UAAACT Announcements

Presenter	Team	Session Title	Time	Description
Monique Carlsen Debra Manning	Team L Team T	iPads and Students with Low Vision	Friday March 2 2:30 pm	We will cover our experience with: Accessing the curriculum (textbooks, books, etc.) through scanning and briefly touching on sources like Bookshare.org, Gutenberg, etc., Accessing worksheets (through email, etc.), Note taking (through audio notes, livescribe, etc.) and Student to student mentoring.
Erek Engar Ralph Baer	Team A/R	Livescribe	Saturday March 3, 9:15 am	Using the Livescribe pens in and out of the classroom
Judith Roberts Julie Aegeter	Team G	Bookshare	Friday March 2, noon	This course will cover information on the use of Bookshare.org including the following: Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. A searchable online library. Bookshare offers approximately 127,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Access tools for students with reading Disabilities. Come see how you can use bookshare in your classroom absolutely free.
Chad Fletcher	Team H	Proloquo2go	Friday March 2 1:15 pm Over the shoulder session Friday March 2, 2:30 Regular Session	How to simplify Proloquo2go
Janice Bruno	Team M	Writing Assistance Using Desktop and Portable Word Prediction	Friday March 2, 10:45 am	Do your students have difficulty spelling but can choose a desired word from a written list? Would they benefit from having a computer speak word choices and constructed sentences to them? Do your students have challenging fine motor skills that inhibit handwriting or need help increasing productivity with keyboarding? Co:Writer, a word prediction program, may be the solution. This session will demonstrate the steps to using Co:Writer6, including how to customize vocabulary to meet students needs and classroom curriculum. We will also discuss the NEO, a portable solution to make Co:Writer accessible anywhere.
Scott Baggaley	UCAT	Using What You Already Have or Free Tools to Help Students with Reading and Writing Challenges	Friday March 2, 10:45 am	We will explore using the technology that you may already have in new ways as well as exploring different FREE options that may allow students with reading and writing challenges to be able to access the curriculum, and be able to create and edit their own unique work.
Caroline Bass Mona Oversteg	Team N Team B	SmartPens: Computerized Audio Pens... Definitely NOT yor Grandma's Ballpoint!	Friday March 2, 2:30	It’s a digital audio device, a computer that digitizes your notes, it’s a calculator, a piano, and an audio-visual teacher. . . it’s AMAZING! This session will highlight the array of educational applications for the Livescribe Smartpen, including: assistive technology for note taking and lecture review; possibilities for use in language arts, math and science curriculums; creating talking tests; oral worksheet answers; creating audio labels; use as an augmentative communication tool; and use for articulation and pronunciation practice; as well as an introduction to pencasts. The possibilities are endless!
Robert Woodbury	Team V	Identifying and teaching concrete skills to make the iPad an effective classroom tool	Friday March 2, noon	1. Identifying a student's current levels of performance with an iPad using the AAC profile and observations. 2. Determining concrete skills for the studnet to master using the iPad (operational, linguistic, social, strategic). 3. Setting up a program to teach and monitor the development of these concrete skills.
Meredyth Grover Starla Blackburn	Team W Team D	Look at This! Video Modeling as an Instructional Tool	Friday March 2, noon	This session will explore what video modeling is, some tools for using video modeling, and sources for learning more about video modeling. Research has demonstrated that video modeling is effective in teaching specific social, play, and functional skills to students with autism and other cognitive disabilities. It is tailored for special populations and also has applications in regular education as well.
Merrie Smithson Nadean Lescoe	Team E Team C	What's New with Boardmaker	Friday March 2, noon	Boardmaker software from Mayer Johnson has been around for years and has been used faithfully by special educators. A year ago, Mayer Johnson introduced Boardmaker Studio, a new version of the software that allows teachers to quickly print out activities on paper or design interactive activities that can be used on a computer or with an interactive white board. This session will teach you how to create activities using fast and easy templates, design activities from scratch, create pictures for augmentative communication, and access thousands of free activities designed by educators from around the country through Mayer Johnson's Boardmaker Share. This software will help you spend less time preparing materials and more time working with your students!
Craig Boogaard	UCAT	EEE Pad - Applications for Special Education	Saturday March 3, 9:15 am	This session will focus on the Asus EEE Pad and how it can be used in Special Education settings. The session is especially for UAAACT team members who would like to receive an Asus EEE Pad for their team assessment kit. All UAAACT teams that have at least one team member in attendance at this session will receive an EEE Pad during the session. We will then review some practical applications, describing how this device might help middle school and high school students in special education settings.
Denise Warren	Team S	Using iPads with Severely Involved Students	Friday March 2, 2:30 pm	This session will address ways to use iPads with students who are severely disabled. Apps that support Cause/Effect, communication, and emerging concepts will be presented. Learn how to use switches with iPads, mount and position iPads on wheelchairs, and discover what kinds of cases and keyguards are available.
Britta Sculion Tricia Pearson	Team X	Apps and adaptions for SLP's and OT's	Friday March 2, noon	This presentation will be for SLPs, teachers and OT's. Shown or discussed will be a variety of apps in the area of Speech and Language to include apps for articulation, fluency, semantics, early language development and AAC. In addition, tools for adapting an iPad such as switch access, joystick,and accessibility features will be demonstrated for your students with complex learning needs and motor challenges.
Mindy Hintze		Engaging At-Rish Students with Multimedia Projects	Friday March 2, noon	Learn from a teacher experienced with this special population some important do’s and don’ts for multimedia projects in your curriculum and get tips for finding the best materials from Utah Education Network.
Alisa Thacker Kristen Remington	Team F	iBrain and iBody in Sync	Friday March 2, 1:15 pm	Do you struggle with behaviors that seem to come out-of-the-blue at home or in the classroom? Do you have students who just seem to be out of control or on overload? Our body and our brain need to be in sync with one another for maximum learning to take place. Come and learn how to help our bodies and brain sync with one another. We will have fun as we explore the most recent research and "Technology" to help our students.
Craig Boogaard	UCAT	The Accessible iPad	Friday March 2, 12:40 Over the Shoulder Session	The iPad comes with a variety of assistive technologies to help those with disabilities. This session will briefly cover VoiceOver, Safari Reader and more.
Melanie Bowen Marci Mitchell	Team O	Do Your APPs Fit? APPsolutely	Friday March 2, 1:15 pm	With an increase in the availability of free and low cost apps for mobile devices, many educators and families are making use of these less expensive tools to accommodate learners with special needs. However, many apps are chosen without regard to specific user abilities. This session will be a sharing of resources to help educators and parents sort through and evaluate potential apps for their students in order to make the APPsolute fit for individual users.
Ralph Baer Suzanne Anderson	Team A/R	The Switch is not the Goal	Saturday March 3, 10:30 am	Many children with multiple handicapps have difficulty accessing mechanical switches. At Closing the Gap, I attended a session on electronic switches. This is a case study on the results of implementing electronic switches vs mechanical switches and other types of devices such as eye gaze, head control etc.

