assistive technologies!!! dr. caroline ramsey musselwhite
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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 comprehensionTRANSCRIPT
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
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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
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