Vickie Dull, MS CCC-SLP
February 28, 2014
OTAP: AT Now
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Grant year: 2012-2013.
Purpose of the grant: Students would give
classroom presentations in general education,
resource room, and self-contained classrooms.
Background of students: Students had limited to
no access to iPads, few participated in classroom
discussions or presentations voluntarily, limited
experience in teaching apps or using apps, no
iPad technology was being used in the targeted
classrooms during the first year of the grant or in
the speech-language department.
Sounding Board and Proloquo2go
Holidays (In the stocking, in the stocking…)
 Pumpkins (size, color)
 Seasons
 Quick choices (snack, tech time…)
Motivating, easy, and quick for class:
 Photos
 Simple Voice Output
 Get peers to record the voice
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Model the questions. Students take turns
asking the questions with voice output
devices and/or topic boards.
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What are these?
What color is a pumpkin?
Show me the big pumpkin.
Show me the small pumpkin.
Is this the big or small pumpkin?
Name, name, what’s your name?
Proloquo2go
www.assistiveware.com
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Categories:
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Take attendance.
I like music.
Guess the vehicle.
Favorite Foods.
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1. Set up an attendance page on device.
2. Make sure that other students have
student photos/names on their individual
devices.
3. Model the activity. Are you here, Bob?
4. Make sure that students have a means to
respond by raising hand, using Voice Output
Device (VOD), or pointing to pictures on a
topic page. (I can say yes and no.)
5. Expand activity with “How are you?” and
explore feelings during the lesson.
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SLP and Student present “Music” category.
Instructional Assistants have music samples
on smart phones, iPods, students’ devices.
Students take turns pointing to the large
screen and/or touching the music icon on the
iPad screen to tell us their favorite music.
Class listens to samples of music and decide
if we like that genre of music.
Student with mini iPad uses the cable to
project her Proloquo2go app.
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Project the vehicles category page on the screen.
(Proloquo2Go)
Students listen to description of vehicle.
Students ask for help to make best inference.
Students take turns giving descriptions.
Use the sign for the vehicle and ask student,
“Show me, car.”
Sign the question, “What is your favorite vehicle?”
Students can have similar photos/icons on a
topic board or device at their desk.
Instructional Assistants help their students use
their devices or pictures to participate in
activities.
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Snacks
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
While projecting Proloquo2go, individual
students can also use their AAC device or low
tech strategy.
Help students ask classmates and staff.
Keynote and Educreations:
Teach the Social Studies class two apps.
Topic: Explorer (Christopher Columbus)
Presentation: Have classmates “READ” the
Keynote slides. Prerecord the Educreation
slides.
Feedback: Other students asked, “Why did he
get to do the presentation?”
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www.duckster.com (Jokes/riddles)
SoundTouch app (categories)
Understanding Inferences app by Super Duper
www.superduperinc.com
Who Do You Call? app
Who Am I? app
www.googleimages.com
Educreations Interaction Whiteboard
Pictello by Assistiveware
Keynote
CommunicationBuilder (and Teen) app
Between the Lines 1, 2, 3 app