Winter Quarter 2015

David L. Jaffe, MS Tuesdays & Thursdays at 4:15pm - 5:30pm Classroom 110 in Thornton Center

Links

Articles Mentioning ENGR110/210:

• Finnegan Medical Supply "Prescription Pad" - Stanford Course Explores Technologies for Older Adults, People with Disabilities - 09/16/2014
• San Mateo County Times - RAFT inspires education innovators - 04/03/2012
• PRWeb - Stanford Student Partners with RAFT to Create Hands On Activity Kits for Kids with Autism - 03/201/2012
• Reeve Foundation Blog - College offers course on assistive technology - 01/31/2012
• Stanford Daily - Panel reflects on life at Stanford with a disability - 01/27/2012
• RAFT Partners with Stanford to Create Innovative New Hands-On Math Kit Designed for Special Education Students - pdf file
• "Save the World: cool classes that give you Haas Center credit"
• Stanford students reach local community with designs to help people with disabilities - Stanford News - 03/12/2010
• Haas Center for Public Service - Commons Newsletter - Summer 2009 - page 6
• Disabilities at Stanford - Stanford Daily - 02/18/2009 - old link
• Questions from Andreas L. Larsson, PhD

ENGR110/210 Class Photographs on Kodak Gallery:

• 2011   2010   2009

Videos:

• Artificial arm listens to brain
• Evelyn Glennie: How to listen to music with your whole body
• KineAssist
• Video Games - Access for All

Other Assistive Technology Courses:

• Arizona State University - Human-Centered Computing: Assistive Technologies
• California State University, Long Beach - Accessible Electronic and Information Technologies
• MIT - Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology
• University of Maryland - Assistive Technology and Accessibility
• California State University, Dominguez Hills - Certificate Program Assistive Technology Specialist

Articles about other Assistive Technology courses:

• Students design pill-filled watch, heated shoes and other innovations for elderly
• CU-Boulder engineering class focused on innovations for disabled (with video)
• Students design prosthetic to help teacher type (with video)

Articles about Assistive Technology:

• Ping makes custom set of golf clubs for quadruple amputee
• Research from a Different Perspective - IEEE Pulse, Sep/Oct 2010, page 34
• Modern Wheelchair Inventions
• Knives, Fire, Chaos Don't Worry Blind Chef
• The disabled as IT workers
• Haiti amputees face dire quest for prosthetics
• Universal Design Principles, General Concepts, and Guidelines
• Articles from 2010 - 2009 - 2008

Articles about Design:

• Designing for the User
• Designing interfaces requires user-centered strategy

Articles about Disability:

• ‘Effecting Change; Disability, Culture and Art’?

Websites:

• Education for Disability and Gender Equity
• Assistive Technology and Universal Design Resources - University of Washington

Catalogs of low tech devices for people with disabilities:

• AbleData
• AbleNet
• Access Ingenuity
• AliMed
• Allegro Medical
• EnableMart
• Evriholder Products
• Express Medical Supply, Inc.
• InfoGrip
• JRS Medical
• Kingston Rehab Supply
• North Coast Medical
• Sammons Preston
• Smith & Nephew
• Therapro

Design Thinking and Innovation:

• An Idea So Crazy it Might Work: Tips for Disruptive Thinking

Inventions, Patents, and Commercialization:

• Invention to Patent: The Pitfalls, Perils, and Process
• Best practices for student entrepreneurial courses at Stanford

Assistive Technology:

• Adaptive Auto Technologies - submitted by Alejandro
• Closed Captioning and Other Assistive Technologies - submitted by Claire Griffin
• Assistive Technology Center YouTube Channel - submitted by Fred Tchang

PowerPoint & Presentation Tips:

• 5 Ways to Ruin Your Next Presentation
• 8 PowerPoint Train Wrecks
• 8 More PowerPoint Train Wrecks
• 10 PowerPoint Tips: Keep Your Audience Awake
• Avoid "Death by PowerPoint"
• Bite the Bullet: Improving Your Presentation Strategies
• Conquer stage fright with this strategy
• Effective Oral Presentations - 245 Kb pdf file
• How to Master Professional Speaking
• How to PowerPoint Like a Pro
• Microsoft Office Training Resource Library
• PowerPoint can kill
• Presentation Tips by Dr. Joyce Moser
• Q&A with Author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
• Slideshow Presentation Tips
• Stanford Oral Communication Program - Resources for Graduate Students
• Tips and Techniques for More Confident and Compelling Presentations
• What You Should Know about PowerPoint Presentations
• Your Words May Not Matter, So Stand Up Straight

Report Writing Tips:

• Dave's Report Writing Tips
• How to Write an Abstract
• Tips Help Engineers Write Well by Jon Titus - Part 1 - Part 2
• Writing for Success (Volume 1 - Designing for Success) by Tom Moran - 1.48 Mb pdf file
• Information on Writing Project Reports

Teams and Team Building:

• More Diverse Personalities Mean More Successful Teams - Doug Wilde

Interacting with and Writing about People with Disabilities:

• Designing with People
• Writing about Disability
• Reporting and Writing About Disabilities
• Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities
• Glossary of Acceptable Terms
• Style Guide
• Disability Etiquette: How to Interact with People who have Disabilities
• Person First Language 101
• People-first language - Wikipedia

Other:

• Academic Cheating Fact Sheet
• Digital Distractions - Northwestern University, Spring 2014
• Gems of Wisdom - Design / Development Tips
• Student Design Competitions
• Venture Opportunities
• Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants
• How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn?
• With Tech Tools, How Should Teachers Tackle Multitasking In Class?
• Winning the heart and mind - of your professor
  
  
• In Memoriam of Alex Tung

Previous years' websites:

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