assistive technologies!!! dr. caroline ramsey musselwhite

Assistive Technologies!!!

Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhitewww.aacintervention.com

What’s Up??• Bright Spots• Buddy-Up Reading• Story Starter Ideas• Planning for June

- Hands On Sessions- Small Group Meetings

• Info Texts: Sharing + Before / During / After• Free Public Library Resources• Planning for March

What’s New?? Bright Spots!!• Cinch project going well• Tiffany used book in guided reading, then

listening center, then had students do a cloze activity to support reading comprehension

The February CD

My Monster??

February CD

Activities fromRAPS CD

Buddy-Up for Reading!

Pair Up – Younger Students w/ books, Older Student Readers

• Share books• Make a plan for recording• How else can you connect?

JUNE 7TH!• 2 45-minute sessions; or 1 1.5 hour session??

– AT Speed Dating?? Let’s come up w/ 10-12 ideas, then narrow to 5

• 1 1-hour session – Case Examples??

• Feedback Time– People asking questions, giving ideas

Planning For June!• Brainstorm at least 5 presentations• Everyone will participate in some way!• Could be group events, or mini-case studies• Probably one ‘hands-on’

Planning For June!Assistive Test for Literacy & Test Prep: Common

Core• Reading Fluency (Kate & Tiffany)• K- 2 Reading Level Apps (Alicia & Debra)• Reading Comprehension (Kristin & Jacqueline)• Ready-Made Powerpoints (Charlie & Nicole)• Mini-Grants (Ari & Caroline)• AT Samples?? (Maricris & Judy)

Planning For June!• Reading Buddies Project (15 min?) Kate, Tiffany,

Nicole, Alicia, & Debra• SmartPen??• Charlie – CK• Broadcast – Alicia• iMovie / PowerPoint Ari

Story Starters

•First, let’s talk about when to use story starters and who to use them with!!

C-SPACE

Light Tech Story Starters• Flip-books• Wordless books• Photos & Videos

– Photo prompts: From writing CD– Videos: From writing CD

• Cubes

Light Tech Story Starters: Dials

Twisterz www.augresources.com

Light Tech Story Starters: Cards

www.augresources.com Story Starter Cards

Light Tech Story Starters: Cubes

www.augresources.com

Picture Cubes

Photo Cubes

Light Tech Story Starters: Cubes

www.augresources.com

Word Cubes

Writing Prompt Cubes

High Tech Story Starters

High Tech Story Starters

http://cinch.fm

User name & g-mail address: tctechspotlight@gmail.com Password: brightspot

Homework!• Try something that we’ve talked about, and

share it during Bright Spots!• Bring in more books to share, if desired• Finish case examples & write them up• Start thinking about your part in the June 7th

day!

What’s Next??Planning for March!

• Bright Spots• See / try Cloze Pro• Free Public Library Resources• Planning for June – Part 1• Locating & comprehending informational text• Planning for June – Part 2