Category Archives: Assistive Technology

A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #119: Assistive Technology Movie Review – Man of Steel

Download the audio directly – Episode #119: AT Movie Review- Man of Steel Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and Texthelp’s suite of web … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #118: Implementing Edmodo

Download the audio directly – Episode #118: Implementing Edmodo Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and Texthelp’s suite of web apps click on … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #117: Coding With Scratch

Download the audio directly – Episode #117: Coding with Scratch Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and Texthelp’s suite of web apps click … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #116: How To Help Say Things

Download the audio directly – Episode #116: How To Help Say Things Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and Texthelp’s suite of web … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #115: Vocabulary Review, Part 1

Download the audio directly – Episode #115: Vocabulary Review, Part 1 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and their suite of web apps … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #114: Achieving Change Through Professional Development

Download the audio directly – Episode #114: Achieving Change through Professional Development Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and their suite of web … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #113: Quantum Screen Leap

Download the audio directly – Episode #113: Quantum Screen Leap Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold and their suite of web apps click … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #112: Taking the “Ill” Out of Literacy at VSTE ’12, Part 2

Download the audio directly - Episode #112: Taking the “Ill” Out of Literacy at VSTE ’12, Part 2 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #111: Taking the “Ill” Out of Literacy at VSTE ’12, Part 1

Download the audio directly- Episode #111: Taking the “Ill” Out of Literacy at VSTE ’12, Part 1 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp, provider of the award-winning literacy solution Read&Write GOLD. To learn about Read&Write Gold … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #109: The Magic LAMP

Download the audio directly- Episode 109: The Magic LAMP Episode Overview- Episode #109 features a discussion of the approach to augmentative / alternative communication known as Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP). This episode also features a bumper from Lucas McCarty. … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST #108: A Tour of Pre-K Stations

Download the audio directly- Episode #108: A Tour of Pre-K Stations Episode Overview- Episode #108 features my 4 year old daughter taking listeners on a tour of her pre-kindergarten program describing aspects of stations including the Discovery Area, the Music Area, the Dramatic Play Area, the Puzzle … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #106: Thankful For…

Download the audio directly- Episode #106: Thankful For… Episode Overview- Episode #106 features a brief discussion of a number of assistive technology tools Chris is thankful to have access to use for himself, to share with educators, and the can … Continue reading

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Edublog Award Nominations 2012

Hello there everyone, This is a blog-only post. There isn’t any new audio, or official A.T.TIPSCAST episode, associated with this post. This post outlines my nominations for the 2012 Edublog Awards. In my experience, most educational bloggers, podcasters, and Tweeters … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 105: An App for Literacy

Download the audio directly- Episode #105: An App for Literacy Episode Overview- Episode #105 features a brief discussion about what to look for when evaluating storybook apps and an example of a quality storybook app. A.T.TIPS in this Episode- A.T.TIP … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 104: It’s Alive!

Download the audio directly – Episode #104: It’s Alive Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST features a recording of the events that transpired in the attic of the Bugaj household on a stormy night in October 2012 which involves … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #103: Introducing ATEval2Go

Download the audio directly – Episode #103: Introducing ATEval2Go Episode Overview- Episode #103 of the A.T.TIPSCAST describes ATEval2Go; an iPad app designed to help professionals conduct assistive technology consultations and evaluations. A.T.TIPS in this Episode- A.T.TIP 291 – ATEval2Go by … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 102: Brite Digital Stories

Download the audio directly – Episode #102: Brite Digital Stories Episode Overview- Episode #102 of the A.T.TIPSCAST features a brief discussion of technical and practical uses of the digital storytelling site Britely.com. Miss Mel (Chris’s wife) stars in a guest … Continue reading

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Sneak Peek: Digital Storytelling Sample

A future episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST will focus on digital storytelling. Britely.com is one site that can be used to easily create digital stories. The future episode will focus on the why’s, how’s, and how-to’s related to the implementation of … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 101: UDL NEXT

Download the audio directly- Episode #101: UDL NEXT Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book, The Practical and Fun Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Episode #101 of the A.T.TIPSCAST features a brief discussion … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #100: Movie Review Extravaganza

Download the audio directly- Episode #100: Movie Review Extravaganza Episode Overview- Episode #100 of the A.T.TIPSCAST features an audio version of all of the Assistive Technology Movie Reviews done so far, previously only available as blog-only posts. These include all … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #99: Books for Digital Citizenship

Download the audio directly- Episode #99: Books for Digital Citizenship Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is supported by the International Society for Technology in Education who is the publisher of the Piano & Laylee Learning Adventures series. Episode … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #98: Captions On!

