Getting Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the App StoreTraci Lawson
Targeted at kids media content creators who want to produce iOS apps, but lack programming know-how and funding.
Presented to Women in Children's Media, on the campus of Teachers College, Columbia University, August 3rd, 2011
H"App"y Kids handout by Amanda RobersonAmy Koester
This handout was prepared by Amanda Roberson for the 2014 Maryland Library Association conference. She kindly made it available to Little eLit, with her permission to share it freely.
Augmented Reality Children's Book ProjectMaxie Tran
"What is Augmented Reality?"
Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
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"Brief"
As a team of students at Kingston University. we were tasked with exploring present innovations and industry practices in the area of Augmented Reality.
This knowledge would be used to create an interactive children’s book using an existing AR application, based on our acquired knowledge, or develop a customised one.
Taking advantage of our mixed disciplinary team we covered aspects of user experience design, interactivity, the use of animation and the gamification to make our deliverables stand out and be competitive on the market.
We’re currently working on developing a series of stimulating design-based activities for children with learning/ developmental disabilities. Each of the interventions are not one-offs, but rather toolkits to help parents and teachers to make their own versions of the products that are being made, or are made to assist with issues on a more permanent basis.
Getting Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the App StoreTraci Lawson
Targeted at kids media content creators who want to produce iOS apps, but lack programming know-how and funding.
Presented to Women in Children's Media, on the campus of Teachers College, Columbia University, August 3rd, 2011
H"App"y Kids handout by Amanda RobersonAmy Koester
This handout was prepared by Amanda Roberson for the 2014 Maryland Library Association conference. She kindly made it available to Little eLit, with her permission to share it freely.
Augmented Reality Children's Book ProjectMaxie Tran
"What is Augmented Reality?"
Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
-----
"Brief"
As a team of students at Kingston University. we were tasked with exploring present innovations and industry practices in the area of Augmented Reality.
This knowledge would be used to create an interactive children’s book using an existing AR application, based on our acquired knowledge, or develop a customised one.
Taking advantage of our mixed disciplinary team we covered aspects of user experience design, interactivity, the use of animation and the gamification to make our deliverables stand out and be competitive on the market.
We’re currently working on developing a series of stimulating design-based activities for children with learning/ developmental disabilities. Each of the interventions are not one-offs, but rather toolkits to help parents and teachers to make their own versions of the products that are being made, or are made to assist with issues on a more permanent basis.
Digital Story Time - Preschool Programming with the iPadJennifer Gal
Workshop for Southern Ontario Library Service – February 2013
Harness the magic of the iPad to enhance your library’s preschool programming and outreach. Understand the difference between eBooks and book apps and learn why this new and rapidly developing format has profound implications for children's literature and exciting possibilities for library programming. Preview the best children's picture book apps and learn how to integrate the iPad into your story time repertoire. Gain practical tips for getting started and maximizing your app budget. Learn where to find a quality children’s book app and where to find reliable reviews and recommendations. Discover the impressive range of children’s apps available ‘beyond the book’ and explore other ways that the iPad can be used to create exciting and innovative children’s programs and services.
Position Paper 8: Cupcake Digital Launches First App Addressing An Important...Cupcake Digital
Cupcake Digital’s commitment to social responsibility and caring is taking a giant step in a new direction that promises to earn the increased respect of parents and educators alike.
The Captivating Power of Mobile Devices for Young Children through ElementaryBridgingApps
BridgingApps Presentation, Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas 2013 Fall Conference
Children with disabilities often have difficulty with engagement and interaction. This session focused on methods of using the iPad to help children develop engagement and encourage social engagement and interactivity. Specific apps that encourage engagement were also discussed.
5 ideas for teaching about the home using apps and mobile devicesLearnAhead
Here are some ideas for teaching about the topic of the home using apps and mobile devices. The ideas are aimed at the EFL/ESL young learner classroom but can be adapted to other contexts.
