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Technology at Landmark College
presented by Technology Learning Services
Michael Nieckoski, ManagerKathy Burris, AT Educator & Coordinator
Information Technology Services
• 12 full-time staff• Departments:
– Technical Support Services– Network Services– Database Services– Web Services– Technology Learning Services
• Websites https://intranet.landmark.edu/tls/
• Laptop campus
• 1-on-1 and group training for faculty andstudents on all educational technologiesin use at Landmark College.
• Assistive Technology (AT) support, research, and resources.
• Outreach
• Care of and training for Landmark’s labs and classrooms.
• Opportunities to explore emerging technologies.
• Assistance in planning & curriculum-building using technology.
• Administration of online education systems
Technology Learning Services
Technology Training
• Training Schedule– “get ‘em where they
live!”• Classroom visits• 1 on 1• Online tutorials• Bertha
• Workshops• 1 on 1 • Bertha• Online tutorials• Teacher Dev
Computer
Students Faculty & Staff
Digital Text Services
- Provides more than 725 course texts formatted for screen readers
- Scans primary course texts (texts chosen by instructors)
- Grants student access to digital copies of course texts
- Helps students find digital copies of other books
- Helps faculty obtain prepare hard copies for scanning
Digital Text Blogcreated by Candace Brown
http://digitaltext.wordpress.com/
Assistive Technology Blog
http://techlearningservices.wordpress.com/
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Taking Notes
Read/Write SoftwareSpelling Aids
Speech-to-text
Find Files
Search the Web
Thought Mappers
Types of AT for Reading & Writing Support
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Program Type Professional Use
Personal Use
Eliminating Stigmas
Notetaking & Research Tools
Livescribe Pen
Audacity
OneNote
Zotero
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HyperWords
Visual Aids
Video ModelingEyejot
Colorful Tabs
Thumbstrips
ZoomText
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Thumbstrips
Learning Spaces:
Labs &Classrooms
Learning Spaces
Bibliographic instruction; applications; Includes a Smart Board
Learning Spaces
Open Computing Lab for Studentsindividual and group work.
Learning Spaces
Sony digital language labFor class or individual instruction
Learning Spaces
Audio, video, electronic photographysoftware and hardware. Scanners andLarge-format color printing.
Dragon Dictation RoomsA quiet location for dictation, located in the
Student Center.
Travis Makedon, Student
Virtual Spaces• Fully wired & wireless campus network • High-bandwidth connection to the Internet• Shared and private network spaces• Digital text library on the network• Intranet, ISIS, IQWeb services• TLS Web Pages• Landmark College’s online course tool.
Curriculum Integration
Liberated Learning Consortium
• Advanced technologies that allow more people access to spoken information• Machine transcription of classroom lectures & learning modules into multimedia presentations • Supports our commitment to Universal Design
New Hardware such as the Martell Mini Dictation Mask
Alternative and Emerging Technologies such as Pulse Smart Pen and Premier Assistive’s Universal Reader Plus
Smart Classroom Technologies
