2. Introductions Who am I Who are you Job position (Teacher,
Related Service, Para, etc) Age range of students Disabilities
Placement You can also email me for more details on some of the
strategies talked about 2
3. Objectives Understand how you can use Microsoft Office,
especially Powerpoint, to manage instruction, create materials,
teach, and reinforce Learn about ways to utilize internet resources
such as Google Docs, Youtube, and others Discover new uses for
smartphones, PDA, and Iphone/Itouch/or Ipad
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4. RELATED SERVICES AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Assistive
technology: tools that provide access to universally designed
curricula Includes devices designed to help communicate more
effectively, have more control over the environment, and achieve
greater mobility Functional areas of need include: existence;
communication; travel and mobility; body support, protection, and
positioning; environmental interactions; education and transition;
and sports, fitness, and recreation Flexer, Baer, Luft, &
Simmons, Transition Planning for Secondary Students with
Disabilities, Third Edition, 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. All
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5. AT can be an educational tool by making it possible for them
to correct or build on deficient skills that will make them more
self- sufficient to make their learning experiences more effective,
and enjoyable whereby a greater volume of learning will take place
to allow for self-monitoring, and self-evaluation to allow for
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6. A bit of data collection Please consider the following: Ive
heard of it Ive tried it Im great at it Im an expert (I could teach
it ) Using Powerpoint for basic presentation Using Powerpoint for
inserting and modifying pictures and animations Using custom
animations in Powerpoint Using Powerpoint for other things 6
7. Powerpoint My absolute favorite application for education is
Powerpoint Use it for teaching Create materials Create books
(including for social skills) Run activity schedules Providing
reinforcement Switch to Teaching Powerpoint Examples
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8. Benefits of Powerpoint Can provide multiple means of
representation Visual Animation on slide or in between slides
Pictures Can be printed as a book Auditory Can include sounds Can
include words or sentences being read aloud Can assist with fading
supports Can make it much easier to generalize Can be used for
review and instruction Can be re-used student to student or year to
year Easily customizable to individual students
9. Creating Materials Can create flashcards Can use multiple
pictures/examples of an item Can move around text/objects to ensure
generalization Can fade text by letters Can fade pictures by fading
transparency or size Easy to revise
10. Working with images Resizing images can be done manually
(keywords: resizing, cropping) To fade coloring (keyword
transparency) To adjust coloring, try looking under format picture
tools, adjust, and then look at the color options Formatting where
images go in Word is a little harder (keywords: picture position,
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11. Stimulus Shaping Cat
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20. Creating Books Can easily print out the slides as a book
(when using print feature, select print slides) Can set up
Powerpoint book to run independently (using slide transitions and
powerpoint show) Can add narration to the story (keyword: add
narration) Can animate each letter or each word (keywords:
animation, animate texts and objects) Can highlight certain words
Can create hyperlink to vocabulary (keywords: creating
hyperlinks)
21. Things you can do to text Animate line By Line It is
important towave to friends. C A R
22. Things you can do to text- hyperlink For Thanksgiving, we
usually eat stuffing.
23. Leaving My Class Starring D.W. Written for Sample
Student
24. D.W. likes to go school. She loves learning new things and
getting to work with her friends.
25. D.W. goes to two different classrooms. In the morning, she
goes to the 3rd grade classroom.
26. D.W. gets to do Morning Meeting, Reading, and Writing with
her 3rd grade class. She loves to read and share her thoughts.
27. Later in the day, D.W. goes to another class for Math. This
class has some of her friends and teachers from last year. She
likes getting to see her friends.
28. Sometimes at the end of her math class, she doesnt want to
leave. She will miss her friends and the classroom she does Math
in.
29. D.W. tells herself, I can see my friends again tomorrow.
She knows that she also has people who care about her in the other
classroom. I can see my friends tomorrow. I have people who care
about me in the other class too.
30. She cleans up and says goodbye to her friends. Bye! See you
tomorrow!
31. D.W. walks back to her other class. She hopes her friend
Sample can try to leave her CST classroom the same way.
32. Hey Sample! Remember to: 1. Tell yourself Its okay. I will
see my friends tomorrow. There are people who care about me in the
other class too. 2. Clean up your things in CST 3. Say Goodbye 4.
