Posted on November 14th, 2009 by mnichol1
Below is an update from Joy Zabala, Director of Technical Assistance for CAST and the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials regarding a wonderful new Universal Design for Learning resource. This was a message orginally posted by Joy on the QIAT listserv.
“CAST has recently launched the website for the National Center on Universal Design for Learning [...]
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Filed under: Cool Tools!, Universal Design for Learning
Posted on November 12th, 2009 by mnichol1
Have you noticed the new assistive technology display board within your school this year? Over the summer, the assistive technology team built kiosk displays for all schools which highlight various technology tools on the instructional matrix, strategies for integrating these tools into the curriculum, and a wide variety of additional resources. The boards were delivered to schools during the months [...]
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Filed under: Cool Tools!, LCPS Assistive Technology, LCPS Instructional Network, Manipulating Multimedia (Images, Videos, Audio, Etc.), Universal Design for Learning
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by mnichol1
Do you live in Twitterville? Twitter can be used as a powerful professional learning network for teachers and administrators! Best of all, Twitter is an extremely popular (and free) resource among the online community. Basically, Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service utilizing instant messaging (commonly referred to as tweets). Tweets are updates to a users Twitter profile page and [...]
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Filed under: Cool Tools!, Web 2.0 Tools and Beyond
Posted on July 14th, 2009 by mnichol1
Want a quick and easy way to create a professional looking slideshow of images and pictures (easier than using PhotoStory 3 or Windows Movie Maker)? Animoto is the answer! Animoto videos are music videos for your images and pictures. High production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music! You can add your [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2009 by mnichol1
http://thisissand.comis a website that changes the pixels on the screen into digital sand that can be used to create sand paintings. This is a potentially great website for students learning basic mouse skills or any artist looking for a digital method for expressing themselves through art and play! Administrators…need a brief mental break? Why not give it a try. There’s no mess and [...]
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