Tonight we had the normal Edceptional Crew and asked: What was the first "technology" YOU remember using as student??
Patrick Black: I had a TI-80 at home, used a TV as monitor and saved information to a tape recorder! We had Apple IIe’s in the classroom at school. Jeremy Brown: In terms of educational software, Kid Pix, Number Crunchers & Oregon Trail. For hardware, Mac Plus for desktop, PowerBook 100 for laptop, and Palm Pilot. Deb Truskey: The floppy disc was invented in 1970 as well as the microprocessor. Atari games were popular. (Post It Notes were also invented in the 70’s.) However, my technology as a student was in the form of a tape recorder, a typewriter and a stereo record player. (Favorite memory: “A Horse With No Name” by America being blasted out of the dorm window.) Your host for tonight....Anne Truger: Apple IIe in 7th grade at home, not school and as a college student the Magnavox VideoWriter.
NEWS WATCH:- TECH & LEARNING: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Assistive Tech: May We Help You? - Sascha Zuger
- eSchoolNews: Special Education Teacher describes fun classroom technology learning environment to teach curriculum and social skills to autistic children
- QIAT discussion on AT included in new Common Core Standards state tests
- Antibiotics can cure Fragile X, Autism?
BLOG WATCH- ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS:
- Innovations and Perspectives
- SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS:
- Technology in (Spl) Education
- GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS:
- SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS:
- Dynamic Therapy Associates
- Technology and Tools for Kids
“ON THE RADAR”- RESOURCES / TOOLS / FUNCTIONS- Hardware:
- Google’s Chromebook
- Will Chromebooks for Education be a Good Deal for Schools?
- AAC:
- DynaVox’s Implementation Toolkit
- Mobile Learning (iOS/Android):
- New York Times: Four Ways to Kidproof an iPhone or iPad
- Toby Price’s iPad Do’s & Don’ts for Parents
- Accessories:
- OtterBox for iPad 2
- iBallz
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS- Webinars
- ATIA - www.atia.org/webinars - summer webinars on assistive technology topics ranging from AT for individuals with autism, vision impairments, learning disabilities, communication disorders to individuals who require switches
- Recent & Upcoming Conferences
- Voulnteer Opportunities
- Volunteering for a summer program (at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA from July 22-31) focused on augmentative communication and empowerment for young adults. Potential audiences may include students in Special Education, OT, PT, SLP/CSD, Rec Therapy or people currently working in disability services, etc. See disabilities.temple.edu/programs/aac/aces/ for fliers and more information about ACES
Don’t forget you can find all of tonight’s links at the EdCeptional Diigo Group - http://groups.diigo.com/group/EdCeptional.You can follow our contributors at:Patrick Black - http://about.me/patrickblack or @teachntech00Deb Truskey - @debtruskey or @slpdebJeremy Brown - @techieteacherAnne Truger - @atrugerThanks for listening!The EdCeptional Crew |
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