ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BLOG | INVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

I have been using Jing Project on my Macintosh and PC since it has been released and have found it to be a wonderfully handy application for capturing images and screencasts. I just read on the TechSmith Blog that Jing Project has been updated and now includes the capability to...

Eric Blue in his blog discussed the need for a common way for users of mindmapping applications to be able to view their maps on the web. Taking it upon himself he did a proof of concept called MindMap Viewer which allows you to use a variety of mind map formats, and display the...

I came across this intriguing Newsmap website that displays the news based on its relevance. It is visually appealing and you can quickly get more information about the headlines and the number of related articles by clicking on the news map. En...

I had posted earlier about the release of Eye-Fi, which is a 2 Gigabyte SD card with built-in WiFi. I recently purchased the Eye-Fi Card from Amazon and had the opportunity to use it the last couple of days with my Canon Powershot SD500 digital camera. To start off the packaging...

This past year I have had the opportunity to experiment with many of the Web 2.0 tools which have allowed me to share my desktop (Yuuguu.com, Gatherplace.net), do video-conferencing (Skype, OoVoo) and to collaborate with others. Using a host of these services has extended my reach...

I tend to use MindManager Pro 7 daily to plan and organize information that I will need for my seminars and graduate classes, but if you are like me you tend to use only a limited number of features in any software appliction. While I was perusing the Mindjet website I came across...

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a great time with friends and family! Enjoy! Br...

Amazon today released Kindle, a new book eReader gadget that allows you to download books, magazines and blogs. It uses the EVDO network to keep you connected to the Amazon website which means you do not need to be in the range of a Wifi connection to download books or to access...

About a year ago I read about a company that was working on a SD Memory Card which would also include WiFi support. Having a SD Card with WiFi support would allow you to upload your digital pictures from your camera as long as you were in earshot of your WiFi network. It would be...

We are living in very exciting times especially with regards to technology and the power that can be harnessed into very small devices. Just this past week, Google announced that they were releasing on Open Source Software Developer Kit called Android that would become new application platform for cell phones. They also announced that they were going...

I want to thank Gaelen and Kymberly from Mindjet, Inc for all their help and assistance for putting together the webinar which I recently did focusing on: Innovative uses of MindManager Pro 7 Pro both in and out of the Classroom. I haven't had a chance to see it yet, but the webinar...

Chuck Frey has posted the results of a his most recent survey on web based mind mapping applications which can be viewed with this link. Chuck's survey are always informative and insightful and speak to the issues of using web based applications for mind mapping. I think that you...

I had reported to you several months ago about the Livescribe smartpen which will be released early next year. Livescribe is presently accepting pre-orders at this time through the end of December. If you want to be first in line to receive this technological smartpen you can pre-order...

Sitting in a three day workshop on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) gave me some time to reflect on the state of software development and the power of the Internet. The focus of the three day workshop was on helping teachers to remove barriers to math instruction (Grades 5-8)...

Mindjet, Inc the publishers of MindManager has just posted a series of customer vignettes demonstrating how a wide range of Mindjet, Inc customers are using MindManager. I found the series of customer vignettes to be interesting reading as I learned how others are using MindManager...

With just two days left there is still time to sign up for the webinar. So if your have the time it would be great for you to join us. There has been a lot of interest in the webinar and I m looking forward to showing you all of the ways that I am using MindManager in the work that...

For those of you who have recently upgraded to Leopard on the Macintosh you should be aware that XMIND 2008 is Leopard Ready. XMIND is a full featured mind mapping application for both Macintosh, Windows, and Linux. XMIND 2008 is a powerful application that you will find easy to...

Mindmeister just emailed me this morning to let me know that they have now added the ability to edit your mind maps offline using Google Gears. I had a chance to check it out and it works as advertises. Once you go to you log into Mindmesiter, simply go to your My Account tab and...

I'm sure if you are like me that you are using several computers in your home and office, and there are many times when you would like to access your files remotely. Well there are lots of commercial software products that will give you that option like GoToMyPC, but this is the...

While PowerPoint has become a standard in many classrooms for creating presentations and multimedia projects it is often more difficult to share these presentation over the web. Many of us who want to embed photographs, audio and transitions to our PowerPoint presentations soon learn...

If you are looking for top quality writing templates for Kidspiration and Inspiration then you should be aware that they can be downloaded from the Inspiration Software, Inc website. The templates are derived from the Strategies for Writers 2008 textbooks which are published by Zaner...