daily productivity? With the rapid rate at which technology evolves, I also find it difficult to keep abreast of all the changes. With this in mind, I decided to create a technology blog tailored to Loudoun County Public School administrators as a guide through the vast and ever changing world of technology. Posted within this blog
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Posted on February 17th, 2010 by mnichol1
Wow, time sure does fly! It’s been a while since my last Blog post. There are many new and exciting things I’ll be sharing on The Tech Flash in the upcoming weeks. The first of those items is the newly re-designed LCPS AT website http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/at.
While the site is only about 90% complete, there are many new and engaging features to share including:
- A completely redesigned homepage with a dynamic “What’s New” visual carousel highlighting various newly added resources
- Color coded and iconic navigation buttons for quicker access to respective content.
- New resource libraries including Tangible Learning Aids, E-books, How-To Documents, How-To Multimedia and Task Cards
- New Social Science Instruction, Organization, and Behavior Supports section
- New cover flow style visual layouts on all library and content sections
Perhaps one of the biggest additions is the integrated LCPS AT social bookmarking site (http://www.delicious.com/lcpsat ) which is now the main interface for quickly accessing hundreds of LCPS AT videos, documents, websites and more. We’ve even added all the multimedia content from the 2009-2010 Strategy-A-Day calendar. While our newest and more popular resources will always be highlighted within the respective navigation buttons, all resources can be found by searching the Delicious keytags. Not familiar with social bookmarking or Delicious? No problem! Just visit the LCPS AT homepage and click on the “Resources on Delicious” tab for a full explanation. While portions of our website were coded in flash (which may not be fully accessible to all viewers), visitors requiring the use of a screen reader will find all content accessible through the LCPS AT Delicious site. We hope you find this resource valuable in supporting your staff and students!
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Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by mnichol1
The Assistive Technology team is pleased to announce our first annual AT ToyShop. For complete event details click the link to the right – AT ToyShop 2009
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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by mnichol1
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the northern Virginia college and career forum called Future Quest 2009. As a first time attendee I was VERY impressed. This is an incredible free event for families and educators to gather information to help plan and prepare for post-secondary education and career training. While I was only able to attend for part of the day, I was amazed by the amount of resource fair tables packed with literature and freebies as well as instructional sessions and panel discussions. There were over 15 unique sessions! A small sampling of the session titles are listed below: Read more…
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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by mnichol1
Looking for a good movie to watch with family and friends during the upcoming break? Below are some of my favorite movies and documentaries that highlight some amazing accomplishments by individuals with disabilities. Have a great movie to add to this list? Simply leave the information in the comment section below and I’ll add the movie to this post!
The Music Within http://www.musicwithinmovie.com (movie trailer available within link).The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past, who returns from Vietnam severely hearing -impaired and finds a new purpose in his landmark efforts on the behalf of Americans with disabilities.
MurderBall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/ (movie trailer available within link). An award-winning film about paraplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs – overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. Read more…
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Posted on November 16th, 2009 by mnichol1
Do you know what style of professional development your teachers prefer? We do! This year, Assistive Technology Trainer Karen Dietrich surveyed over 200 teachers to collect data for team analysis in further developing and enhancing assistive technology professional development. The survey was completed during the months of August and September and the results have been compiled into a variety of visually engaging graphs accessible at http://www.tinyurl.com/whatteacherswant. Results can be reviewed for the entire district, filtered by general education and special education, grade level and even disability.
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