The primary aim of this post is to help spread that word that you can easily create an interactive whiteboard. You order an $8 LED light pen online, combine that with a $40 Nintendo Wii Remote, some free software, http://www.uweschmidt.org/wiimote-whiteboard, and bam you have an interactive whiteboard. Simple…powerful and..cool. Special thanks to Adam Bowker for his help. Special thanks to Johnny Chung Lee for originally sharing such a powerful idea. I hope the video and corresponding guide that includes links to all the stuff is a catalyst for helping teachers utilize this tool. Note that you need to have Bluetooth on your computer.
Download the PDF: building-and-using-a-wiimote-whiteboard-in-education guide
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ATIA 2009 Session: A Writer, a Pencil, a Reason, and a Teacher
Session Handout: a-writer-a-pencil-a-reason-and-a-teacher
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Proloquo2Go for the iPhone and iPod touch
AssistiveWare and Sennott Consulting are working on a groundbreaking Augmentative & Alternative Communication solution for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch called Proloquo2Go™
www.proloquo2go.com
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Proloquo2Go
It is very exciting to be able to share this news with you. We will be at ATIA this week and would love to see you and tell you more about this remarkable new system. We will be presenting on Saturday morning. Here are the details.
Beyond Mac or PC: iPhone, iPod and Modbook as AAC Solutions 8-9 AM on Saturday—-Bonaire 7/8 www.atia.org
To be Presented with Matthew Press at ATIA 2009 on Thursday, January 29th 2008 2:30 to 3:30 PM in the Room Bonaire 5/6
Download the Session PDF Handout: Reading, Writing, and Playing: How Games Can Play a Key Role in the Classroom Handout (Sennott, Press 2009)
Primary Aim: To help you improve your instructional design by connecting play with literacy, augmentative and alternative communication, and curriculum.
We know that children learn when they are connected. By connecting play and learning, individuals can experience high motivation levels, build their AAC systems, work on access to technology, build curriculum connections, and meet their sensory needs. The results are powerful.
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Can you find me at the Inauguration?
Samuel at the Inauguration
By going to www.myinauguralphoto.com, you too can pretend you were at the Inauguration. Just saw this on the awesome TechCrunch and thought it was a neat simple motivational/ creative tool option for writing block that some of your students may be interested in using this resource.
by Samuel Sennott
Here are some curriculum components to be used to design lessons based on considering the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America on Tuesday January 20th, 2008.
Video of the Inauguration Speech (With Captions)
Part One
Part Two
Use http://mediaconverter.net to download the video, if YouTube is blocked at your school.
Barak Obama Bookshelf from the Tar Heel Reader
Other Readings and Resources
Slater Software Symbol Resources: http://slatersoftware.com/document.html#jan
- A New President 6 pages, 984 KB, PDF (Book, Symbol Supported)
Inauguration – PixWriter v3 Mac wordbank 412 KB, ZIP archive
Inauguration – PixWriter v3 Windows wordbank 812 KB, ZIP archive - Free Symbol Search: http://slatersoftware.com/PixLibrary.html?CHEER.GIF=Cheer!
Weekly Reader Resources (Note they are Flash Intensive(Trouble with screen reading): http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/
Kate Ahern’s blog post: How to Watch the Inauguration Live (via the web) Link to AAC Boards
PBS Front Line: Dreams of Obama: Tons of resources, including a reading list for older readers, interviews, and the link to watch the full program. This is a truly excellent resource.
http://superobamaworld.com (The video game is questionable content, yet it may be just the thing to hook in that one student. Use with caution)
by Samuel Sennott
Have you seen the new Bookshare.org website?
Image from the home page of Bookshare.org
Did you know these three things about Bookshare.org?
- Bookshare™ is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
- Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. Bookshare believes that people with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
- A searchable online library. Bookshare offers more than 42,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
If you would like to learn more about Bookshare.org and accessible books in general, I interviewed Jim Fruchterman, the CEO of Benetech, which is the organization behind Bookshare. You can find the article in the Summer 2008 issue of SpeakUP, the magazine of USSAAC. http://www.ussaac.org/speakup.html Additionally, in that article section, I interviewed Joe Rickerson, founder of The Accessible Book Collection, www.accessiblebookcollection.org and Joy Zabala, of CAST’s AIM Consortium, http://aim.cast.org. Just imagine what our students can do with resources like Bookshare.org combined with low cost netbooks!
by Samuel Sennott
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There is a time for all things under the sun. It has been my time to transition. My beautiful fall and early winter sabbatical was filled with wrestling the new puppy in Vermont, reading linguistics at the Dartmouth College library, and developing an iPhone AAC application: Proloquo2Go. Last week I started my Ph.D. in Special Education and AAC at The Pennsylvania State University. My new mentor said something last week to me that has stuck in my head. He said something to the effect of, “You can only have so many projects going at once…I mean sometimes you don’t have a choice, but….” The point was well taken and giving my self a chance to press pause on this blog for the holiday and my interstate move to Pennsylvania was just what I needed. I care deeply about sharing. Yet, at times it is not appropriate to share. It felt terrific to take a deep breath, export my free wordpress blog and take the leap into full on hosted wordpress. Yes, I was confused at first and true I almost lost it when the posts were not importing correctly. Yet, after some patience and some digging for those helping hands we find burried in support forums and FAQ’s I made my way to a fully hosted blog with the URL I have been hoping to implement for some time: www.alltogetherwecan.com. No I did not jump on the bandwagon for Obama 08! (While I am a huge fan!) I have believed in the concept for quite some time. In fact, the full name of the blog is All Together We Can Do Our Best. It comes from something my mother used to say to me, “…just do your best…” combined with the principles of synergy and collaboration that I see so clearly can help the individuals we serve. To me this blog is both my way to share and my way to process the journey. While I have some very big announcements to share in the coming days, I want to say thank you for visiting this weblog, this journal. I hope you like the new look and feel. Sincerely, Sam
