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Today: Find me a weather channel. Tomorrow: Find me a channel on how to learn...
Excerpt: The voice control functions of the Easy Remote app are powered by the AT&T Watson? speech recognition technology using AT&T’s Speech API, which uses advanced natural language...
View ArticleSpecial Education 101 Infographic [rossieronline.usc.edu]
Special Education 101 Infographic Excerpt: …we would like to present the following infographic as an introduction to this rapidly growing field. It provides an overview of what special education is,...
View ArticleEncoding.com launches universal closed captioning solution for video [Rayburn]
Encoding.com launches universal closed captioning solution for video – from blog.streamingmedia.com by Dan Rayburn Excerpt: Encoding.com recently announced the launch of their Universal Closed...
View ArticleTransitioning students with disabilities into college and careers [Pauley]
Transitioning students with disabilities into college and careers — from ed.gov by Linda Pauley Excerpt: Scott Rich is a prime example of how a student with disabilities can be successful. Rich was...
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Assistive technology and the 1:1 student [Marcinek]
Assistive technology and the 1:1 student — from edutopia.org by Andrew Marcinek Excerpt: A Transformative Experience Meaghan recalls her first moments with the iPad and how she and her liaison...
View ArticleSome resources on educationally-related apps for the iPad
A list of all the best iPad apps teachers need ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning / educatorstechnology.com Excerpt: We have been doing a lot of reviews of educational mobile apps. We...
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Experiment: Provide more flexible/customized learning spaces [Christian]
From DSC: The other day, I mentioned how important it will be for institutions of higher education to increase the priority of experimentation. But, for a variety of reasons, I believe this is true for...
View ArticleHow technology is changing education for students with disabilities...
How technology is changing education for students with disabilities — from edudemic.com Excerpt: Some people see computers as little more than gaming consoles and shopping tools. Recently developed...
View Article31 top apps for education from FETC 2013 [Noonoo]
31 top apps for education from FETC 2013 – from The Journal by Stephen Noonoo Excerpt: Like last year, this year’s popular App Shootout at FETC 2013 tossed around dozens of useful apps for teachers and...
View ArticleThe folks needed to create the next generation of learning: Computers can’t...
From DSC: What we need is a major hackathon — or an organization with deep pockets — that can bring together folks from a variety of disciplines including: Subject Matter Experts Instructional...
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Can I borrow that robot for a minute? Using remotely-controlled devices to...
From DSC: What if you want to allow some remote students to come on into your face-to-face classroom? . What if you want to allow those remote students to be seen and communicated with at eye level? ....
View ArticleThe 6 simplest web accessibility tests anyone can do [Groves]
The 6 simplest web accessibility tests anyone can do — from KarlGroves.com Excerpt: To truly understand accessibility and accessible web development requires extensive knowledge of HTML, CSS,...
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Some interesting items re: accessibility in regards to technologies/robotics
Microsoft’s Kinect is now a sign language translator — from fastcompany.com by Neal Ungerleider Researchers in China have turned Microsoft Kinect into a real-time translator for sign language....
View ArticleVoxdox.net — a free text-to-speech app
Voxdox.net — a free text-to-speech app; with thanks to Mr. Jim Lerman for the Scoop and to Miguel Guhlin for the post on it Excerpt from the Voxdox website (emphasis DSC): Voxdox is a new free text to...
View ArticleA collection of curated items [questioning, OER, UDL, helping students pay...
A collection of curated items: Socratic questioning: 30 thought-provoking questions to ask your students – from opencolleges.edu.au by Saga Briggs Open Educational Resources – from the Babson...
View ArticleRobots open up the world of art [CBS News]
With a special thanks to Krista Spahr, Senior Instructional Designer at Calvin College, for this resource Description: March 1, 2015 | The De Young, one of San Francisco’s fine art museums, now has...
View ArticleNew from Educause: Higher Ed IT Buyers Guide
New from Educause: Higher Ed IT Buyers Guide Excerpt: Quickly search 50+ product and service categories, access thousands of IT solutions specific to the higher ed community, and send multiple...
View ArticleEd Tech World on Notice: Miami U disability discrimination lawsuit could have...
Ed Tech World on Notice: Miami U disability discrimination lawsuit could have major effect — from mfeldstein.com by Phil Hill Excerpt: This week the US Department of Justice, citing Title II of ADA,...
View ArticleA note to Double Robotics — can you work towards implementing M2M...
From DSC: A note to Double Robotics — can you work towards implementing M2M communications? That is, when our Telepresence Robot from Double Robotics approaches a door, we need for sensors on the door...
View ArticleA note to Swivl — can you provide transcripts of the recordings created via...
From DSC: Swivl allows faculty members, teachers, trainers, and other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to make recordings where the recording device swivels to follow the SME (who is holding/wearing a...
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