Working with the Experts Winter Wonderland of Technology

for Students with Visual Impairments

Welcome!

Schedules◦ Thursday ◦ Friday

Breaks and Lunch Restrooms Drinks and Snacks Rooms and Topics Braille Challenge –

Bag Lady

Get Ready!

Kathee Cagle, Cathy Babbit, and Denise Battle for the Snowmen and decorations!

Doubletree Hotel for the Cookies! Jeff Fitterman and Curtis Nelson for

setting-up technology and rooms FDLRS for the use of the Poster Maker

Thanks to …

1. Be Patient2. Be Patient3. Be Patient

It is technology and we have tried to plan for every contingency … but stuff happens. Your fellow teachers have put a lot of time and energy into these presentations.

Ground Rules

Your Teachers Tiffany Barbieri Chelsea Bridges Susie Coleman Sue Glaser Jennifer Hyland Kathy Kremplewski Shalene LaMotte Jill Pfluke

Kay Ratzlaff Maureen Rich Shannyn Robertson Eddie Ryan Lois Sanders Jeff Schwartz Laura Thompson Andrea Wallace Anna Whitman

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tape maker2. Early copy

machine3. Thermoform for

tactile graphics4. Braille press

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have copy machines???

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1. All the time2. Most of the time3. Some of the time4. It is very limited

depending on the school

5. Never

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1. Xerox2. IBM3. Kurzweil4. Royal5. JAWS

The cost of the original Kurzweil was…

$3,000 to $5,...

$5,000to

$7,0...

$10,000 to

$15...

$15,000 to

$20...

$20,000 to $3...

$30,000 to

$50...

$50,000 to

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$80,000 to

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$100,000

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1. A table2. A typewriter3. A small copy

machine4. A desktop printer

The first cell phones …

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pounds

Wereintroduced in1983

Had abattery

thatlastedonehour

Cost$4,000

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above

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lasted one hour4. Cost $4,000 5. All of the above6. #2 and #3

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2. Early Easy Bake Oven

3. Early braille writer4. Early computer

This workshop is not about technology!

This workshop is about meeting the needs of students.

If you Meet and iPad …

Read and discuss at your table.

If You Meet an iPad on the Way, Smash It By Justin Reich on November 4, 2012 8:34 PM

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2012/11/if_you_meet_an_ipad_on_the_way_smash_it.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2

The way we are seeking is one where we prepare young people for a life of civic commitment, of self-reflection, and of meaningful work and contributions to community. The way is about unlocking student talent, compassion, and humanity. If the iPad distracts us from defining the way …

Wikispaces webpage for this workshop.

https://workingwiththeexperts2012.wikispaces.com

Shalene LaMotte, Hillsborough County Peyton Short, Flagler County Others????

Right Tools for the Task = Success

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Why is Assessment Important???

9/18/2012

Select a task/goal that your student needs to complete

Take one of the techniques learned at the workshop

Do a Pre-Test with your student as to “Present Level of Performance”

Teach the new technique/device with the goal of accomplishing the student task

Do a Post-Test to determine new learning /skills

Write a report on the process and results

Homework Project

The student must use the technology to complete an academic or functional task

Just “learning the keys of the BookPort” or “downloading an app” or “loading the paper in the Mountbatten” is not a task.

Those are learning to use the tool… not using the tool to complete a task.

You have to know how to work the saw before you can cut wood ….

Homework continued…

Once your homework project is submitted You will get to choose two of the following

apps for your own download!

1. iSight ($11.992. Braille Pad Pro ($24.99)3. Read2Go ($19.99)

Good news!