Technology Archives - Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/category/technology/ Where Play is FUNctional Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:04:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-tfz-icon-copy-copy-32x32.png Technology Archives - Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/category/technology/ 32 32 Writing OT notes digitally https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-ot-notes-digitally/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-ot-notes-digitally/#respond Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:16:08 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=19532 This post may contain affiliate links.This year I have been trying out writing my notes digitally and so far I really like it. It is great to have my notes available for me to look at right on my phone without having to carry files or notebooks with me. I have been using the secured...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-ot-notes-digitally/feed/ 0 Getting Started with Distance Learning OT https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/getting-started-with-distance-learning-ot/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/getting-started-with-distance-learning-ot/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:56:30 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=19421 This post may contain affiliate links.I have been in denial all summer that we would be providing our Occupational Therapy virtually rather than going back to school in person. I live in California, so we were told that we would be starting school virtual, so now I have been scrambling to figure out what I...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/getting-started-with-distance-learning-ot/feed/ 0 I love creating https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/i-love-creating/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/i-love-creating/#respond Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:42:42 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=12430 This post may contain affiliate links.I never knew how much I would love creating activities until I started doing it many years ago. I know that there are lots of therapists that ake their own forms and activities, and they share the in facebook groups and on teachers pay teachers. A couple of years ago,...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/i-love-creating/feed/ 0 Using the SnapType App https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/using-the-snaptype-app/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/using-the-snaptype-app/#respond Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:42:28 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=12119 This post may contain affiliate links.When you have a student who knows what they want to write but all the years of therapy are not making their writing more legible, you have to try other options. Often when kids have really bad writing with no spacing, they also have trouble reading as the two are...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/using-the-snaptype-app/feed/ 0 Fine Motor Skills and Typing https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-typing/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-typing/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:00:02 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=9908 This post may contain affiliate links.When a child has difficulty with handwriting or can’t keep up in class, many people jump to the statement that they can just type instead. But can they? There are a lot of fine motor skills that go into typing, and it takes years to master the skill to be...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-typing/feed/ 2 Carly Fleischmann Has a Youtube Interview Channel https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/carly-fleischmann-youtube-interview-channel/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/carly-fleischmann-youtube-interview-channel/#respond Wed, 04 May 2016 23:51:43 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=9567 This post may contain affiliate links.Have you heard of Carly Fleischmann?  She is a young woman who has autism, and she is unable to speak by mouth.  She is, however able to type on a keyboard, and so is therefore able to communicate with people, and she has some great things to say.  Carly just...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/carly-fleischmann-youtube-interview-channel/feed/ 0 Why I started my blog https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/why-i-started-my-blog/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/why-i-started-my-blog/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6982 This post may contain affiliate links.I have been posting a few things about blogging, so I thought I would add some information that was originally posted over at the OT Notes blog.  Cheryl asked me some questions that I answered about my business and blogging, so I thought I would share some parts of it...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/why-i-started-my-blog/feed/ 2 Things I Love About Your Blog https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/things-i-love-about-your-blog/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/things-i-love-about-your-blog/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=7011 This post may contain affiliate links.A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the things that I hate about your blog, and now I am going to tell you a few things that I love about your blog. I love links to your inspiration and to additional Posts that are similar. I love lots...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/things-i-love-about-your-blog/feed/ 2 How do you follow the blogs you love? https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/how-do-you-follow-the-blogs-you-love/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/how-do-you-follow-the-blogs-you-love/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6976 This post may contain affiliate links. So do you love keeping up with blogs and following along with their posts?  Do you wonder what the best way to follow a blog is?  At one point, the tried and true way to follow a blog was through google reader, but that way no longer exists.  There...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/how-do-you-follow-the-blogs-you-love/feed/ 4 What I Hate About Your Blog https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/what-i-hate-about-your-blog/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/what-i-hate-about-your-blog/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6969 This post may contain affiliate links.I now have a few years of blogging experience under my belt, and I follow a lot of blogs. I have therefore developed an opinion about what I like and don’t like about a blog’s format, etc., so here is my opinion about Your blog. I hate it when your...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/what-i-hate-about-your-blog/feed/ 0 Go Baby Go Project gets little kids powered mobility https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/go-baby-go-project-gets-little-kids-powered-mobility/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/go-baby-go-project-gets-little-kids-powered-mobility/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6920 This post may contain affiliate links.There is a Physical Therapy professor at University of Delaware named Cole Galloway who has a mission to get young children mobile, and uses ride on toys from Toys R Us.  He modifies them to fit the child’s specific needs, and even incorporates some to their therapy goals to help...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/go-baby-go-project-gets-little-kids-powered-mobility/feed/ 0 Writing Wizard App review https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-wizard-app-review/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-wizard-app-review/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 09:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6699 This post may contain affiliate links.I have tried out several apps that work on letter writing, but many of them are too “baby” like for the kids I am working with. Your Therapy Source suggested the Writing Wizard App, and I thought I would try it out.  I had already downloaded it, but hadn’t tried...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-wizard-app-review/feed/ 3 So you want to be a therapist blogger https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-therapist-blogger/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-therapist-blogger/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=6008 This post may contain affiliate links.Have you ever thought to yourself, I love browsing blogs, I think I will start one? So how do you do it and what do you need to know to start? The first thing you need to do is to know why you want to blog, and what you want...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-therapist-blogger/feed/ 2 iPad Chopsticks https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ipad-chopsticks/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ipad-chopsticks/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=3918 This post may contain affiliate links.It is no secret that I have an affinity for using chopsticks to work on developing high level fine motor control, and I figured out a way to use them with the iPad. I was playing a game on the iPad that requires pinching your fingers together, and my finger...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ipad-chopsticks/feed/ 2 Beginning to use the iPad in therapy and editing documents https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/beginning-to-use-the-ipad-in-therapy-and-editing-documents/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/beginning-to-use-the-ipad-in-therapy-and-editing-documents/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=3908 This post may contain affiliate links.iPads are very popular in both business and as a tool for therapy, so I have made the investment and plan on using it for all aspects of therapy. It takes time to find all the apps that do the work that I want to use the iPad for, so...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/beginning-to-use-the-ipad-in-therapy-and-editing-documents/feed/ 5 Renewing the love for therapy https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/renewing-the-love-for-therapy/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/renewing-the-love-for-therapy/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=3301 This post may contain affiliate links.When I started this blog almost two years ago, I was feeling a little lonely in my little therapy world.  i am an independent contractor, so I worked with kids and their parents, but not a lot with other therapists. I started the blog for a couple of reasons, one...

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