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sensiblecity — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:01:04 +0000

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Built on a scalable, Web 2.0 platform, good2gether enables nonprofits to enter volunteering opportunities, events, in-kind donation needs, etc., once—then distributes this info across the entire network, to everyone's benefit:

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PS - it is bigger than you think:

Client Feature: NBC Minneapolis, Minnesota

andrewfletcher — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:29:40 +0000

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Client Feature: NBC Cleveland, OH

sensiblecity — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:14:21 +0000

Technology allows student to be at dialysis and in class at the same time

AVON LAKE--Brandon Miller can be in two places at the same time.

This fourth grader at Erieview Elementary School in Avon Lake needs dialysis three school days a week, but he still participates in class.

He can hear and see his class through a laptop computer, webcam and internet hookup. He can answer questions even call on students from his bed at the Cleveland Clinic.

His teacher researched how he could be part of the class, when she learned he would be absent part of three school days. A child in England she found on the internet participates in class the same way.

"I knew something special was required, just didn't know how special," says Teacher Laura Smith.
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Client Feature: ABC visits a different kind of Activclassroom

andrewfletcher — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:09:01 +0000

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Client Feature: ABC (Washington, DC)

andrewfletcher — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:07:28 +0000

ABC 7 WJLA visits Montgomery County

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Client Feature: ABC 7 News

andrewfletcher — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:02:24 +0000

ABC 7 visits several Activclassrooms at Sarasota Schools

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Client Feature: Bay News 9

sensiblecity — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:42:11 +0000

From the Sarasota/Tampa/St. Pete DMA:

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Client Feature: NBC News Richmond

sensiblecity — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:36:40 +0000

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Client Feature: eSchoolnews & Assistive Technology

sensiblecity — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:30:43 +0000

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Even portable technologies that are not marketed as AT solutions are helping students with disabilities succeed in mainstream classrooms.

One such student is Joe Griffin, a fifth-grader at Maude Sanders Elementary School in Walton County, Fla., who uses Promethean's Activslate--a wireless, tablet-style device that is small enough to sit on a desk or to move around the classroom. The Activslate can be used in conjunction with Promethean's interactive whiteboard, the Activboard. Though Griffin cannot use his hands and is wheelchair-bound, with the slate's Activpen stylus mechanically attached to his hat, he can write and participate at his desk with the rest of the class.

"Usually I have to have an aide to help me write things, but with this [slate] I can do it all by myself," beamed Griffin during a recent news broadcast.

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Whirl....

imfunny2 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:40:21 +0000

Why assistive tech can be fun...

The up-on-two wheels move that many athletes in chairs make look effortless.

A 360 in the name of efficiency.

And the incredibly quick way one ex boyfriend (a decent guy, not TheMostEvilDisabledManAlive), was able to transfer himself to the driver's seat of the hand controlled Skylark, and then in a one handed pickup, fold the manual chair, raise it high enough to be level with the floor of the car, and use the second hand to set it securely in the back seat behind him in less than one minute.

And he was the one who liked to go dancing...

Some of us are damn quick....

And some of us (sigh) just used to be :)

Assistive Technology

nsopata — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:13:35 +0000

Landmark College states, "With the reauthorization in 1997 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), assistive technology (AT) is no longer viewed by educators exclusively within a rehabilitative or remediative context, but as a tool for accessing curriculum."

Non-verbal students would not be able to express or participate in the curriculum without a voice. Assitive Technology is their voice. Working with alot of non-verbal students the task of teaching would be more than frustrating without the dynamos, step by steps, and other assistive devices. These devices give them a voice, a choice, and the ability to participate along side with other students.

Ellen is a wonderful example of what an assistive device can make in a child's life.