#AppMondayTAS - TapSpeak Choice AAC

Each week I will be featuring an app from BridgingApps.org.  These apps are features in the Bridging Apps newsletter each week and are reviewed by Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Special Education Teachers.  Come back each week for a new review.  If you’d like more information on how to use the BridgingApps.org website, or to find more app reviews, please click here.

TapSpeak Choice AAC (iPad only, $219.99)

Reviewer Comments

TapSpeak Choice AAC is an augmentative communication app that is very flexible. The app is appropriate for children and adults. The app supports 40 languages and 88 voices. The voices can also be customized to make them age appropriate for anyone. The app comes with Pixon symbols which are designed for core communication. The PCS symbols (also on DynaVox) are also available. Photos and other images can also be uploaded and used within the app. The number of buttons on the page can range from one button to 56 buttons. This is a great feature as an early user can start with one or two buttons and then work up to a large number of buttons.

There is an optional message bar that can be added to each page to compose full sentences.

Another unique feature of this app is the button setting. There is an anti-stimming setting that prohibits multiple tapping. Settings can also be changed to detect touch on release or using touch averages. These settings allow more accurate access of the app for users with fine motor challenges. Scanning is also available and the scanning function contains many customizable settings. The scanning function allows scanning of buttons as well as the keyboard.

The app is easy to customize and buttons can be added directly to a page without exiting to the library. The buttons are color coded and the color coding can be customized as needed.

Pages can be easily saved and shared via DropBox integration.

TapSpeak Choice AAC is a great AAC app choice for the ability to use scanning as well as the large number of languages available. The app is appropriate for all ages and a range of abilities and communication needs.

Mobile Devices

iPad

Embedded Skills

communication

communication board

expressive language

scanning and selecting

multiple languages

switch use

Assistive Traits

Assistive Communication

Assistive/Independent

Assistive

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Education

Medical

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Communication

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Patrick

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Visual Strategy Templates (Boardmaker, Word/Excel, PDF) #spedchat #assistivetech #complexneeds

You have to check out these awesome collections of visual strategy templates shared by the Autism Department of the Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative:

For Staff

For Parents

NOTE:  The templates are available to download for FREE in several formats (Boardmaker, Word\Excel, or PDF).  For the Boardmaker files, right-click the file and select "Save Target as" and save the file to your desktop, then right click and select "Rename" and change the .htm or .html to .bm2.

-  Jeremy

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Teaching All Students Wiki

I realize that I have not done a great job of posting recently, getting used to have in a baby, school and many other factors have gotten in the way!  That being said, I have a ton of great posts that I'm getting ready so if you can hang in there a little longer I'll be putting them up soon.

While you are waiting it occurred to me tonight that I never specifically posted about my wiki that I have - http://teachntech.wikispaces.com.  I keep this wiki as a backup to some of the presentations that I've done over the years.  I've posted instructions on using Boardmaker, Google Docs for Communication and lots of info on various iOS apps.  Feel free to check it out!

Patrick


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Phineas & Ferb

I've found a fun activity for this winter season, that star Phineas & Ferb from the Disney Channel.  The activity is based on their Winter Wonderland episode and has the kids doing all sorts of fun activities.  You can tell them to throw snowballs, decorate the tree, or shovel snow and they do it in their own unique way. The best part is that to get them to do these things you have to tell them, using your computer's microphone.  You do need to speak clearly to make it work, but to be honest my students didn't care what they did as long as they did it after they spoke!  It's a very motivating activity for many students.  You could even record the command onto a switch and have them speak that way.  If you have a student who types, they could practice by typing in the commands too.  I made a simple instruction and choice board of the different activities that Phineas & Ferb will complete.  You can download it from the Boardmakershare.com site - Phineas & Ferb Winter Wonderland.  Have fun playing at the Winter Wonderland!


Patrick


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Facebook Groups

Recently Facebook has added a great feature called groups. Since many people are on Facebook already, it made sense to start some groups to support assistive technology. Check out these groups:

Assistive Technology

Boardmaker Sharing

Intellitools Classroom Suite

iTeach Special Education - iDevices in SpEd


Patrick


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Boardmaker Studio Trial

For those of you who are on Window's computers and are interested in trying out a free trial of Boardmaker Studio, you can head over to Mayer-Johnson.com and get one.  The free trial of Boardmaker Studio is available now for download.

