Happy Halloween! I hope your day is creepy and wonderful! I have been busy collecting submissions from other mad scientists out there as well as collecting some fun Halloween links for your browsing and surfing enjoyment - all on the mad scientist theme. So kick back with a witches brew and enjoy!
Kate Ahern M.S. Ed. of Teaching Learners With Multiple Needs has sent us 3 posts for our October edition below:
All for automaticity - which shares some valuable tips on multiple AAC boards, also, How you know and Low tech Eye gaze. Kate always has posts full of information and I am so pleased to have her share with us.
Alicia Odom of SMDTeacher has shared a couple of posts where she took the mad scientist theme and ran with it this month. She shares ideas on a Mad Scientist Halloween party which I posted this past Monday to give folks a chance to take some ideas and plan if they wanted the week to set up some of the activities. The second post contains a powerpoint activity and more to check out...You can read all about them below:
Ricky Buchanan of ATMac has sent us 3 posts on AT using the Mac. She shared:
"None are really specifically about creating stuff, except creating accessibility! But that's what all the other creating can flow from, ultimately." I would say creating accessibility is huge, you are exactly right and we thank you Ricky for your contribution!
Video iPods In Special Education
Speech-to-Text: Dictation software for OS X
iPod Touch Ideas For Stylus And Mouth Stick Users
Patrick Black of Teaching All Students has given us a couple of great posts from his blog:
Lon Thornburg, No Limits to Learning: I am sharing a post I did last week leading up to Halloween on Creating Switch Adapted Halloween Toys.
Thanks everyone for your contributions this month!
Lon
Some Halloween Links for fun...
I spent some time just searching for links that might give us some mad scientist ideas. Here's what I came up with:
Mad Scientist Network: MadSci Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure they provide a variety of oddities as well. They have a search engine that allows you to seek out information. I prefer Wikipedia myself, but I thought this was fun and kind of interesting!
http://www.madsci.org/
Evil Mad Scientist: This blog/site is an incredible do-it-yourself site with all kinds of projects and photos. Check out the Halloween pages with mutant cyborg pumpkins :o)
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/index.php?msg=27
Their project - Make a Cylon Jack o'Lantern:
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/CylonOLantern#comments
A Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7f2dgROVUg
http://www.madsci.org/
Evil Mad Scientist: This blog/site is an incredible do-it-yourself site with all kinds of projects and photos. Check out the Halloween pages with mutant cyborg pumpkins :o)
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/index.php?msg=27
Their project - Make a Cylon Jack o'Lantern:
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/CylonOLantern#comments
A Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7f2dgROVUg
For Nostalgia - Scary Battery Operated Toys Archive form the 1960's
http://www.ozziesrobots.com/id50.htm
Some Fun Videos:
http://www.ozziesrobots.com/id50.htm
Some Fun Videos:
Education:
Halloween Activities for School
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/halloween.shtml
Mad Scientist Game
And Finally, a mad scientist free download trial video game. I downloaded it and played some of it. I was sliding circuit boards across the floor to interconnect and turn on a large robot. It is a strategy game - fun to entertain you when you don't have anything else to do - anyone out there have time with nothing to do?!!
I hope you have a great Halloween and a great remainder of the fall. See you again in November.
All the best to you!
Lon
