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Welcome to the TST BOCES Assistive Technology Wiki Supporting Student Access to Education

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===Hello, my name is Jennifer Goodman. I am an Assistive Technology Consultant with the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES in Ithaca, NY. With the Curriculum and Support Team (CAST), we perform assistive technology evaluations, training, workshops, research, and provide support to the component school districts in the region. I have also provided training at the local, regional, and state level regarding technology supports for students with disabilities. I am also a pediatric Occupational Therapist and have worked with students with children from birth - age 21 for over 14 years. ===

====To request an Assistive Technology Evaluation, download and complete the referral form below and return to Cheryl Button at TST BOCES. Or call Jennifer Goodman at 257-2530, ext. 5034. ====

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** Voice Typing now built into Google Docs ** = = = media type="youtube" key="BYhb7TLi6lY" width="560" height="315" align="center"

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** Research Tools within Google Docs ** media type="youtube" key="NGtWyifMX_k" width="560" height="315" align="center"

Easily find and insert references, citations, footnotes, quotations, images, and more into your Google Doc

Bookshare Web Reader now available for students with organizational memberships *optimized for Google Chrome and Safari media type="youtube" key="y3A9yrLpEik" width="560" height="315" align="center"

Roger Ebert TED Talk discussing Assistive Technology and AAC media type="custom" key="25469316" width="443" height="296" align="center"



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 * ** [|ABCya! Word Clouds] **

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The Case Against Assistive Technology

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From the Babies with iPads Blog [|Becoming Han Solo] media type="youtube" key="e8Oa1rgagVQ?fs=1" height="385" width="640" align="center"



= Waiting to get your free digital NIMAS, DAISY, or BOOKSHARE books into a portable eReader? = == = = Check out this link to learn the steps of transferring digital files into friendly formats for  [|Nook], [|Sony Reader], iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and [|Kindle 3]. []
 * Using Don Johnston's new application [|DAISYtoEPUB] you can convert digital files (NIMAS, DAISY, Bookshare) to the EPUB format used by popular mainstream eReaders.
 * The Kindle 3 has an extra step requiring [|Calibre] software to convert the files to the Mobi format used by Kindle.

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?p=voice_typing&rd=1