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We Love the Wii and Adapting it Too

by Samuel Sennott

We have been playing the Nintendo Wii with children with special needs and have been having an amazing time.  Both for recreation and as a connection to the curriculum, it really is an amazing tool.  Seeing the virtual game worlds up on the big projector is pretty cool.  Our best integration is seen [...]

Video Writing Setups

by Samuel Sennott
Check out the videos we have collected during our AAC writers camp. Below is pulled from the wikispace demo created as a part of the framework being developed.  http://otot.wikispaces.com/Writing+Setups
To reiterate:

You can so powerfully build background knowledge in the Guided Reading and Self Selected Reading Domains.
Videos are a powerful motivator in the writing process, [...]

More on Video Connections

by Samuel Sennott
I have been posting frequently about a framework I am developing on building background knowledge and motivation using video.  Today was so inspiring in the camp I lead.  Seeing the students so interested in the videos made a huge impression on me. Here are the main benefits we are seeing:

You can so powerfully [...]