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	<title>ATLA &#124; Assistive Technology of Alaska</title>
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		<title>Textbook Accessibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 20:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This website is a good resource to use when looking for textbooks. The Accessible Textbook Finder (ATF) searches multiple sources of accessible books by ISBN or title, and provides the combined results with links to the source materials. Source: AccessText Photo Source: Duke]]></description>
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		<title>LDRF Helping College Students in Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 19:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a very insightful look into the world of struggling college students who need assistive technology to help and the foundation that is willing to put forth the effort for those people. Getting the right assistive technology at the post-secondary level can be difficult for students with learning disabilities. It&#8217;s especially tough if&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/ldrf-helping-college-students-in-need/">Continue Reading<span> LDRF Helping College Students in Need</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling Assistive and Durable Medical Devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability Blog posted a really interesting article about how reusing assistive and durable medical devices is a necessity. Under the Assistive Technology Act, all states are now required to have some kind of assistive device reutilization effort. That is the long way of saying each state is supposed to have a program which re-uses durable medical&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/recycling-assistive-and-durable-medical-devices/">Continue Reading<span> Recycling Assistive and Durable Medical Devices</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Products makes Eye Movement Control Possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN posted an amazing article about a product that makes controlling a computer through eye movements a possibility. A researcher in London has created a low-cost device which allows wearers to use their eye movements to control a computer. Take two video-game console cameras and one pair of horn-rimmed glasses and for around $30 you have a device&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/products-makes-eye-movement-control-possible/">Continue Reading<span> Products makes Eye Movement Control Possible</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes App- FarFaria Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[iTunes has an app available that is useful if you have someone who is just learning to read. By offering hundreds of quality stories in one place, FarFaria saves parents time and through the interactive, engaging story discovery experience, FarFaria encourages children to stumble into new stories they’ll love forever. FarFaria offers Classic stories from the Bible&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/itunes-app-farfaria-stories/">Continue Reading<span> iTunes App- FarFaria Stories</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iBooks and Voice Over Working Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article gives a great How-To on using voice over on the iPad to access iBooks. VoiceOver and iBooks is a great combination for providing text to speech and print books to students or adults with print disabilities. VoiceOver comes built right in to the iOS operating system, and iBooks is the only eReader app&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/ibooks-and-voice-over-working-together/">Continue Reading<span> iBooks and Voice Over Working Together</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Voice Over How-To</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article gives a great step-by-step instructional on how to instal Voice Over on an iPad. If you have an iOS device, you have an amazing, built-in accessibility function called VoiceOver. It uses the same voice that powers the well-advertised Siri personal digital assistant. VoiceOver was designed to help those with visual impairments use their&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/voice-over/">Continue Reading<span> Voice Over How-To</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iPads in Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edudemic wrote an exciting article on why it&#8217;s useful to be using iPad&#8217;s in education. Last November, Justin Reich, our co-founder at EdTechTeacher, wrote a piece on his Education Week blog, If You Meet an iPad on the Way, Smash It. The piece came out the morning of the first iPad Summit in Boston and put iPad use in&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/ipads-in-schools/">Continue Reading<span> iPads in Schools</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Digital Storytelling Can Be Used</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReconfigurEd wrote an interesting article about how digital storytelling can be used for many different occasions. One possibility in 2013 may be to utilise a service such as www.ustream.tv. The show is broadcast around the school on Thursday mornings, which allows parents to watch on if they are around. The show is uploaded to www.stmarks56.global2.vic.edu.au during the day which&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/how-digital-storytelling-can-be-used/">Continue Reading<span> How Digital Storytelling Can Be Used</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing iPads into Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tori Phipps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple K12 posted a very informational article on the steps to take when you&#8217;re ready to use an iPad in school. You’re giving your students wings; let them fly. Technology is most effective when used as a tool for student empowerment. Giving up control is often the hardest part of any technology implementation in schools.&#8230; <a class="continue" href="http://www.atlaak.org/bringing-ipads-into-education/">Continue Reading<span> Bringing iPads into Education</span></a>]]></description>
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