QR Codes Part 2: Using Kaywa to Generate a QR Code
In part one of this series, I described what a QR Code is, where you might have seen them, and their potential for grabbing the attention of our students. Today, I am going to talk about Kaywa, a free...
View ArticlePlanning for ASHA Convention? Try the new Personal Scheduler
From experience in attending many ASHA conventions, I know that it’s really important to take some time to plan your time! When you arrive at the convention center, you are likely to be overwhelmed and...
View ArticleAutism Awareness Month
As April- Autism Awareness Month- draws to a close, I wanted to share a presentation I made this weekend in Florida at NOVA Southeastern University, sponsored by the Florida DOE and the Center for...
View ArticleWhat’s New with Apple and What Does it Mean for SLPs?
Photo by flickingerbrad As you might have heard inklings of (I myself was glued to Engadget’s live blog), Apple is having its Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this week....
View ArticleiPad Essentials: Sharing your iPad screen as a Visual/Interactive Context...
I wanted to address a very frequently asked question about connecting iPad to LCD projectors, interactive whiteboards such as a Smartboard, TVs, and laptops. SLPs and special educators may be...
View ArticleGoogle Earth and Cracking Curriculum Content
It’s exciting to have the continued opportunity to contribute to the ASHA Leader for a few of their APP-titudes columns. It’s a different kind of writing, and I have to go back to stuff I did not...
View ArticleSLPs Shortlisted for 2012 Edublog Awards
I am proud to say that SLPs have again represented in this initiative, underscoring our key role in the educational process and in the spheres of social media and educational technology. What follows...
View ArticleGoogle on Apple: Search is Language
Google is pretty much synonymous with search. Though in the earlier days of the web, people went different places like Lycos, Yahoo, and Altavista, it’s second nature for most of us to turn to Google...
View ArticleWord APP! Use Apps to Build Vocabulary Interactively
Students with language disorders may struggle to learn, retain, describe and connect vocabulary words, causing them problems with functional and academic communication. Apps to the rescue! Clinicians...
View ArticleHeaded to Convention? Navigate Boston With These ‘Wicked Good’ Apps
ASHA Convention travels this year to my hometown: the historic city of Boston. While a very walkable city, Boston isn’t known for an easy-to-navigate street grid! This selection of apps will help you...
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