It can be challenging to sort through all of the available resources and web sites that target Assistive Technology. 

Check here often for some of the best!

Social Bookmarking

• NEW!!  AT in SPED Diigo group

National Resources

• UDL Toolkit from OSEP

Maryland Resources

• MATNOnline -- Maryland Assistive Technology Network Online
• AT: LAST -- Maryland A.T. Co-op
• HIAT -- Montgomery County Public Schools High Incidence Accessible Technology Team's site is filled with quick start guides for popular AT and UDL software, as well as many links to web resources to support all students.

General AT Resources

• National Assistive Technology Resource Institute (NATRI)

• Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services (QIAT)

• Don Johnston: Recorded Sessions

• TECHMATRIX -- powerful database to help find educational and assistive technology products for students with special needs

Universal Design for Learning Resources

• Using Technology to Raise the Achievement of ALL Students

• CAST

Associations/Conferences

• Closing the Gap
• Assistive Technology Industry Association
• Technology, Reading, and Learning Diversity (TRLD)
• Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)

Blogs

• Accessible Educational Technology -- MATN's own Beth Poss writes regular blog posts about AT, UDL, and education
• alltogether -- collaborative site, led by Samuel Sennot is about working together to help people with special needs
• No Limits to Learning -- blog of Lon Thornburg, AT Services Coordinator, Umatilla Morrow Educational Services District, Pendleton, Oregon

• Teaching Every Student -- Karen Janowski's Blog on AT and UDL

• Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs   -- blog filled with information & resources for students with low incidence disabilities

• NEW!!  Tools of the Trade

• Yuichi's Games-- blog by one of the content developers from Mayer-Johnson on using advanced features of Boardmaker Plus

Podcasts

• A.T. TIPSCAST- The A.T.TIPSCAST is a podcast on the topic of "Assistive Technology: Tools in Public Schools" hosted by Chris Bugaj, an assistive technology trainer in Virginia. Each episode contains at least one tip or strategy that can be used to assist students who may be struggling in school.  Episodes range between 4 and 15 minutes in length. You can subscribe for free on iTunes or you can listen to individual episodes directly from www.cyberears.com/index.php/Show/audio/5222.  There is also a compendium blog at attipscast.wordpress.com. 

Training

• MITS - Training Modules
• Loudoun County Public Schools Tips N' Tricks Videos - A number of short videos containing a variety of strategies for  using technology commonly found in public school classrooms to assist students.                                                                                        

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Research

• AAC-RERC -- collaborative research group dedicated to the development of effective AAC technology

AAC Tutorials

• The Tango! A Tutorial -- interactive tutorial about Blink-Twice's new AAC device, The Tango!

Material Shares

• Prentke Romich's Teaching Materials Exchange

NIMAS

• NIMAS at CAST -- NIMAS guides the production and electronic distribution of digital versions of textbooks and other instructional materialsn so they can be more easily converted into accessible formats.  CAST has a 5 year cooperative agreement to develop NIMAS and this website is devoted to information about their work on this project.

INSTRUCTIONAL / TEACHING RESOURCES

• Annie's Resource Attic
• curriculumSET
• do2Learn

• Focused Learning Solutions

• Making Learning Fun

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