Final Class!

Nikki - case study

·         catalogue was broken up to low, mild and hid function

case study

·         Autism Spectrum Disorder

·         ADHD

·         Simple AT technologies used (communication board) - student binder

·         Visual checklist used - increased productivity

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Shauna

·         Catalogue is website based - very well laid out, colourful, many items I had on my own website.

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Case study

·         10 year old boy with autism

·         friendly and caring

·         classroomsuite is very helpful for  her student

o   expensive licence

o   student loves it

o   Universal Design

·         enjoys adult interaction

·         MyTalkToolslite

o   Lack of admin support, using Shaunas iPad

·         used boardmaker - slightly helpful

·         Emotional - cries when things are hard

·         Recommends using iPads for visual schedule

·         Low tech idea, using board games (checkers) used to enhance communication

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Whitney

·         Small classroom - 5 students

·         BIRT program in valley

·         16 year old boy

·         EA support who focuses on student only

·         Socially awkward

·         ClaroSpeak program used - reader

·         Dragon dictation

·         Dropbox

·         Poor attendance by student

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Donna

·         class case study

·         strengths

o   good team work

o   love movies

o   computers

o   enjoyed learning new communication skills

·         Weakness

o   social interaction

o   lack of involvement in extracurricular activities

·         Used Evernote (used to take notes and organize them), vision sim (used for visual impairment), notes and texting (with friends)

·         Apps used - Tellagami

o   Austin - does not enjoy social interaction

·         Conclusion

o   AT needs to balanced

o   lead to more meaningful conversations

·         Next Steps

o   Leadership - invite peers in to learning centre

o   further exploration - student is willing to try co-writing

o   Confidence builder - Student wants to use different App

·         Pintrest used as catalogue

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Sue

·         Has Complex Regional pain syndrome

·         more common in women

·         High pain level

·         Strengths

o   Determined not to be a victim

·         Loss of independence

·         Sense of helplessness

·         Hair Drying Stand is very interesting

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Eleanor

·         18 year old student

o   literacy disability

·         cognition

·         learned dependency

·         Focused on journaling

·         poplett was used - comfortable with it

·         dragon dictate used

·         Co-Writer Solo used, student found it very useful.

·         Recommendation for student to have iPad

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Student Morgan

·         Has visual impairment

·         EA had lack of transition

·         Student loved iPad

·         EA utilized iPad to make books

·         using apps to express emotions

·         using a visual timer

o   un used by student, as timer went away.

·         Recommendations

o   proloquo

o   transition to iPad

o   Additional EA/teacher training

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Reagan

·         Using iPads with many Learning Centre students

·         3 unused iPads in the centre

·         One student has ADHD

·         One student with visual Impairment

·         iPad training needed for them to be useful at her school

·         Teachers relied on her to train them to use iPads.

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Bernadette

·         well.ca items

·         Abbie

·         Grade 3 Student

·         LD in reading and writing

·         Dragon Dictation used - terrible experience

·         Using co writer - loved using it

·         Did not enjoy story jumper

·         Reluctant to use iMovies - enjoyed it

·         Recommended to use CoWriter with student

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Mackenzie

·         LD with IPPs

·         Challenges

o   focus

o   getting started

o   getting hung up on spelling

o   attendance

o   No EPA support

o   Fine motor difficulties

·         Used CoWriter

o   chosen for writing tool

§  spelling supports

§  grammar supports

§  predictive software

§  topic specific dictionaries

§  built in text to speech

·         What worked

o   became more confident

o   became more comfortable

·         challenges

o   technical difficulties

o   limited amount of iPads

Interesting catalogue it was the  padlocks with movement combination