I have been working on using Boardmaker to build talking notes on buttons that can be scanned by students who use the program for speech access already. I am trying to think outside the box to get curriculum access to these kids that can't read the textbook or write notes. The assistants help do this in addition to being a scribe. As long as they are "scribing" they might as well be doing something that puts it on "steroids"! The resolution is actually better than the window shows, once you play it. Watch the video below to see how I do it:
All the Best to You!
Lon
My Reading Chair Blog Has Talking Books for Kids
My Reading Chair
http://myreadingchair.blogspot.com/
I have been thinking about a way to utilize the odiogo text to speech tool for reading. Yesterday I thought, "Why not put public domain and personal writing for kids with illustrations on a blog and use odiogo to read the text?" So I built a new blog and put a nursery rhyme on it. I will set up categories for different reading levels here. I would like to build an archive so there will be lots of reading material for kids down the road.
How I would recommend using this blog:
- Pick a readability level for your child.
- Have the child work on sounding out words and trying the passage.
- Click on the Odiogo button to have it read to the child.
- Subscribe to the RSS feed at the bottom (the Atom link) and receive daily texts to read in your google webpage or Outlook feeds folder.
I hope this will be another resource to not only provide some reading support for kids with disabilities and remedial issues, but also fun for parents to use as a resource for safe content for kids.
All the Best to You!
Lon
Podcast #2: Teens Talk About Disabilities and Assistive Technology
Podcast#2: Teens Talk About Disabilities and AT
I have been promising a podcast on what teens say about disabilities and assistive technology. It is about 10 minutes long. I have an introduction for about a minute and a short close. Other than that, the entire thing is just sound bites from the day.
To listen, use the player in the sidebar. It plays the latest podcast automatically. If you are accessing this as a past archived post, click on the "posts" button and find this post in the playlist. I hope you enjoy listening!
Below are some pictures:
I have been promising a podcast on what teens say about disabilities and assistive technology. It is about 10 minutes long. I have an introduction for about a minute and a short close. Other than that, the entire thing is just sound bites from the day.
To listen, use the player in the sidebar. It plays the latest podcast automatically. If you are accessing this as a past archived post, click on the "posts" button and find this post in the playlist. I hope you enjoy listening!
Below are some pictures:
Above: Kathy Howard, from the OT/PT department, shares how to balance on a wobble board and pass a bounce ball from left to right. It's harder than it sounds!
Here, I am handing 2 students a ribbon switch to try. They are filling out their interview sheets.
All the best to You!
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