The age of smartphone users is getting progressively more youthful. I'm sure you've seen your baby discovering his or her way to your smartphone. The catches, the brilliant screen, and fun graphics all are extremely welcoming to little creative impulses.
Digital Story Time - Preschool Programming with the iPadJennifer Gal
Workshop for Southern Ontario Library Service – February 2013
Harness the magic of the iPad to enhance your library’s preschool programming and outreach. Understand the difference between eBooks and book apps and learn why this new and rapidly developing format has profound implications for children's literature and exciting possibilities for library programming. Preview the best children's picture book apps and learn how to integrate the iPad into your story time repertoire. Gain practical tips for getting started and maximizing your app budget. Learn where to find a quality children’s book app and where to find reliable reviews and recommendations. Discover the impressive range of children’s apps available ‘beyond the book’ and explore other ways that the iPad can be used to create exciting and innovative children’s programs and services.
Position Paper 8: Cupcake Digital Launches First App Addressing An Important...Cupcake Digital
Cupcake Digital’s commitment to social responsibility and caring is taking a giant step in a new direction that promises to earn the increased respect of parents and educators alike.
The Captivating Power of Mobile Devices for Young Children through ElementaryBridgingApps
BridgingApps Presentation, Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas 2013 Fall Conference
Children with disabilities often have difficulty with engagement and interaction. This session focused on methods of using the iPad to help children develop engagement and encourage social engagement and interactivity. Specific apps that encourage engagement were also discussed.
5 ideas for teaching about the home using apps and mobile devicesLearnAhead
Here are some ideas for teaching about the topic of the home using apps and mobile devices. The ideas are aimed at the EFL/ESL young learner classroom but can be adapted to other contexts.
The age of smartphone users is getting progressively more youthful. I'm sure you've seen your baby discovering his or her way to your smartphone. The catches, the brilliant screen, and fun graphics all are extremely welcoming to little creative impulses.
Helping Children with Visual Impairments Explore, Learn and Communicate Using...Julie Johnson
This is the slide from the webinar presentation I did via Assistive Technology Coalition on December 5 about incorporating the iPad as a learning tool into a child with visual impairment's daily routine.
Parents can provide proper education to their children with the best kid's app for boosting up their knowledge and confidence. For more details visit us at:
http://indigo-kids.ru/
Top 8 benefits of kids app developmentHeli Thakkar
Now a day modern world children are able to gain knowledge about anything at any time and from anywhere, all thanks to the growth of kids app development. Contact us for hire kids app developer.
RubyCube user guide given to me by Pete, the founder. The style and function of apps (e.g. changing phrases from the text, etc) is the same for my apps.
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Quick Interactive Language Screener: English—Spanish (QUILS: ES)Brookes Publishing
How can you tell if young bilingual children are making age-appropriate language progress? The Quick Interactive Language Screener ™: English–Spanish (QUILS ™: ES) can help—and this free coffee chat will introduce you to this web-based, game-like screener. Developed for use with English–Spanish bilingual children from ages 3 to 5:11, QUILS: ES measures not only language products (what the child already knows in both languages) but also language processes (how the child learns new words and grammar structures).
Children in Action Motor Program for Preschoolers (CHAMPPS)Brookes Publishing
CHAMPPS is a research-based, semi-structured motor play program for use in inclusive preschool classrooms that supports school readiness skills and increased physical activity of children. CHAMPPS utilizes UDL-infused lessons, implemented by teachers at school and families at home, to support the learning and development of all young children.
From the developers of the renowned ASQ, the Environmental Screening Questionnaire (ESQ™) can provide a fuller picture of each family’s strengths and needs—and help professionals guide their decision-making processes for next steps. This presentation will familiarize you with this exciting new screening tool.
An introduction to the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition, (ASQ-3), a highly reliable, parent-completed tool that pinpoints developmental progress in children between the ages of one month to 5 ½ years.
An introduction to the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®:Social-Emotional, Second Edition, (ASQ:SE-2), a highly reliable, parent-completed tool with a deep, exclusive focus on children’s social and emotional development, you can quickly pinpoint behaviors of concern and identify any need for further assessment or ongoing monitoring.