Download the audio directly- Episode #98: Captions On! Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new suite … Continue reading

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Assistive Technology Movie Review: The Avengers

I’m a super hero geek and proud of it. I didn’t just grow up reading comics. I played games about super heroes, watched super hero cartoons, created robust fight sequences and narratives (often in that order) with super hero action … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #96: A Language-Based Curriculum

Download the audio directly- Episode #96: A Language-Based Curriculum Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #95: Itchin’ for Switchin’

Download the audio directly- Episode #95: Itchin’ for Switchin’ Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #94: DIY Video Libraries

Download the audio directly- Episode #94: DIY Video Libraries Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new … Continue reading

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Assistive Technology Movie Review – The Hunger Games

My wife doesn’t read books. She devours them. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was no exception. I, however, find it difficult to read a book during the school year. My literature consumption primarily takes place in the form of … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #93: The Traitr Feature of Toondoo.com

Download the audio directly- Episode #93: Traitr Feature of Toondoo.com Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Learn more at http://iste.org/chewat. Episode #93 features … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #92: Thri Mor Speling Strategeez

Download the audio directly- Episode #92: Thri Mor Speling Strategeez Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #91: Musical Listener Feedback 4

Download the audio directly- Episode #91: Musical Listener Feedback 4 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Learn more at http://iste.org/chewat. Episode #91 features … Continue reading

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Assistive Technology Movie Review: Moneyball

As soon as I saw the trailer for Moneyball I added it to the Netflix queue. I didn’t feel compelled to see this movie in the theater because a) I’m not a big fan of baseball and b) I tend … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #90: Summary of Summarizers

Download the audio directly- Episode #90: Summary of Summarizers Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #89: Free Fraction Tools from ConceptuaMath

Download the audio directly- Episode #89: Free Fraction Tools from ConceptuaMath Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Learn more at http://iste.org/chewat. Episode #89 … Continue reading

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Assistive Technology Movie Review – Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Despite having seen all the previous Mission Impossible movies, when I saw the preview for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol I thought, “Ick.” Then, when I heard from a few Twitter friends how much they enjoyed it, saw some additional television … Continue reading

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SURPRISE, CHRIS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hi All, This is Chris’ wife, Mel. I am hijacking his blog. How I got in here isn’t important . Let’s just say it took some gum, a ferret, and an accomplice to help me break in. Whew, I am … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #88: Online, Gesture-based Learning, Part 2

Download the audio directly- Episode #88: Online, Gesture-based Learning, Part 2 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #87: Listening Station Strategies

Download the audio directly – Episode #87 – Listening Station Strategies Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Night Light Stories. Night Light Stories is a free audio podcast featuring original stories for children of all ages! … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #86: Strategy Smackdown @ VSTE 2011

Download the audio directly – Episode #86: Strategy Smackdown @ VSTE 2011 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products … Continue reading

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The 2011 Edublog Awards! Time to Vote!

The 2011 Edublog Award nominations are out! “The Compendium Blog of the A.T.TIPSCAST” has been nominated in the category of “The Best use of Audio/Video/Podcast”. The podcast came in fourth last year! Where will it place this year?!?! We’ll find … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #85: Online, Gesture-based Learning, Part 1

Download the audio directly-Episode 85: Online, Gesture-based Learning, Part 1 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #84: PoP @ GMU AT Share Fair ’11, Part 2

Download the audio directly- Episode #84: PoP @ GMU AT Share Fair ’11, Part 2 Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #83: PoP @ GMU AT Share Fair ’11, Part 1

Download the audio directly- Episode #83: PoP @ GMU AT Share Fair ’11, Part 1 Episode Overview- Episode #83 features the first of two parts of a recording of a discussion at the George Mason University Assistive Technology Share Fair … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 82: Paranormal Apptipity

Download the audio directly-Episode #82: Paranormal Apptipity Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about these products and their new suite of … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #81: Save Target As…

Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #81: Save Target As… Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. To learn about … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #80: Ablegamers Interview

Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #80: Ablegamers Interview Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. For more information, go … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #79: Being Both Smart and Activ

  Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #79: Being Both Smart and Activ Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #77: Product Spotlight – Intel Reader

Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #77: Product Spotlight – Intel Reader Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the Intel Reader. Learn more about this handheld, portable device with built-in optical character recognition and … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #76: Universal Design for Working

Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #76: Universal Design for Working Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools. Learn more … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #74: Contextualized Communication

  Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode #74: Contextualized Communication Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by the book “The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools”. Learn more at … Continue reading

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode 73: UDL for Online Courses

Here is a link to download the audio directly- Episode 73: UDL for Online Courses Episode Overview- This episode of the A.T.TIPSCAST is sponsored by Texthelp Systems, provider of award-winning literacy solutions including Read&Write GOLD and Fluency Tutor. For more … Continue reading

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