Boardmaker Studio 30-Day free trial

Patrick

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Boardmaker Studio

Mayer-Johnson is releasing a new product, and I was lucky enough to get a tour of it. Boardmaker Studio, which will start shipping Sept. 7, is a set of software based off the Boardmaker Plus series, but at the same time completely different. As communicated to me by a representative from the company, it is completely separate from Boardmaker and is not intended to replace Boardmaker Plus or Speaking Dynamically Pro (SDP).

I love Boardmaker Plus, I use it constantly, but it does involve some understanding of programming to get the most out of it. Yes, you can download materials from Boardmaker Share (previously called Adapted Learning) and use them, but I like to make things my own. Boardmaker Studio gives you the tools to do that. You can use Boardmaker Studio to create both print and interactive content. It comes with over 100 on-screen templates, 400 print templates, and 100 gadgets that allow you to create activities in minutes. All of them completely customizable. By understanding a few simple steps, basically how to edit a box, you have the power to make rich content. I watched as a simple matching exercise was created in less than 2 min. and was ready to use.

It also allows you the ability to save content "on the cloud". No longer will you have to remember to transfer that file before a student can use it, the program is linked to Boardmaker Share and allows you to upload and use files from any internet connected computer. Boardmaker Plus & SDP v.6 files can be imported and converted to use with Boardmaker Studio.

I personally like the concept of Boardmaker Studio, it's very similar to the changes that Intellitools made to Classroom Suite from ver. 3 to ver. 4. Boardmaker is at the very limits of it's capability, it is based on coding that is over 10 years old. To make Boardmaker more versatile required a complete re-write of the code and that is where Boardmaker Studio comes from. I would love to have more hands on time to play with all the features.

At this time Boardmaker Studio is only available for Windows computers, the Mac program is in development, but there is no release date at this time. It comes with the full PCS library from Mayer-Johnson, just like Boardmaker. That being said, it is a $399 program, and in this time of budget shortfalls I'm guessing many districts will pass on purchasing at this time. I'm interested to see if Boardmaker Studio takes off, I think it's an exciting new offering from Mayer-Johnson! You can check out more information and a demo here: Boardmaker Studio.

Patrick


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Ideas to encourage access - students with low vision

Recently a reader contacted me and asked if I had any resources for students with low vision.  Ideas for how to encourage computer use and such.  Here were my suggestions:

First, I'd suggest heading to http://oneswitch.org.uk - Barrie has some amazing resources for switch users, and the can be used by touch screen users too.  A lot to look at on that site so you have to look around.

You could also try this from Yuichi's Blog - http://yuichisgames.blogspot.com/2010/02/move-mouse.html.

Here's a great list of resouces from Glenda's A.T. Information - http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/2009/04/switch-use.html

Check out Youtube or Watchknow.org - find a video they like, then they can touch the screen to start it and such

Talkingsmartboards has some great sites to check out - http://annemarie80.edublogs.org

Have you tried - http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/resources/videos.htm - they have awesome videos that are quick, and easy to set up for touch screen users.

These were just a few of my suggestions, are there any other's you would have suggested?

Patrick


Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons:  Sausyn

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My Crazy Idea - Feature Article on Adapted Learning

I've used Boardmaker for years and have talked about their products quite a lot on this blog.  I'm excited to say that I've was asked to write a Feature Article for their board sharing site AdaptedLearning.com.  You can check it out here - My Crazy Idea....  If you haven't checked out Adapted Learning for all the free boards for Boardmaker you need to!  It's a great way to get ideas!

Patrick

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ATIA 2009 Chicago - Day 1

Today was the first full day of the ATIA conference in Chicago. I really enjoyed the day, got to meet quite a few people - Chris Bugay-A.T.Tipscast, Karen Jankowski-EdTech Solutions: Teaching Every Student, Brian Wojcik-AT Cubed. That was really worth the price of coming, just the chance to meet a few of the people I read on a regular basis.

Before I talk about the sessions, I wanted to share a new link for my notes (small problem with Evernote, so went with Google Docs) - ATIA09 Notes

But the real reason I went was the conference sessions! My first session was 4 AAC techniques for every classroom. This was a really great session about how simple, training of parapros & teachers can increase independence, initiation of, and amount of AAC use. The results were significant, 5 weeks of implementation produced pretty significant changes in staff implementation. The 4 principles taught to staff were Positive Communication Environment, Partner Augmented Input, Sabotage, & Chain of Cues. The best part - all the training materials are available online! You can get all the material here at the Dynavox Mayer-Johnson site. More information from the session in my notes.