Using ASQ®:SE-2 Effectively with Parents During Virtual Screening InterviewsBrookes Publishing
View this presentation from ASQ author Elizabeth Twombly to learn how to support families and continue administering social-emotional screening through virtual interviews during the COVID-19 health crisis.
View this presentation from ASQ author Elizabeth Twombly and Parents as Teachers specialist Angela Rau to learn how to support families and continue administering developmental screening virtually with ASQ-3 during the COVID-19 health crisis.
Get an introduction to the AEPS®-3 Ready-Set—a new, shorter measure focused on school readiness skills. Learn about the tool’s purpose and recent research studies, and learn how to use it.
Strengthening the Social-Emotional Health of Young Children Through ScreeningBrookes Publishing
Supporting young children’s social-emotional health, while always important, has taken on new significance during the COVID-19 health crisis. This presentation, originally presented as a webinar in October 2020, highlights how to strengthen every child’s social-emotional skills through screening, early identification, and competence-building exercises. Leading experts on screening and developers of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2), Jane Squires, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Twombly, M.S. share how using a parent-completed screening tool can help your program’s children and families, especially during this challenging time. Resources to share with parents will also be shared.
Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teaching ReadingBrookes Publishing
Reading and writing depend on language processing. Word recognition and spelling, contrary to appearances, are primarily language skills. Reading comprehension is enabled not only by vocabulary and background knowledge but also by facility in deciphering sentence structure and recognizing cohesive devices in text. Structured Literacy instruction includes explicit teaching of all aspects of language and is the most effective approach for any student who does not process the written word easily. This recorded edWebinar presents an overview of the concepts and language content that are essential for teaching reading, spelling, and writing effectively – the content in the Speech to Print (3rd edition) book and workbook. Viewers will gain insight into what there is to learn about speech sounds, spelling, sentences, and text structures – the language essentials for teachers of literacy.
Planning the Transition to Employment: Tips, Tools, and StrategiesBrookes Publishing
Transition is the time for students with and without disabilities to plan and pursue their future post-school goals. What can we do to best prepare all students with the skills, services, and supports they need to become successfully employed? How can we build on the successes of our current activities to explore unique and creative employment opportunities that benefit all students including those with significant support needs? What are ways we can contribute to enhancing adult employment services and making that critically important job match?
This edWebinar describes strategies for exploring passions, engaging employers, customizing the placement process, and facilitating training and support to promote job success. The goal of the presentation is to share practical strategies for preparing students with a wide range of disabilities for employment before or after they graduate. Viewers will learn about the roles and responsibilities of education and adult employment services, best practices for educators to use in teaching students about work and gaining the essential skills that will assist them with becoming gainfully employed, and tools to help educators in planning and implementing effective transition services leading to positive post-school outcomes. By the end of the edWebinar, viewers will:
Gain an overview of the transition process
Understand effective transition to employment practices
Describe strategies and tools for implementing transition to employment services
Demonstrate knowledge of employment services and supports
This recorded presentation will be of interest to middle and high school teachers, school and district leaders, rehabilitation counselors, and adult vocational personnel.
Using the Measure of Engagement, Independence, and Social Relationships (MEISR)Brookes Publishing
This free 45-minute webinar, hosted by the developers of the MEISR, will cover the relationship between the MEISR and the Routines-Based Interview (RBI), illustrate unique features of the MEISR, outline administration and scoring basics, and show how results can be used to help early interventionists and programs. A live-during-recording Q&A will be hosted by developers R.A. McWilliam & Naomi Younggren following the webinar.
Building Blocks for Including and Teaching Young Children with DisabilitiesBrookes Publishing
Sponsored by Brookes Publishing
WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING AT OUR EDWEB COMMUNITY TODAY: http://bit.ly/EdWebTeachAll
This edWebinar provides information about the development, use and latest revision to Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs, a multi-tiered framework for planning and providing individualized support and instruction for young children with disabilities or other special needs. Learn about the four levels of support as well as practical, research-based practices for use in inclusive classrooms and other early learning environments. Become familiar with our various forms and resources for planning, teaching, and monitoring children’s progress.
