Siftables: AAC, Literacy, and Learning
There are times when you realize that the dreams you have been experiencing are not just dreams. Siftables, among other things made me feel that way today. It has been terrific to join Dr. Light and crew on the beginning communicators project here at Penn State. We have been in a brainstorm cycle and I look forward to sharing this. Siftables, simply brilliant. Also, these are the same people bringing you Sixth Sense, presented in another TED Talk.
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Siftables look so cool! I watched the TED talk earlier today, after I saw Karen Janowski’s tweet including the link. I’m starting to realize that I can learn from others on twitter.
Right on Eric. I remember realizing that about Twitter too. Those tools are cool like that.
WOW! The possibilites are endless, aren’t they?! Can’t wait to hear about when Siftables will be available. I bookmarked David’s site so I can keep checking back. Thanks for sharing yet another invaluable resource, Sam!
Looks sooo cool. Also, big thanks to both Sam and Eric for the info on the Wii remote. I have been sharing the info with as many teachers as possible.
I blogged this a couple weeks ago. I can’t even list all the ideas I have for something like this. (A self-scoring card game was my first thought.)
In one of Dr. Light’s studies of kids’ designs for AAC, the kids wanted “transformable” devices. This is one way to create a re-configurable AAC system. Why does an AAC system have to be one device? Why not a collection of networked devices?
BTW: How are you embedding TED Talks into your posts? Is that something you need to have a paid account with Wordpress to do?
WOW! this is amazing. As a an educator working with students espceically high school students who are expereincing significant lags in literacy development and whose interest in school has reached an allow time low due to a lack of school success I can see them totally awed and inspired by this technology. I can’t wait to share this information with them. Than you David and all those working with him and in this field the future is bright for the next generation!