The 2nd session I attended was about the CAST Bookbuilder. Another good session, about a really great web product. You can easily create books for students to read, with text reading abilities, and "coaches" to aid comprehension. It's really a great tool, with several limitations. At this time there is not alternative access ability. So students who use switch access, or Intellikeys cannot navigate a book. Basically if you cannot use a mouse, and have very fine motor control you will not be successful using this site. You can get more information here: htt://tinyurl.com/bookbuilder4u.

I also attended a session by Dave Hohulin about how to create and implement an AT Team. It was a good session on providing information to AT teams on best practices, the law, and time to work on case studies. It was extremely informative, and interesting to hear perspectives on how the law is interpreted in various states. One audience member was confused by the fact that in IL an AT Eval must be completed in 60 days (just like any other part of a re-eval). I really liked his simple checklist for implementing an AT eval: Identify, Information, Isolate, Investigate, IEP, and Implement.

Still another 1 1/2 days left of learning to do, so stay tuned for more ideas from ATIA!


- Patrick

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Phonemic Awareness Materials

For several years I've been using materials developed by Michael Heggerty for Phonemic Awareness. The activity is designed to be completed in 10-15 min, and covers all Phonemic Awareness areas, such as name first sounds, last sounds, medial sounds, blending sounds, chopping sounds, adding sounds, dropping sounds, and repeating sentences. While Phonemic Awareness is inherently a verbal activity, I've found that it can be modified for all learners.

First I created a set of materials that give visual directions on what to do during each part of the activity. You can download it here and here (2 slightly different versions), at BoardmakerShare. Just make sure to sign in after you click the link.

I use the materials on a daily basis with all my learners. The students really love this activity, it's fast pace, repetitiveness, and actions allow student interaction at many levels. The visuals allow students to give answers to questions, first sounds for example, by pointing to the sound if they can't verbalize. Also since the materials were made with Boardmaker you can enlarge them for use with students who use eye gaze. I use motions with blending, showing the the 2 parts with each hand, then smashing the hands together to demonstrate the blending concept. Other such actions can be used for chopping, first sounds, and last sounds.

While you are unlikely to notice students understanding this concepts right away, if you stick with it you will see improvement. I have no empirical evidence to support this, but anecdotal evidence suggests that it helps students with verbalization, attention, as well as the Phonemic Awareness skills. Please feel free to use and pass along the materials.

Patrick

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iPrompts

I've been introduced to a very interesting program for the iPod Touch and iPhone called iPrompts. Let me start off this post by saying, I have received a free copy of this app. They did not contact me, they did not ask me to write this post. I saw a request for testers and decided to try it out. So here's what I think.


iPrompts is a simple, easy to use, and customizable app. At it's simplest, it has a library of images, and you can show them to a student. It also has a countdown timer, schedule creator, and choice board. The symbols are line drawings, but you can add photos from the iPhone camera to your library. At this time the ability to add your own photos using the iPod Touch is not working, it will be fixed in the next update.

It also allows you to create simple linear schedules and you can highlight the item you are doing at the moment. There do seem to be a few glitches with this part of the app, as I have to leave the schedule and go back to it to add more pictures. With the countdown timer you can set it to as long as you want, as well as put a picture of what the student should be doing during the countdown, or what will happen after the timer goes off.

So far I am impressed with the program, there are a few bugs to work out, but it's still being worked on. One of the first things I did with the iPod Touch I got from my school was to add photos from Boardmaker to make it more useful as a teaching tool. iPrompts allows me to do this in a simple, efficient form.

You can purchase iPrompts from the iTunes Store for $74.99. This is a great program!

Patrick

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A.T.TipsCast - Communication Bridges I use

I've slowly been going back through the podcasts from A.T.Tipscast and came across a very interesting one. A.T.TipsCast Episode #13 is all about Communication Bridges.  Chris explains that Communication Bridges are what you use to help students communicate what they have done during the day to their parents.  They can also be used to share what students do at home with the teacher. In listening to this episode I realized that I've been using something very similar.  My students fill in their Journal each afternoon to take home, as a way to share what they did with their parents.  Each evening the students fill out a Last Night I... sheet so they can share with the class what they did.  For my students it is a great way to connect with their same age peers, as they share it during a time in their general education classroom.