This presentation is of interest to preK teachers and school and district leaders, and early childhood faculty, early childhood special education faculty, and curriculum and instruction department chairs.
Originally broadcast: September 12, 2019
Join the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community to network with educators, participate in online discussions, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars, and view past edWebinars to earn CE certificates.
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Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children: Driving Change in Early E...Brookes Publishing
Sponsored by Brookes Publishing
WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING AT OUR EDWEB COMMUNITY TODAY: http://bit.ly/EdWebTeachAll
Wouldn’t it be great if every child could participate in an early education program with evidence-based instruction, and receive appropriate levels of instructional interventions to achieve the best possible early academic and behavioral outcomes?
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)—a framework grounded in delivering evidence-based instruction of various intensity levels—can ensure that young children learn essential early academic and behavioral skills. In this edWebinar, discover how to successfully use a data-based decision-making process to match children’s needs with universal, strategic, or intensive instruction in a tiered model. Early education experts Judith J. Carta, Ph.D., and Robin Miller Young, Ed.D., NCSP, introduce MTSS as a system-wide, prevention-oriented framework for delivering efficient services and supports that meet the needs of all young children and their families.
In this recorded session, learn to:
- Articulate the MTSS framework’s core components that help improve outcomes for children and families and contrast these components with those that typically exist in early learning settings
- State how to use a data-based decision-making process to identify children who might need more intensive educational interventions and to monitor their progress during intervention
- Describe a multi-tiered intervention model for early learning programs
- Advocate for moving to an MTSS framework to drive change in early education across multiple system levels
This recorded edWebinar is ideal for all early childhood professionals. Learn how MTSS can help all young children achieve critical early learning outcomes and get ready for success in school.
Originally broadcast: February 7, 2019
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This free 45-minute webinar, hosted by the developers of the TPITOS program, will cover the relationship between the Pyramid Model, TPITOS, and TPOT as well as explore the unique features and functions of the TPITOS program. A live-during-recording Q&A will be hosted by developers Kathryn Bigelow and Dwight Irvin following the webinar.
Administrators aren’t the only education professionals who can take on leadership roles. Every teacher can be a leader—and this edWebinar will show special educators how to choose and navigate their own individual path to educational leadership.
In this edWebinar, Belva C. Collins, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, introduces eight different paths you can follow to become a leader in your school and community:
Making data-based decisions and conducting classroom research
Effecting schoolwide change
Mentoring other teachers and paraprofessionals
Conducting professional development and consultations
Working effectively with families
Supporting students during transitions
Advocating for students
Connecting with professional organizations that address disability-related concerns
Dr. Collins guides you through reflective experiences and challenge you to develop your own personal leadership plan that you can accomplish without leaving the classroom. Learn from examples of effective special education teacher-leaders and get practical guidelines for following various leadership paths. This recorded session is essential viewing for all special education professionals, from pre-K through high school.
About the Presenter
Dr. Belva C. Collins is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the University of Kentucky, having served as Chair of the Special Education departments at both institutions. Beginning as a rural special education teacher, she has focused on serving students with low incidence disabilities for over 40 years. Her research on systematic instruction and personnel preparation has resulted in numerous texts, research publications, and professional presentations. Dr. Collins served as Chair of the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) and Editor of Rural Special Education Quarterly, resulting in receipt of the Eagle Award for lifetime service. She also served on the Executive Board of the Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE) and recently received the North Carolina Special Education Teacher Educator of the Year Award. She currently works on a national project to facilitate inclusion of students with significant disabilities.
Join the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community to network with educators, participate in online discussions, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars, and view past edWebinars to earn CE certificates.
