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11 Ways to Increase Technology Usage on Campus

June 13, 2014June 20, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, higher education, K-12, edtech

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Too often in the EdTech world we spend the majority of our time finding the

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Three cool things #2 2014

June 12, 2014 Amanda Hartmann AAC, Proloquo2Go, Literacy, Google, google hangout, 3coolthings, aurasma

HI again, Here are the 3 cool things I did this week:   1. WATCHED THIS GOOGLE HANGOUT: Google-hangout-on-air-getting-ready-for-the-ilt2014-conference. I

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Tips for Effectively Using Social Media in the Classroom

June 6, 2014June 10, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, social media, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, wikis

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com A reasonably well agreed upon definition of social media is that it includes web based

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Three cool things – blog post #1 2014

June 5, 2014June 6, 2014 Amanda Hartmann Literacy, communication, literacy apps, ipads, language, ilt2014

Hi everyone, Three Cool Things: blog post #1 Welcome to this first blog post about 3 cool things I did

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What Will You Buy Next? A Look at Computer Market Share

May 9, 2014May 9, 2014 Jason Carroll higher education, K-12, information technology, ITC, laptop sales

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Earlier this week my wife came into our home office to grab a computer. We

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Connecting with others via video conferencing: Google Hangouts and the alternatives

May 5, 2014May 4, 2014 Greg O'Connor conference, video, Google, video conferencing

Jason Carroll’s recent blog post Upgrade Your Next Meeting With Google Hangouts gave an overview of this increasingly popular video conferencing tool.

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5 Tips for Using Highlighting Tools in the Classroom

April 11, 2014April 8, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, literacy support, Highlighting Tools, study skills

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Last week I wrote about Google’s new Add-Ons for Docs and Sheets and demonstrated how

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Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 Jason Carroll UDL, Universal Design for Learning, higher education, ESL

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com This week I am wrapping up my series on Universal Design for Learning by discussing

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Universal Design for Learning – Expression

February 27, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, curriculum support, special ed, UDL, Universal Design for Learning, ESL, Means of Expression

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com Over the last couple of weeks I have been focusing on Universal Design for Learning

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Universal Design for Learning – Representation

February 21, 2014February 27, 2014 Jason Carroll Assistive Technology, special ed, UDL, Universal Design for Learning, Multiple Means of Representation, Made to Stick

Reposted with permission from blog.texthelp.com In last week’s post I gave a high level overview of Universal Design for Learning

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