ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BLOG | INVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

As much as I enjoy using my laptop and iPad for all kinds of different tasks, I for one still feel that it is easier for me to take notes with pen and paper. I can write much faster than I can type and at least from my perspective there is less of a cognitive load for me when using...

While exploring the varied applications that run on the Livescribe Smartpens I came a cross an application called MagicYad which caught my attention. You see a Yad is the Hebrew word for-pointer, that one uses when they are reading from the Torah. While it has been a long time since...

When PaperShow for Teachers was released I was excited to find out that there was a range of different note taking paper that could be utilized with this innovative solution. If you are working in the primary grades you should consider purchasing the Canson PaperShow for Teachers...

Over the years I have been a big fan of the PersonalBrain and having used the PersonalBrain 6 Beta Release, I am really impressed with the feature set and the direction of the product. I  have used the PersonalBrain as a way to store and easily find information that is important...

The popularity of e-books grows every day, and writers who never wouldhave considered writing for an e-book publisher even a year ago arechanging their minds. With online bookstores and publishers reportingincreasing numbers of e-book sales every month, with the popularity ofe-book...

Livescribe just released Pencast Player App for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch today. Now you can log into your Livescribe account and view your own pencasts or view other pencasts that are open to the community. The Panecast app is free and is available now from the Apple Apps...

With the start of the semester I have been busy preparing for my classes but still have some reviews in the hopper that I have been meaning to post for some time. This past summer I had a chance to speak with Wayne Grant, Ph.D., Chief Education Officer at Pasco, a leading science...

Free ARRA Webinar: A year into ARRA funding, and only a year left.Now what?Two dates:  September 22 & September 29With an additional $100,000 left in ARRA funding per school, even just 1-2% can have an impact!Join us for this one-hour webinar presented by Brian S. Friedlander,...