Resolving Tough Individual Student Behavior Challenges with Prevent-Teach-Rei...Brookes Publishing
How can you resolve serious challenging behaviors of an individual student while also improving the student’s social skills and academic engagement? Discover Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR), a standardized yet individualized functional behavior assessment and intervention model that’s been proven effective in improving students’ behavior, social skills, and academic engagement.
In this edWebinar, Rose Iovannone, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Research Assistant Professor at the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, University of South Florida, gives a comprehensive introduction to the PTR approach and how to put it into practice. You’ll:
Learn about the five steps of the PTR model: teaming and goal setting; collecting data; conducting a PTR functional behavioral assessment; developing a PTR behavior intervention plan; and monitoring progress
See how PTR intervention plans help you prevent problem behaviors, teach replacement skills, and reinforce new skills
Discover user-friendly tools that school teams use to implement PTR effectively
Get case examples that vividly demonstrate how to apply the steps of PTR
A collaborative team approach to behavior intervention that’s highly rated by teachers, PTR is your step-by-step solution to addressing students who have serious behavior challenges. This recorded session is designed for practicing and in-training K-8 educators, including classroom and special education teachers, school psychologists, behavior analysts, and building and district administrators. See how this research-proven model can make a difference!
About the Presenter
Rose Iovannone, Ph.D., BCBA-D is Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. She is currently the director of the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) Project. She has also served as the co-principal investigator on a University of South Florida (USF) subcontract for the Professional Development in Autism Project funded by Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and as Assistant Director for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) at USF.
Join the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community to network with educators, participate in online discussions, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars, and view past edWebinars to earn CE certificates.
Unstuck and On Target: Improving Executive Function, On-Task and Flexible Beh...Brookes Publishing
This presentation is for professionals who work with children with autism, ADHD, traumatic brain injury and other disorders linked to executive dysfunction. Executive Function (EF) problems are common in children and cause academic, social and adaptive problems. Lynn Cannon, M.Ed., Social Learning Specialist, and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., Pediatric Neuropsychologist, will introduce you to tools you can use today that will help you identify when a child is having trouble with EF, so you can better distinguish a “can’t” from a “won’t” and therefore intervene more effectively.
The presenters will describe the Unstuck and On Target! intervention, which is a cognitive-behavioral school- and home-based intervention program targeting flexibility, goal-setting, and planning. Finally, they will report on the results of recent randomized, controlled trials of Unstuck that found improvements in classroom behaviors, such as following directions, transitioning easily, and engaging socially.
This recorded edWebinar will help you:
- Recognize EF weaknesses in children and distinguish among different EF skills
- Apply specific techniques to support improvement in EF at home, in treatment, or at school
- Learn specific scripts or vocabulary and when to use them to increase EF skills
- Summarize the research results examining the effectiveness of an EF intervention
Elementary teachers as well as special education professionals will benefit from watching this recorded session.
Watch the recording: https://home.edweb.net/webinar/inclusiveeducation20180926/
The vast majority of children experience the death of a close family member or friend by the time they complete high school. Whether involving a personal loss or one that affects the entire school or community, bereavement can have a profound and long-term impact on children’s psychological adjustment, academic achievement, and personal development. School professionals can play a vital role in helping students learn coping strategies that accelerate their adjustment and minimize their distress, maladaptive coping mechanisms, and behavioral difficulties. Yet most educators and other school professionals have had limited to no professional training on how to support grieving students.
Presented by David J. Schonfeld, MD, a nationally renowned expert on childhood bereavement and school crisis, this edWebinar provides the essential information you need to provide sensitive, appropriate support to grieving students of all ages. Learn how to:
– Initiate conversations with children and their families related to deaths of family members and friends
– Support students when feelings of guilt affect adjustment to a loss
– Provide practical advice on issues such as funeral attendance of children
– Appreciate the importance of long-term follow-up after a significant loss
In addition to providing practical information on supporting grieving students, Dr. Schonfeld also highlights a free, practitioner-oriented website, www.grievingstudents.org. Dr. Schonfeld introduces the site’s comprehensive materials on bereavement, developed for educators and other school professionals by the Coalition to Support Grieving Students.
