SpeakUP SUMMER 2008 ISSUE, FEATURE: Accessible Electronic Books

Samuel Sennott — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:41:43 +0000

by Samuel Sennott

It is very pleasing to present the summer issue of SpeakUP, USSAAC’s quarterly newsletter magazine.

USSAAC is the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, the national chapter of ISAAC, the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

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NEW SUMMER 2008 ISSUE FEATURE: Accessible Electronic Books

AAC and All That Jazz
Do You Got Game
Seating and Positioning in AT
AAC Evidenced Based Practice Conference Review

NOW IN FOUR FORMATS .PDF .TXT .DOC (WORD) .mp3 (AUDIO)

As many of you know, I am the new editor for SpeakUP. It is terrific serving in this position and is a great opportunity to connect with so many excellent people. If you have any article submissions you would like considered or ideas for SpeakUP and USSAAC in general, please contact me at samuel.sennott@gmail.com.

There are so many fantastic new ideas surrounding ISAAC and USSAAC right now. Many came out of the USSAAC chapter meeting at ISAAC this past month. It will be great to share them over the coming months. Also, if you end up sharing this on your blog, please do not grab the download links to the issue into your post, as it is important to drive traffic to the USSAAC website. Thank you.

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You Can Golf

Samuel Sennott — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:09:25 +0000

by Samuel Sennott

So your summer camp is winding down, or maybe you are stuck inside in an extended year program. Maybe your home with your children during a few weeks they have off from camp. Why not take a golf break? Make a day of it: Do guided reading with the book about Tiger Woods. Check out the videos from YouTube. Talk about it. Write about it. Spell some words at the level the student is at. Then break out the Nintendo Wii if you can get one and play 3 or 9 holes. Take some pictures while your doing it and do some more writing later that day or another. Enjoy! http://otot.wikispaces.com/Tiger+Woods

Books

Tiger Woods Can be a Friend

Tiger Woods Cover From Book, Tiger Head shot, looking, and swinging

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Readings

Videos

Tiger Woods Age 2
Tiger Woods and some of his great golf shots pgatour
Tiger Woods – Bay Hill 2008 18th Hole
Tiger Woods’ Perfect Swing (SWING VISION)
Tiger Woods Amazing Golf Shot
Download the above videos in .mpg, converted from the original .flv with www.zamar.com http://drop.io/tigerwoodsvideos

Writing

Golf Chart.zip Intellitalk Chart Writing (I can…)

Use a graphic organizer to brainstorm what you want to write about.

http://aex.intellitools.com/searchdetails.php?act_key=basicwebgraphicorganizer

Screenshot of Basic Web Graphic Organizer

Working With Words

Idea: Do a simple spelling activity creating the words I, can, win, the, like. Then practice finding those with the AAC system. Link to Printable Letter Cards and more formal and systematic phonics ideas: http://alltogether.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/printable-making-words-cards/