Christopher Bugaj's Comments

Hi Christopher,

With your work in Assistive Technology for Loudon County PS, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording you might find of interest.

Hey everyone, for the next two weeks (July 20th until July 31st) I'll be one of the moderators for the discussion happening over at the Family Center for Technology and Disability's Online Summer Institute. The forum discussion is free and there are lots of interesting points, resources, opinions, and experiences being shared. If you're interested check it out at http://fctd.info/institute/2009/
Chris

Hi all,
Episode #40 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #40 features an interview with Miss Mel, the host of the Night Light Stories podcast which features free original children’s stories! This is the last episode of Season 2 because, well, things are getting pretty hectic round these parts. Stay tuned though, more to come as soon as I can.
Hope you're having a fun summer.
Chris
http://tinyurl.com/attipscast
http://attipscast.wordpress.com

Hey everyone,
Episode #38 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #38 features Part 2 of the interview with Chris Cummins, a high school English teacher and adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia who is currently teaching a class on Literacy and Technology. The second part of the interview focuses more on specific tools that can be used to create graphic organizers while also touching upon some ideas about implementing graphic organizers across the curriculum.
Enjoy!
Chris
http://tinyurl.com/attipscast
http://attipscast.wordpress.com

In fact, I found out about this site through the AT-A-Day calendar! You guys are awesome!

Chris,
I have actually accepted a position outside of LCPS for next year. I will be working at a Charter School for students with Severe Disabilities in DC.
I learned a lot from the wonderful AT Team and will miss you all. This way, I can keep in touch and continue to use your wonderful ideas to assist in the education of my students. I will be working with 1st grade-aged children.

Hey everyone,
Episode #37 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #37 features Part 1 of a two part interview with Chris Cummins, a high school English teacher and adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia who is currently teaching a class on Literacy and Technology. During this first part of the interview Chris and I talk about a few different styles of graphic organizers as well as discuss how to implement graphic organizers in a high school setting. I apologize if the audio quality isn't up to par, I did my best on this one.
Enjoy!
Chris
http://tinyurl.com/attipscast
http://attipscast.wordpress.com

Episode #36 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #36 features a discussion about Book Builder by Sally Norton-Darr, Judith Schoonover, and Mark Nichols. They will be doing a presentation centering on the uses of Book Builder during the National Educational Computing Conference on June 28th. They are asking that you leave a comment on the Attipscast blog talking about how you use Book Builder, improvements you would like to see to Book Builder, or anything related to your experiences with the tool.
You can leave your comments here. http://attipscast.wordpress.com.
Enjoy!
Chris

Episode #35 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #35 describes two websites that contain online painting programs. The episode also features a bumper from Julie Bisbee, a speech-language pathologist from San Juan County, New Mexico. Thanks Julie!
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Chris

Hey all,
Episode #34 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #34 describes another strategy for assisting students who have trouble maintaining appropriate volume while speaking. The episode also features a bumper from my mom, Jackie Bugaj. I’d like to thank Thomas F., Doug G., Michael M., Christopher C., and Timothy C. for their contributions that can be heard at the end of the episode.
Enjoy!
Chris

Hey all,
Episode 33 of the A.T.TIPSCAST is now available. The tip is on voice feedback modulators. Ever have a student who was too loud, or too quiet or talked too fast or talked too slowly? Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/attipscast
Thanks for listening,
Chris

Hey all,
Do you do staff development for your school or school district? If so, check out the "BIG ANNOUNCEMENT" over at http://tinyurl.com/attipscast
Enjoy!
Chris

Hey Chris,

Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

Do you mind passing my message along to students and your HS colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

"Episode #32 : Gift Ideas for Students with Severe Disabilities" is now available. Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/attipscast to hear an audio version of my guest blog post over at Patrick Black's blog Teaching All Students (http://teachingall.blogspot.com). The post outlines a personal family experience while providing a number of ideas for gifts that could be given to students with severe disabilities. It is my hope that educators who find this useful will forward it onto families who will then share it with other family members.

A.T.TIPSCAST "Episode #31: Packing Peanuts" is now available. Check it out http://tinyurl.com/attipscast to hear about the April 1st antics!

Episode #30 is up for your listening pleasure! Episode #30 is the second of a two-part feature on the top three things I learned at the National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) Conference of 2009. Be warned, this episode is unlike most of the other episodes with more "educational philosophy" than "concrete strategy".
Enjoy!

Hey everyone!
Episode #29 is now up for your listening pleasure! Episode #29 is the first of a two-part feature on the top three things I learned at the National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) Conference of 2009. The episode also features a bumper from Sierra Minott, Miss Florida 2008.
You can check it out here http://tinyurl.com/attipscast

I would love to get your feedback about the tip in this episode. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it is pretty controversial.
Enjoy!
Chris

Hello everyone!
Episode #28 is now up for your listening pleasure. Episode #28 features a strategy to help students keep their work areas clutter free called the “I’m finished” box. The “I’m finished” box is nothing more than a place to house materials that the student is done using but the episode goes into a bit more detail about how to implement the tool. For more check out the compendium blog at http://attipscast.wordpress.com
Thanks for listening!
Chris

Hi Chris,
Just found this new site. You might consider joining the Classroom Acoustics coalition facebook group. Have you ever recorded a ATTIPScast on classroom noise?

Keep up your fantastic work!

Pam