Pre-K through high school teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and other school professionals interested in learning more about how to provide appropriate support to grieving students will benefit from watching this recorded edWebinar.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
2. Great apps. For a great price.
There’s no shortage of innovative apps that support
children with autism. But many are expensive—and when you’re a parent or
professional with limited resources, pricey apps are often out of the question.
Fortunately, you don’t have to break the bank to find
apps that improve the lives of kids with autism. Here are 19 apps—some designed
specifically for kids on the spectrum, some easily adaptable—that help with:
Communication & Language
Organization & Motivation
Routines & Instructions
LET’S GET STARTED!
4. Do you use Alexicom to develop augmentative communication pages?
This app lets you publish your AAC pages to your phone or tablet so you
can access them anywhere (it’s great for sharing pages between SLPs and
parents). Plus Alexicom AAC gives you more than 2,500 premade
communication pages and access to more than 25,000 real photos and
images. It’s easy to import these pages into your own online library,
customize them, or create your own pages.
Answers:YesNo is an easy to use, affordable communication tool perfect
for nonverbal children with autism and motor planning issues. It features
two large buttons: one for yes, one for no. You can place custom text and
pictures on the buttons, record custom audio to play when buttons are
selected, and save up to 30 custom button pairs. Comes with multi-
language support and visual cues for those with hearing impairments.
FREE
$3.99
Answers: Yes/No HD
Alexicom AAC
Prices listed reflect those posted in the Apple App Store. Android prices may vary. Prices are
subject to change.
5. With SoundingBoard, you can transform your iPhone, iPod Touch, or
iPad into the latest in communication technology. Create customized
communication boards in just minutes, using AbleNet symbols or your
own photos. (Comes pre-loaded with more than a dozen communication
boards ready for immediate use!)
Selected as the #2 Best Education App for Kids by Babble.com, the
“Speech with Milo” apps were created by a licensed SLP and have been
downloaded more than 50,000 times. Sold separately for $2.99 each,
these apps use fun and engaging animated exercises to teach children
about sequencing, verbs, prepositions, nouns, adjectives, and more.
FREE
$2.99
Speech with Milo
SoundingBoard
6. Designed by SLPs, this high-quality interactive game uses a friendly,
funny alien named Splingo to help children learn critical listening and
language skills. Splingo’s instructions cover a full spectrum from very
early language development (e.g., single word recognition) to complex
concepts that combine several aspects of language at once. Easy to
customize based on each child’s developmental level.
If you have a favorite app under $5 that helps build communication
& language skills, tweet it to us at @BrookesPubCo. We’d love to keep
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$2.99
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Splingo’s Language Universe
ORGANIZATION & MOTIVATION APPS
8. A super-simple motivational tool designed by a pediatrician and parent,
iEarned That helps children develop positive behaviors by working
toward tangible goals. Turn any picture of a reward into an interactive
puzzle of up to 60 pieces. Kids can earn one piece at a time—a great way
to foster independence, responsibility, and goal-oriented behavior
through positive reinforcement.
Another easy-to-use motivational tool, selected by Apple for their “Apps for
Special Education” list! Create a star chart or token board that reinforces
positive behaviors through visual rewards. It offers lots of options for
customization: you can create your own color backgrounds and tokens, add
a photo of the goal/reward, use two pictures to create a first/then reward,
record custom audio to play when a goal is reached, and more.
$1.99
$2.99
iReward
iEarned That
9. The easy way to help a child organize her day. With this app, you can go
through the day and check off tasks on the “Open” list. Steps lets you
create a new list or task with ease, bring back tasks you accidentally
closed, set up reminders and add notes, and more. It works both offline
and online, and if you want to use it on multiple devices, it syncs and
backs everything up to iCloud.