Here are the pages I use for my students journal:
Page 01
Page 02
Page 03

I've found them a very powerful tool for students to take charge of reporting their learning.  Parents love having the information and are more than willing to fill out the Last Night I... page!  I customize the pictures for each student by inquiring with each parent about activities they do on a regular basis.  Please take a look at the forms (they are in Boardmaker format), feel free to use & change to fit your needs.

Patrick

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Word Walls - for students with disabilities

I've mentioned before that I'm pretty much a geek (and yes I'm OK with it!), so my blog definitely takes a more technological edge, but AT does not have to be high-tech. There are many examples of low-tech ways to increase student participation, and interest. One such way that I use in my classroom is the Word Wall.

Word Walls are a great low-tech way to increase literacy and sight word recognition for all students. I've found that students with disabilities actually enjoy many of the activities associated with working with word walls. The action of spelling words in different ways, the games you can play and the thrill of "reading" a book for possibly the first time.

Creating a word wall for students with disabilities does require some work. Just like any word wall you need to prepare the words. I prefer to print out the words, cut around them, and paste onto construction paper. I like the way it highlights the different parts of the words, but you can create them any way you would like.













I also include a picture from Boardmaker on each of the words. Many of the words you can't find in Boardmaker, so I found the closest idea. Here's a Boardmaker file of the words that I use in my word wall lessons: Word Wall Words & Word Wall Words 01. The words are based off the ReadingA-Z websites high frequency word books.

There is one final modification that I do to make sure students have an opportunity to show understanding. In creating pictures that represent the words, it's easy to see what students know and understand. I can show students the word if they pick the correct picture it shows they can "read" the word. It allows students to read a sentence by picking the correct pictures. I've even created folders for students to store their learned words.

Here are some links to lesson ideas for creating activities for word wall. And it is very easy to find activities on Google.

Word Wall Ideas

More Word Wall Ideas

Please feel free to share any of your word wall ideas in the comments!

Patrick

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Listserv's

One of my comments recently was from fellow blogger, Ricky Buchanan, at ATMac, and she asked:

I'd love to see a post about what AT-related listserves you're a member of - I'm not on any of them and I'm not sure where to start!

It's been a while since I've shared so here we go. I am Co-Moderator with several people at the Yahoo Boardmaker Group. This group was started by a professional and includes parents, teachers, OT's, AT specialists, and any other kind of person who might use the Boardmaker Software. There is a limited file area where we can share files, and also a place to share links. The main purpose of the group is to share ideas, and ask questions to problems. Questions about special education and many other items are discussed.

I also belong to the QIAT Listserv. QIAT stands for Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology and was developed by Joy Zabala from the University of Kentucky. QIAT is a philosophy of how to provide Assistive Technology appropriately. It's also a listserv to share ideas, ask questions, and just talk about AT. A great place to get ideas.

Last I recently started sharing bookmarks on Diigo.com. This is a social bookmarking site like Delicious.com (which I've talked about here). One feature of Diigo is the ability to join and share links with groups. I've started a group called AT in SPED. Anyone who joins the group (which is public) can share and see links that other people have shared. There's a great toolbar available here. It gives you offline access to your bookmarks, and will store your "unread" bookmarks for later viewing. So feel free to join the group and get some new links!

Patrick


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Most Viewed Posts

As the end of the year approaches, I'd like to take some time to share some of my favorite posts, posts that have garnered a lot of comments, and posts that are the most viewed. I'll be sharing these over the next few days. So today let's start with some of the most viewed posts of my short blogging career!

Social Stories Sites

Making Talking Powerpoint Books
Boardmaker Plus Book Template
PODD & Partner Assisted Communication
New info on PODD, now has a US version for letter paper available here: US Letter PODD
Math Fact Cafe

So if you're new to Teaching All Students, take a look at these posts, and for those who've followed for a while feel free to take a look back and refresh your memory. Have a wonderful Christmas everybody, and Happy Hanukkah too!

