Author Archives: Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary students and work environments for adult clients. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, AOTA Specialty Certification in Low Vision, USC Davis Executive Certificate in Home Modifications, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education, and home environments. A 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.

6 Ways to Enhance Students Learning Using iMovie ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Educational Technology and Learning post, 6 Ways to Enhance Student Learning using iMovie provides ideas for using  this app for student learning. As scooped on  Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: iMovie is an intuitive app for movie creating and … Continue reading

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EyeSight – iTunes App Store | The Assistive Technology Daily

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: EyeSight app for iPhone and iPad is a low vision solution for magnification and color enhancement! Thank you to Assistive Technology Daily for providing this app! You folks are … Continue reading

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Tip: Stylus Saves the Day from Rehabgadgets2go

Originally posted on rehabgadgets2go:
I recently had a client using TouchChat. We thought initially that there was an issue with his iPod because it would not register his taps to the screen – it was slow to respond or…

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Mouse in a House Gone Free

Mouse in a House app (Free) is an iPad game geared to young children who are learning basic shapes. Each shapes is hidden in one of seven different rooms of the mouse house (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, ovals, diamonds, stars). … Continue reading

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Geoboard App

Geoboard app is a free iPad app providing an electronic method of producing geometrical designs on a 25 or 150 peg Geoboard. With 8 different colored bands, a wide variety of geometric models and levels of math instruction can be … Continue reading

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More Tips on Infusing UDL into Your Teaching – Multimedia

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education A UVM blog from the Center of Teaching and Learning.   “This post focuses on one of the three core principles in UDL: multiple means of representation.   This means moving beyond … Continue reading

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Earl » Home

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Earl App for iPhone and iPad allows you to use your voice to open a newpaper and read  it to you. This app looks intriguing. Targeted to beable to … Continue reading

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Our Favorite Apps – Georgia Tech’s Tool’s for Life App Database

Georgia Tech has for years been a resource for assistive technology training and research. They recently developed an online searchable data base of apps focused on “Living, Learning, Working and Playing” called Tools for Life. For those of us who are … Continue reading

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Setting up a library iPad program

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Setting up policy on technology loaning and use can be a work in progress. Here is information on how one institution set up a library loan program. Carol See … Continue reading

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Accessible YouTube Player v2-0 | The Assistive Technology Daily

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: AT Daily seems to scour the Internet for new international assistive technology tools. I really value their website for keeping us all abreast of what’s new!   Carol See … Continue reading

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