This clear and simple timer app displays time as a red disk that quietly
gets smaller as time goes by. When the red is gone, time’s up! The visuals
are clean and uncluttered, making it easy for kids to see exactly how
much time is left. Plus the app lets you create up to 4 timers at once, edit
one timer while the others keep going, and tailor it to whatever amount
of time you need—whether it’s ten seconds or ten hours.
$.99
$2.99
Time Timer
Steps
10. A simple, motivating tool for creating projects and tasks and then
helping a child keep track of time spent on each. You can plan out your
time a week in advance, stop and start a timer on a project, and review
planned time against actual time spent working on projects and tasks.
It’s easy to print the timesheets or email them as PDFs.
If you have a favorite app under $5 that helps build organization &
motivation skills, tweet it to us at @BrookesPubCo. We’d love to keep
updating and expanding this list!
$1.99
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Time Tracker
ROUTINES & INSTRUCTIONS APPS
12. Help kids of all ages sharpen their knowledge of basic concepts and
improve their skills in following verbal instructions. Three interactive
themed games—Animal Sizes, Underwater Sequencing, and Before &
After Farm—support development of concept knowledge, attention and
listening, and auditory recall and processing abilities.
Eliminate the need for those cumbersome paper-based visual instructions
and bags of pictures! This app is a convenient, portable way to
communicate clear expectations to a child with autism. Use the built-in
pictures or download any online photo of the activity or routine you
want the child to complete and the object, activity, or reward that will
come next.
$4.99
$1.99
First-Then Board
EasyConcepts
13. Help children practice following directions while they sharpen their
memory, motor, and auditory processing skills. Select from 52 illustrated
picture cards with one-step directions (“Growl like a bear”), and record
the child’s response by tapping green or red (correct or incorrect). You
can even have children follow multi-step directions by presenting more
than one card—just swipe the screen to the side to display the next card.
Developed by a team of experts led by an experienced speech-language
therapist, this app is a highly motivating, interactive game starring a
friendly monster named Moe. Through flashcards with simple instructions,
kids practice waiting, listening, and responding to directions. Also an
effective tool for boosting language skills and vocabulary.
$3.99
$1.99
Let’s Talk: Following Instructions
Fun Deck Following Directions
14. This massively interactive dollhouse app lets kids explore and use
everything in the house. The characters eat, sleep, shower, brush their
teeth and more, and kids can interact with the furnishings and change
the background music. It’s an ideal app for helping kids with autism
practice following a sequence of instructions.
PhotoMind lets you take a picture and then make a note and set a
reminder for it. The reminder will appear along with any note you’ve
saved with it, without any need for an Internet connection. A helpful
visual organization tool for routines and activities.
$3.99
$2.99
PhotoMind
My PlayHome
15. An innovative visual support app for children with autism, Picture
Prompt Timer lets you display two photos in a first/then format. The
corresponding bar shows the child how much time is left, and the
auditory prompt allows you to customize a message that will play at
intervals YOU determine, to help the child stay on task.
Help children achieve goals and develop good habits by providing daily
reminders of routines, activities, and tasks. You can define a weekly
schedule, and Routinely will help track each activity. Through daily
reminders and repetition, children will transform activities into good
habits that improve their lives.
.
$3.99
FREE
Routinely
Picture Prompt Timer
16. This easy-to-program visual schedule is ideal for helping children with
autism stick to a routine. Routines can be easily tailored to individual
needs with audio feedback and customizable pictures, audio, and text.
No need to tote pictures or a laminated schedule—this app will let you
pre-set routines that clearly remind children what they have to do.
If you have a favorite app under $5 that helps kids follow routines &
instructions, tweet it to us at @BrookesPubCo. We’d love to keep
updating and expanding this list!
$4.99
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Visual Routine
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS APP LIST
17. This list was adapted from the book
Technology Tools for Students with Autism
Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning
Volume Editors: Katharina I. Boser, Ph.D.,
Matthew S. Goodwin, Ph.D., & Sarah C. Wayland, Ph.D.
Learn more and read a free chapter at
www.brookespublishing.com/technology-tools
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