Patrick

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Visual Scene Displays

I recently read an interesting article on Adapted Learning in the News & Views section. The article is about Visual Scene Displays. If you log into Adapted Learning then click on the link you will see the actual article. The article includes pictures, I have reprinted the text below. I have never specifically used a Visual Scene Display, but am looking to see how it might work. I'm not sure I completely understand how a visual scene might make a difference with students, so I'm looking for comments. Has anyone used these before? What sort of luck have you had, do you think it works?

Patrick

Using Real-Life Backgrounds for Communication Boards:Why Visual Scene Displays?

by Phyl T. Macomber, Assistive Technology Specialist

Augmentative communication systems have traditionally used single symbol target and grid-based symbol displays for depicting vocabulary and promoting language development. These single symbol targets can contain a photograph or digital image, pictograph or cartoon-like illustration, or word. The symbol targets are placed on a page in squares that look like a grid, often times in uniform columns and rows.

An alternative functional approach to these grid-based displays, known as Visual Scene Displays (VSDs), has been gaining wider use in recent years. Visual scene displays organize and depict vocabulary in scenes relevant to the communicator – child or adult. VSDs use background images, such as photographs of a particular event, to provide contextual support for the learner. They place the communication messages on the communication board in an environment image in which they exist or will be used.

Start by creating simple low tech communication boards using a visual scene approach:


1. Purchase basic file folders to use as communication folders.

2. Obtain 2 copies of your background image – one printed on photo paper and the other printed on cardstock.

3. Place the first photo paper background image on the inside folder. Next, cut apart the cardstock background image to make your communication symbols. I like silhouetting these symbol target images so they appear as part of the scene - as opposed to squaring them off.

4. Make the symbols durable by laminating them and placing your favorite adhesive (Velcro, two-sided removable tape, or Dual Lock) on the back of each symbol.

5. Place the symbols onto the background image and you are ready to provide your AAC user with a practical environmental scene in which to communicate.
Visual scene displays can be used in a number of ways using Boardmaker Plus! and Speaking Dynamically Pro to make them interactive. These software solutions offer quick and easy ways to drag and drop your background images onto a board. Then, you can create invisible “hot spots” over different parts of the background picture so that, when touched or otherwise selected, they say or do something relevant to that part of the background picture.

Boardmaker Plus! and Speaking Dynamically Pro offer excellent options for expanding vocabulary within a visual scene display. Using pop-up boards or variables, you can increase the number of communication intents for the augmented user and expand language usage.

I have had a great deal of success guiding teams in using this practical design approach with both low tech and high tech tools because visual scene displays:
• Empower the communication partners to be much more active in the communication process – it gives them something to talk to their AAC user about by referencing the real-life environmental image,

• Reduce the cognitive demand for symbol learning – it is easier to learn communication symbols displayed in the context in which they are used, as opposed to numerous squares,

• Improve the motivation of not only the AAC user, but also the team implementing the tool because it makes sense to them and they see successful communication quickly
Research shows that visual scene displays offer more immediate success for emerging communicators and for many individuals with communication deficits due to congenital or acquired disabilities. Simply put, it is a real-life way to display communication messages – low tech or high tech.

“Reprinted from Phyl T. Macomber’s free AT Solutions At-A-Glance Newsletter. Subscribe at http://www.PracticalATSolutions.com.”


Patrick

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Videos in Boardmaker

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Aimee Solutions

So for my first post back, after my computer mishap (still not fixed on a loaner machine), I decided to talk about a great site run by some friends of mine. I'll start off by saying that I have worked with these ladies in the past, but would recommend this site to anyone who deals with students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Aimee Solutions is run by 3 women in Lake County, IL. They create materials for students using many different mediums. All the Language Solutions have a Boardmaker book, a interactive book using Intellitools Classroom Suite, language development and fun activities (songs, BINGO, etc...), and some have a writing component. The Language Solution kits are available on CD, and also fully put together.

In addition to Language Solution Kits they have PVC kits for easels, and switch holders. They also do trainings on how to create materials, find bargains at dollar stores, and student created art! Take a look at these ladies and all they do. They are a great resource.

Patrick

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Adapted Learning.com Opens Tomorrow!!

It's finally here. For those of you who read my first post, Adapted Learning, I hope you have already signed up for a username and password. Due to beta testers there are over 180 files on the board already, many of them in .zip format so they contain multiple files. Which means there are thousands of boards available to download tomorrow.

So if you haven't already signed up for your password head over tonight, and get ready to see all Adapted Learning has to offer tomorrow!

Patrick

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