Walk back to Mrs. Smiths Class
33. GREAT JOB REMEMBERING SAMPLE! 1. Tell yourself Its okay. I
will see my friends tomorrow. There are people who care about me in
the other class too. 2. Clean up your things in CST 3. Say Goodbye
4. Walk back to Mrs. Levys Class
34. Creating Teaching Program Can provide prompts for students
or students (visual or audio) Prompts can be faded out (visual or
audio) Can provide feedback based upon a students response Usually
student responds by clicking on answer Based upon the answer, using
a hyperlink, a student will get a response, either that it is
correct or to try again
35. Thinking, Feeling, Acting A thought is something I think in
my head. I respond to events or things that happen in several
different ways. A feeling is something I feel in my body. An action
is something that I do.
36. Every day, different things happen. I can not always choose
what is going to happen in my day. However, I can choose how I
respond to things that happen.
37. EVENT Thought Feeling Action
38. Jonathan gets to watch a video Jonathan gets to watch a
video. He thinks This is great. He feels happy. He shouts Awesome!
This is great! He feels happy Awesome!
39. It is time to go to Music It is time to go to Music. He
thinks I hate that!. He feels angry. He throws his penny box. I
hate that! He feels angry
40. My Feelings Book By Ms. Umstead
41. Everyone has feelings. Sometimes we may feel happy, angry,
or sad. It is okay to have every kind of feeling.
42. Feelings are what we think about something. How we feel is
different than how we act. I feel angry!
43. Sometimes I feel happy. When I win a game, I feel
happy.
44. Sometimes I feel sad. When my friend doesnt want to play
with me, I feel sad.
45. Sometimes I feel nervous. When I dont know what is next, I
feel nervous.
46. Sometimes I feel angry. When a friend takes the toy I
wanted, I feel angry.
47. Sometimes I feel sleepy. When I dont sleep good at night, I
feel sleepy.
48. Sometimes I feel scared. When the fire alarm goes off, I
feel scared.
49. Sometimes I feel sick. When I eat too much candy, I feel
sick.
50. Creating lists or activity schedules Can use as written
list Can use photos Can use audio Can combine any or all (text,
photo, audio) Can embed reinforcement Can set up action keys or
make it so that the slide advance upon mouse click
54. Using PowerPoint for Reinforcement Can show photos of
favorite things/people Can add animations Can add sounds or songs
Can add videos Of favorite places Of favorite shows Favorite people
providing note of praise
55. High School Musical Song [email protected] BMOP
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56. Tools you can use Can set up Powerpoint to self-run as
slideshow Keywords: create and distribute a self-running show This
does not require ANY student involvement once started All student
or staff needs to do is double click on the link on the desktop To
do this Animate entire slideshow based upon timings (keyword: slide
timings) Save file as Powerpoint show so that when opened it
automatically runs as a slideshow Create desktop shortcut for
file
57. PowerPoint Games http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/pptgames/ Can
be designed by teachers or students Various game templates for
download Jeopardy Who wants to be a millionaire Password Hollywood
Squares Concentration Are you Smarter than a 5th grader Twenty
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58. Microsoft Word Most things you can do in multiple MS Office
programs (e.g. Word and Powerpoint can both insert Smart Art) You
or your students can easily create graphic organizers (keywords:
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59. Microsoft Word Instead of saving multiple files, you can
track the changes or edits a student makes from first draft to
final draft of writing Have the students type the original document
and then select track changes. Anything added after that will be
saved as a change. (keyword track changes) You can have students
change the view to show the changes or to simply note them but not
show them at the time. Additionally you can go through and accept
the changes which will then incorporate it into the document You or
your students can also electronically add comments to the writing
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61. Microsoft Word The research feature can allow a student to
select a word (or words) that they dont understand and have
dictionary or encyclopedia entries show up
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62. Microsoft Word Can also have students highlight words they
dont understand (keyword: highlight) Can also create forms and then
lock/protect the document so students can only enter information in
the specified areas (keywords: creating form, protect document,
editing restrictions) [email protected] BMOP 2010
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63. Microsoft Excel Text to speech feature (will read what is
in the cells) (keyword: text to speech) Graphing of data
(particularly useful for behavior data as it can facilitate
self-recording or monitoring) Mathematical formulas (can have
students use to solve a problem or to check their answer) (keyword:
formulas) You can also use for your gradebook (can download
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64. Educational Games in Ms Office
http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm Various game
templates for download in Powerpoint Excel Word
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65. A bit of data collection Please consider the following: Ive
heard of it Ive tried it Im great at it Im an expert (I could teach
it ) Using Google Docs Using Youtube Using Smartphones/PDA Using
