Please share with your educational technology colleagues too!

On November 19-20, the Assistive Technology Conference of New England will be held in Warwick, RI. The conference focuses on uses of technology in education, communication, employment, recreation, home, and independent living.

New this year are day-long workshops on Thursday, such as Chrome Bootcamp, Apps Across the Curriculum – Supporting Struggling Learners on all Devices & Platforms, Enhancing Communication and Learning for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum, Strategies for Implementing AT in Schools, and Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Struggling Readers and Writers – Create Your AT Toolkit.

Numerous education-related sessions on Friday include Top 10 Ideas for Including Students with Significant Learning Difficulties, Augmentative Communication Strategies to Support Students with Poor Intelligibility, Personalize Learning through a Suite of Products for the Inclusive Classroom, Google Tools to Support Reading and Writing, Develop Writing with Clicker (Vendor), Playing with a Full Deck: Using AT to Study Vocabulary, Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Instruction, AT Strategies to Aid Students with Written Expression, Autism, Apps and AT, and Tech Tools for Students with Dyslexia.

It’s worth checking out the full schedule: http://www.assistivetechnologyconference.com/

Happy learning!

Maria

Maria Bernier | LSTA Coordinator, Division of Library Development | Maria.Bernier@ct.gov | Office: (860) 704-2204
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