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Welcome to the new Hub -- in Wiki format! Our goal is to build a professional learning community among educators across the province of Ontario to extend learning outside the classroom. We would like to network online and begin discussions that focus on how Assistive technology is having an impact on student achievement. In our reflections we will be focusing on the following:  Our goal is to create awareness of assistive technology tools and practices in order to make more precise decisions when targeting specific AT tools to our students' needs.
 * 1) What do we expect students to learn?
 * 2) How will we know if students have learned it?
 * 3) What will we do if students have not learned it?

** Engage, Motivate and Accommodate ** will be the central theme of our new Wiki Hub. In order to follow principles of **//Universal Design For Learning//**, we would like all contributors to allow for:

 we have featured some speakers at the upcoming //AT4ALL- Assistive Technology For All: On the Road to Success// Summer Conference, August 27 - 29, 2009 (see Conferences). A variety of ideas and technologies are presented here, to whet your appetite and inspire you to come out and network with your colleagues across Ontario this summer. We look forward to hearing your ideas - in this Wiki, and F2F this August!
 * //Multiple means of representation,// to give learners various ways of acquiring information and knowledge
 * //Multiple means of action and expression,// to provide learners alternatives for demonstrating what they know
 * //Multiple means of engagement,// to tap into learners' interests, offer appropriate challenges, and increase motivation
 * ([|CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology])
 * To Begin **

Sincerely, **//Pat Balis and Marianne Salvo, HUB Editors//** 