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66. Google Docs You need to create a free google account You
can use it to store or share Documents Spreadsheets Forms
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68. Google Docs- Sharing Public on the web Anyone on the
internet can find and access Anyone with link Anyone who has link
can access, Private You can restrict sharing to certain people Only
people explicitly granted permission can access You can restrict
who can view something versus modify Under edit access you can
allow anyone to edit You can also grant editing access to only
certain people or keep editing access strictly for yourself
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69. Google Docs- Sharingwhy? Can share information via Google
Docs with parents Homework assignments Forms that may get lost or
need re-printing Grades for a particular student Can share data and
information about individual students across different classrooms
or settings Great for tracking behavior across places Great for use
with consultants who are not always on site
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71. Google Forms You can create forms that people use to enter
information that would then automatically enter the data into a
spreadsheet for you You can set things up so that people only see
the form used to enter info and you only see the spreadsheet that
the data transfers to
72. Google Sketchup You can download the software to create 3-D
designs You or students can draw a variety of things such as
buildings, do interior design, etc Can import and use images from
Google Earth Have the ability to look at things from multiple
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73. You tube Can create an individual account for a student Can
pre-select videos and/or create playlist Can subscribe to channels
(e.g. Muppet Studio) Can set it up so that you can view what a
student has recently been viewing Can use site such as
Youtubedownloader or savetube.com to get around firewalls or
download youtube videos for free Can usually find short free videos
on subjects related to preferred things as well as potential
instructional videos
74. Slide Share Free service to share presentations Viewers
cannot edit or download the slides Share presentations, documents
and professional videos Can be used to share as well as to learn
new things
75. Other Computer Applications For teaching DTT Trainer
(discrete trial instruction) Activity Trainer (video modeling) For
tracking Excel graphing Word prediction software (Co-writer)
AlphaSmart Dragonspeak (voice to text) [email protected]
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76. Smart Phones/PDA Bluetooth technology Can provide prompting
from a distance Can make non-contextual vocalizations seem more
typical (person looks like talking to someone) Utilizing a picture
schedule on the phone Can use to track individual if lost or for
individual to find their way if lost Individual may take photos of
things around them Can use google maps now to find walking and
train routes in addition to other items Can provide tactile,
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77. Smart Phones/PDA (cont) Ability to download certain
applications to assist in communication and/or functioning (e.g.
proloque, google maps, etc) Can create lists, reminders, copy
homework Need to watch out for: Size (of keyboard or screen
Sensitivity (touch screens in particular) Protection (in case of
throwing, drooling, etc) Ease of use (watch out for frustration
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78. Iphone/Itouch/Ipad Can use keynote to play powerpoint and
vice versa Applications can be useful for: Augmentative
Communication Proloque is most popular for that Tap2Talk Speech to
text (Dragonspeak) Prompting Instruction Productivity/utility
Reinforcement Some applications require internet access
79. For prompting/visual schedules Soundscape Can quickly
record verbal prompts Downside is no customizable pictures Iprompts
First Then Visual Schedule iAssist Communicator
80. Apps for basic skills Iwritewords Does alphabet, numbers,
and words Dot to Dot number whiz Pocket Phonics First Words Toddler
ABC Feelings books or interactive storybooks Quizlett for
flashcards (online or app) Most apps need to be tailored to the
specific skill you are looking to practice or teach
81. Apps related to Productivity Ireward Only does daily check
offs Will calculate how much a student has earned Will calculate
the balance left Will allow you to use preset behavior or add your
own Will allow you to create a reinforcer menu Ecove observation
software (variety of preset tools) On-task Praise statements
Disruptions
82. Apps related to Productivity Chronolite (stopwatch/timer)
Podium Timer Hd (countdown with ability to change colors after
certain times) Tally Counter Audio memos Keynote Notes Maps
83. Fun and Language Talking friends collection Cat, hippo,
bird, dinosaur, hedgehog or robot Roby the robot is free Will speak
what is typed Will speak back what is said Will move around and do
different things based upon where tapped Can record what he does
and then play it back or send it
84. Apps related to music Apps related to music (all free!)
Virtuoso Pocket Piano 2player xylophone Sound drop Jampad Music
studio Beatwave Apps for sounds Halloween Sound Shelf Relax HD
85. Apps for Fun Pocket Pond (fish and water sounds
interactive) Scratch a sketch lite Doodle buddy Glow Coloring Air
Hockey Little gems Telsa Toy (GREAT for students who love visuals
and lights)
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87. Stuffing Put inside of the turkey usually Made usually out
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88. Thanksgiving People eat turkey and other things Made
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