universal design

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• Fantasy HCI! Dream Lab and Dream Team for the Future

  
  Interactive Multimedia Technology — Authority: 427
  Fantasy HCI!   My wish is to have my own lab so I can create and test out various interactive applications that run on screens of all sizes, and play with new interactive gadgets and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 day ago

• Capturing Notes Using Papershow

  
  Assistive Technology — Authority: 119
  I had a great day working with a group of teachers in assisting them to incorporate the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their math lessons. Over the course of two days we went over the principles of UDL and had a chance to look at a variety of tools and strategies that could be employed into ...
  4 days ago

• Calling all Innovators---Grant opportunity

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  The federal government is looking "to provide competitive grants that expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative and evidence-based practices, programs and strategies that significantly: • improve K-12 achievement and close achievement gaps; • decrease dropout rates; • increase high school ...
  6 days ago

• A new national report on assistive technology

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Just released! Another great NCTI Issue Paper, Unleashing the Power of Innovation in Assistive Technology , at http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2009/11/16/rpt-innovation-for-assistive-technology/
  6 days ago

• Google Announces Closed Captioning on YouTube

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 405
  Google announced this week that automatic closed captioning features will be added to YouTube . The captions will be machine generated and timed, not unlike dictation programs that deliver a transcript as a parallel medium. What Google has done is combine their automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology with the ...
  1 week ago

• Follow the feeds...

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Wish you could have attended the recent National Center on Technology Innovations annual conference? Wonder what the presenters were sharing? Interested in reviewing the content? You have some options! Follow the twitter feed that was collected during the conference at, ...
  1 week ago

• A cool web site about digital access for students

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  At the National Technology Innovators Conference this week, quite a bit of discussion focused on the importance of recognizing the influence digital technology plays in the lives of todays students. From the importance of portables, mobile access, social media, ereaders and universal design for learning, each of these ...
  1 week ago

• What is your personal learning network?

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  One of the buzz words I heard at the recent NCTI conference this past week was the reference to personal learning networks or PLN. In this digital age of so much information that crosses our desk and air waves, it is often overwhelming to find ways to keep up. Some of us try to maintain multiple connections through ...
  1 week ago

• Comments, stories and reasons why we need innovation and change..

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  While attending the National Center on Technology Innovation Annual Conference in Washington, DC, Ive had the opportunity to hear more about the upcoming National Education Technology Plan. As the new Director of the Office of Education Technology, Karen Cator and others requested, we all need to share our comments, ...
  1 week ago

• The future of ebooks and the future of access

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  I always enjoy presenting information about technology trends and how these involve accessible technologies. In this digital age, this is more exciting than ever before. On October 28, 2009, I joined a colleague for such a presentation at our state education technology conference. We shared our wares - iPod Touch ...
  1 week ago

• Follow a leader in UDL through a social media connection: CAST on Facebook

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Want to keep abreast of the latest developments in UDL? Want to have daily updates in your Facebook profile to follow this information? Then, become a Fan of CAST on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CenterforAppliedSpecialTechnology
  1 week ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  Human's Animal — Authority: 114
  A while ago, Amber DiPietra posted a poem of mine on the Kelsey Street Blog . I just noticed they have a built-in reader; a humanized voice will read each post out loud. As I write this, Im listening to the computer read two poems by Steffi Drewes. People say these voices are hard to listen to, but I think after a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Complete Streets Movement

  
  Disability Studies, Temple U. — Authority: 410
  According to a recent post at StreetsBlog, the U.S. DOT has begun actively touting its contributions to bicycle and transit infrastructure, including last weeks premiere of the Washington D.C. Bikestation [see flickr slideshow below]. The Bicycle Foundation of Greater Philadelphia on their blog bikePHL [story link] ...
  2 weeks ago

• Inclusion, AT, UDL and Learning: All ingredients for success

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  This was a video clip we shared at the Virginia Department of Educations Technology Leadership Conference on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. This clip from Edutopia provides a nice presentation of how this process should happen!
  2 weeks ago

• One of our favorite "Apps"

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  I remember when this iTouch App was announced. The excitement in the air amongst my AT colleagues was contagious. Finally, an important augmentative alternative communication (AAC) tool that could be used on this mainstream portable device -- the Proloquo2Go . When assistive technology functionality becomes available ...
  2 weeks ago

• A national leader in UDL provides a voice for technology

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Last week we heard the exciting news that Dr. David Rose has been named to an important group that will develop the new National Educational Technology Plan. As a co-founder of CAST and a national researcher in UDL, Dr. Rose will bring keen insights to this development. The details of that announcement are noted ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quick Draw Paper makes art accessible

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  Quick Draw Paper allows an artist with low vision to feel what he has drawn on paper. When students write or scribble on the paper with a water-based marker, the paper raises up and they can feel what they have done. Braille can be written quickly and easily. Ideas are limitless. Check it out:
  2 weeks ago

• Universal Design Living Laboratory Breaks Ground

  
  United Spinal's Action Online Magazine — Authority: 421
  After five years of intensive design and planning, the Universal Design Living Laboratory was finally able to break [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Those digital students...

  
  The Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 133
  This video shares a wonderful perspective on why we believe in frameworks such as universal design for learning (UDL); frameworks that celebrate the positive practices of infusing technology to support learning.
  3 weeks ago

• Accessibility Watch: The Kindness of Strangers

  
  Metropolis POV — Authority: 524
  . I use forearm crutches and I find it a bit tricky to open doors coming in from the street. Over the years, I have been gratified by the number of pedestrians who swoop in front of me and open the door; once I’m inside they scoot off on their journey, always at a very rapid pace. Who says New Yorkers are not ...
  3 weeks ago

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