VISUAL SUPPORTS FOR
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
LISA GIVENS
MOLLIE KROPP
Assistive Technology Services – Fairfax County
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Many children with hearing loss process visual
information more effectively than auditory
information. Using strategies, including the use of
graphic models and video modeling to teach deaf
and hard of hearing children taps into their
strongest processing modality.
Meaningful graphics and videos can motivate
children to repeatedly review the information. This
repeated exposure and practice helps them to
acquire new skills.
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Phillip’s Photos
Microsoft
Clip Art
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• Enter a tag
• Related galaxy appears with Flickr
pictures
• Rotate the globe with the mouse
• Click on individual pictures
Drought + dry + landscape
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• Google
• click “Images”
• type search word
• click on a picture
(goes to full size
image)
• right-click on image
• Save Picture As
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Photo Printing Wizard
organize in a folder
print a contact sheet
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Finding the Forms
Toolbar in Word 2007
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Legacy Tools
Developer Tab
Legacy Forms
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View  Toolbars  Forms
Drop-Down Form Field
Text Form Field
Check Box Form Field
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View  Toolbars  Forms
• Check box form fields
• Drop-down form fields
• Text form fields
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FCPS
Turn a worksheet file into a form
Hometown Biomes from:
Vicki Blackwell
www.vickiblackwell.com
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Outlining Tab
View tab  Outline
completed template
(print layout)
(outline view)
template
completed template
paragraph
Writing Process
publish
plan
(outline view) template
draft
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Insert tab  Illustrations 
SmartArt
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Cut & Glue
print or photocopy the
template on colored paper
fold according to
instructions
insert text & graphics
print
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
template
modified
template
Bill of Rights
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template
simple machines
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storms
template
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template
rocks
storms
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Adapted from Vicki Blackwell’s Pop-Up
www.vickiblackwell.com
template
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Vicki Blackwell
www.vickiblackwell.com
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save slides as
individual graphics
paste into a publisher poster
template
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Children are often highly interested, motivated, and
thus attentive to videos.
Many children enjoy watching the same video over
and over again. This repeated exposure and
practice helps the child to acquire the new skill, and
it allows students with diverse needs learn at their
own pace.
The recorded segments can be made by the parent,
therapist, teacher, or the student. Professionally
made ones can also be purchased.
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William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
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iTunes U
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Multiple Meaning Words
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 Benefits:
 Connection
between printed and manual language
 Self-pacing – students can repeat video as many times
as needed
 Give access to 24/7 information in both target
languages
 Potential
 Can’t
Barriers:
guarantee students are attending to the printed
text
 Need to make explicit
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•Read aloud of the story
in English, Cued Speech,
and ASL
•Digital copy kept with
physical copy of the book
(copyright)
•Follow-up lesson
activities in each packet
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iPads
Webcams
Photo
Story
iMovie
Movie Maker
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http://www.asltales.net/princess-and-the-pea.html
http://1001booksinasl.blogspot.com/
www.burtonvision.com
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://teachertube.com/
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
http://www.khanacademy.org
http://aslstem.cs.washington.edu/
Public Web: http://www.fcps.edu/ss/its/index.htm
Assistive Technology Services - Fairfax County