Tim
Tim presented on his student Alex, who is in Grade 5. He is suspected to have ASD, but the wait list is 2 years to be officially diagnosed. I really liked the focus Tim put on Alex's strengths. I think we often focus too much on the negatives, rather than looking at the positives. Alex had difficulty putting pencil
to paper, but does very well when he’s on a computer; used read & write for
Google…highlighter tool was very useful. He was able to take notes at a much
quicker pace using R&W, compared to when he was writing by hand. Great job Tim! Nice to see a practical use of R&W for Google in the classroom!
Rose
- Rose presented on Vaughn, who has writing difficulties. He would often draws pictures w/
limited to no writing. Rose started using iBrainstorm and then introduced him to
cowriter; was able to successfully use to write his thoughts down. Also tried book creator – made a book about his
trip to the discovery center! I love the use of book creator & Chomp, well done Rose!
Raeann - Raeann presented on Sarah was bullied in the early grades, until she had a great connection with her grade 5 teacher. I love hearing those stories about how a really great teacher can make that big of a difference to a student. Raeann used the inspiration app, google docs, read & write for google & videoscribe app. Amazing to see the final product of Sarah's writing on her "awesome". Excellent work, Raeann! Awesome use of Chomp, too!
Jude - awesome to see someone present on their daughter! It's amazing how children can adapt to speak and listen at such a young age, even with 70% hearing loss. The grade 3 teacher gave Cailin a "magic wand" to signal communication back and forth. Amazing! Into first year of university, no one had any idea of her reading difficulties. Jude used 3 different color transparencies to see if they would make some difference to help Cailin with her reading. The yellow transparency was the one that she needed to assist her; made a huge difference in her comprehension & reading! Great use of video in your presentation, well done Jude!
Naomi - presented on Jake. So frustrating how 4 students share 1 EPA! There's definitely something wrong with that system. I appreciate how you shared your emotions with us...I think we all feel those at some time, and I think it's important for us all to express them. I really like the idea of using picture symbols to show what needs your child had and how to best meet them. Avaz seems like a really great support to use for communication, thanks for introducing it to us all!
Reagan - presented on Read & Write for Google Chrome. Nice to hear that the stigma on resource is not as prevalent as it used to be! Thanks for sharing your two students' stories with us. I think Google R&W is a great resource that we have & I'll definitely be using it in the future. I think you shared an important message that we have so many students who aren't on our radars, yet could still benefit from using technology in the classroom.
Steph - Steph presented on Roy, a 14 year old in Grade 8. Roy has cerebral palsy. Writing is excruciatingly difficult task for him. Roy used the chromebook for literacy & organizational assistance. Nice to hear of his success with the chromebooks, as it seems like the different school boards in NS are all for the chromebooks. I also like how you could see Roy's personality shine through when he was writing on the chromebook, compared to when he was asked to put pen-to-paper.
BJ - cool that you had the student help pick out the work samples that you presented. I like how insistent you were to get your students teacher on board with having all assessment pieces typed rather than hand-written. I'm not sure why some teachers have such issues with students using technology in a spot other than the classroom...if a student is passing in quality work as requested, get on board!
Dawn - Sorry to have missed your presentation! I'll bring lunch next time!!
Chelsea- I really like the setup that you have for your student, with everything nearby, but just out of reach. Your setup with his computer right behind him is awesome. It's nice to see how successful your student was with speech to text. I would have liked to experiment with that option more with Colton, if we hadn't been at the end of the year currently. Well done!
Suzanne - presented on SAMR & how it could help her students prepare for exams. What a creative way to get students to express what it is they find stressful, difficult & overwhelming about exam time. I remember exams being such an anxiety-ridden time and can imagine how helpful your resources would have been. Well done!
Corbin - presented on John. John was a major behavior problem; moved 11 times before grade 9! I think it's amazing how much information psych. ed tests are able to provide us. They can really give us a window into what is going on in a particular student. Glad to see how effective giving John the iPad was. They're a great resource for our students!
Traci - presented on Chloe, who is globally-developmentally delayed. She used an iPad to assist in social skill development. Great to see such an increase in communicative skills between her & her classmates & her teachers/EPA's. I like the varied use of Book Creator that Chloe used. I think it's a great app that can give students a creative method for expressing themselves.
Christine - presented about how she could use technology in a scripted form of remediation. She is an Early Literacy Support teacher. Really cool how you used Tellagami to have your students express their oral language. Same thing with the sock puppet app...you found a way to integrated technology and make learning fun for these children. What an awesome way to introduce new vocabulary to these students. Very well done!!
Cindy - presented on Samantha, who is recovering from a concussion. Samantha's unable to work as she can't read without worsening her symptoms. The difficulties associated with concussion recovery are so vast; it must be extremely difficult to work through the long, tedious process of recovery! I really like how you tried your best to keep the recovery options as economical as possible. Makes it easy to translate your experience to a classroom experience. I really like the sound of the TLDR extension. Sometimes the amount of information found on websites is so overwhelming...TLDR sounds like it would be super beneficial.
Ashley -presented on Jonah. Ashley used Google R&W to assist with his reading & writing. It was a good program for him to use so that he could show what he knew independently. Jonah loved using the picture dictionary & the highlighting option. I thought the highlighting option was one of the cooler features of R&W; would be super helpful in highlighting key thoughts & terms that need to be remembered in the future. Awesome to see how helpful R&W was for Jonah, sounds like a great match!
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