Technology Resources for Education's Assistive
Technology
Solutions
Weekly Resources for the
Assistive Technology Service Provider Community
Volume 5, Issue
#33 for Week of 8/16/04
Compiled by David Grapka (email: David@Trecenter.org)
Technology Resources for
Education (T.R.E.) Center http://TRECenter.org
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK:
- Not everything that counts can be counted and not
everything that can be counted counts.
(Albert Einstein)
- Personal ownership of content creation
is critical: in our work with school children, parents, members of the
local community, University students, corporate sponsors, and research
colleagues, we find over and over again that empowering users to create their own content is the key to
fostering engagement, creativity, and problem solving skills. (emphasis added) Marc Eisenstadt, speaker at London Symposium on Social Tools for the Enterprise
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING
WEBSITES OF THE WEEK:
- http://www.artsor.org
ARTstor Announces
Availability Of Digital Image Resource Library. ARTstor hopes
to work with institutions to build a digital collection capable of both
system-wide growth and expansion at individual institutions, so that
participants will have significantly more material for educational and
scholarly uses." Pantomime
- http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/titles_public.html
437 books, released for free public online access, by University of California Press. The site also provides linking assistance and a spreadsheet. Other sites hosting free online
books include E-Editions - University of Nebraska Press, Baen Books, Hoover Institution, and, of course, Project Gutenberg. By Various Authors, University of California Press, July, 2004. From Stephen Downs
- http://www.ngf.org.uk/map/map.html).
The Map of Creativity is a user-friendly, interactive database of innovative
educational projects throughout the world. Want to see some of the world's
most interesting educational projects? Browse to your heart's content. The
Map of Creativity is supported by the Next Generation Foundation an initiative
that explores the idea that children are a largely undiscovered human
resource in modern society, that their potential must be set free, and new opportunities for children's learning,
creativity and play must be developed and encouraged in the 21st century.
- http://halldavidson.net/downloads.html
Check out The Guru of Copyright.
BLIND
AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED SOLUTIONS:
- Three New Brochures Available:
APH has issued three new brochures describing the Accessible Tests
Dept. and the Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration Dept. If
you would like free copies of these or other APH brochures, please call
800-223-1839 and choose "Catalogs" or send an email to catalogs@aph.org
COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS:
- http://www.aacinstitute.org/
The AAC Institute is a not-for-profit
charitable organization dedicated to the most effective communication for
people who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
- http://www.aacintervention.com/
Augmentative/Alternative
Communication Intervention Products & Presentations
CONSULTING SOLUTIONS:
- http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/dril/
New website on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
launched. Nearly 100 in-depth oral
histories and a collection of unique archival materials documenting the
disability rights and independent living movement are now available online
through a new website hosted by the University of California, Berkeley. The Bancroft Librarys
Regional Oral History Office.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SOLUTIONS:
- http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy/parentamend.htm
On July
20, 2004, the
Governor signed A9206 (S7366) as Chapter 194 of the Laws of 2004. The
purpose of this law, which amends section 4402 of the Education Law, is to
expand the pool of parents eligible to serve as the additional parent
member on a Committee on Special Education (CSE) by authorizing persons
whose disabled child is no longer eligible to receive special education
services to serve on a CSE for a period of five years subsequent to the
declassification of their child, or the graduation of the child. This law,
which is effective immediately, does not apply to the parent member on the
Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE).
NEW DEVELOPMENTS:
- http://pervasive.semanticweb.org/soupa-2004-06.html
If you wondered what
the universe looks like, check out this page. OK, well, not exactly, but
this is that kind of high level stuff. By Harry Chen, July
15, 2004. From Stephan Downs.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/16/technology/16combo.html
Raj Reddy was fed up debating the problem of the digital
divide between the rich and the poor and decided to do something about it.
Mr. Reddy, a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence and a
professor at Carnegie Mellon University, plans to unveil at the end of this
year his new project, called the PCtvt, a $250
wirelessly networked personal computer intended for the four billion people
around the world who live on less than $2,000 a year.
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2004/08/19/technology/circuits/19teac.html&tntemail1
When Gadgets Get in the Way By LISA GUERNSEY (NYT) With cellphones and laptops vying for students' attention
in schools across the country, teachers have started to fight back.
- http://www.simeda.com/pocketster-ipod.html
Turn Your iPod Into a
Wireless Jukebox With Pocketster Pro. Wireless file sharing - this article
described how to share files wirelessly from your iPod.
By Various Authors, Simeda, July, 2004[Refer][Research][Reflect] from Stephen downs
PARENT AND ADVOCACY SOLUTIONS:
RESEARCH SOLUTIONS:
TEACHING SOLUTIONS:
VENDOR PARTNER WEBSITES AND
NEWS:
http://www.accessiblebookcollection.org Accessible Books
http://www.aacconnections.com AAC connections
http://www.ablenetinc.com
Ablenet
http:://www.alphasmart.com Announces
the Neo.
* http://www.closingthegap.com Closing The Gap
* http://www.colligo.us/ Where your
handwriting is read back to you!
* http://www.cricksoft.com
Crick Software
* http://www.ea-software.com Educational Activities Software
* http://www.enkidu.net/
Enkidu joins Dynavox.
* http://www.infogrip.com
Home of the BIGtrack
* http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration
* http://www.intellitools.com
IntelliTools, Inc.,
* http://www.laureatelearning.com
Laureate
Learning Systems
* http://www.magictouch.com/
The
Leader in Touchscreen Technology.
* www.madentec.com Madentec
* http://www.nasdse.com
RIATT at NASDSE
* http://www.rjcooper.com/2+2 R. J. Cooper
* http://www.sunburst-store.com Sunburst Software
* http://www.texthelp.com
Makers of Read and Write Gold
* http://words-plus.com
Words Plus
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