Presenter

Team

Session Title

Time

Description

Monique Carlsen
Debra Manning

Team L
Team T

iPads and Students with Low Vision

Friday March 2 2:30 pm

We will cover our experience with: Accessing the curriculum (textbooks, books, etc.) through scanning and briefly touching on sources like Bookshare.org, Gutenberg, etc., Accessing worksheets (through email, etc.), Note taking (through audio notes, livescribe, etc.) and Student to student mentoring.

Erek Engar
Ralph Baer

Team A/R

Livescribe

Saturday March 3, 9:15 am

Using the Livescribe pens in and out of the classroom

Judith Roberts
Julie Aegeter

Team G

Bookshare

Friday March 2, noon

This course will cover information on the use of Bookshare.org including the following:
Bookshare® is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities
Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books.
A searchable online library. Bookshare offers approximately 127,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
Access tools for students with reading Disabilities.

Come see how you can use bookshare in your classroom absolutely free.

Chad Fletcher

Team H

Proloquo2go

Friday March 2 1:15 pm Over the shoulder session

Friday March 2, 2:30 Regular Session

How to simplify Proloquo2go

Janice Bruno

Team M

Writing Assistance Using Desktop and Portable Word Prediction

Friday March 2, 10:45 am

Do your students have difficulty spelling but can choose a desired word from a written list? Would they benefit from having a computer speak word choices and constructed sentences to them? Do your students have challenging fine motor skills that inhibit handwriting or need help increasing productivity with keyboarding? Co:Writer, a word prediction program, may be the solution. This session will demonstrate the steps to using Co:Writer6, including how to customize vocabulary to meet students needs and classroom curriculum. We will also discuss the NEO, a portable solution to make Co:Writer accessible anywhere.

Scott Baggaley

UCAT

Using What You Already Have or Free Tools to Help Students with Reading and Writing Challenges

Friday March 2, 10:45 am

We will explore using the technology that you may already have in new ways as well as exploring different FREE options that may allow students with reading and writing challenges to be able to access the curriculum, and be able to create and edit their own unique work.

Caroline Bass
Mona Oversteg

Team N
Team B

SmartPens: Computerized Audio Pens... Definitely NOT yor Grandma's Ballpoint!

Friday March 2, 2:30

It’s a digital audio device, a computer that digitizes your notes, it’s a calculator, a piano, and an audio-visual teacher. . . it’s AMAZING! This session will highlight the array of educational applications for the Livescribe Smartpen, including: assistive technology for note taking and lecture review; possibilities for use in language arts, math and science curriculums; creating talking tests; oral worksheet answers; creating audio labels; use as an augmentative communication tool; and use for articulation and pronunciation practice; as well as an introduction to pencasts. The possibilities are endless!

Robert Woodbury

Team V

Identifying and teaching concrete skills to make the iPad an effective classroom tool

Friday March 2, noon

1. Identifying a student's current levels of performance with an iPad using the AAC profile and observations.

2. Determining concrete skills for the studnet to master using the iPad (operational, linguistic, social, strategic).

3. Setting up a program to teach and monitor the development of these concrete skills.

Meredyth Grover
Starla Blackburn

Team W
Team D

Look at This! Video Modeling as an Instructional Tool

Friday March 2, noon

This session will explore what video modeling is, some tools for using video modeling, and sources for learning more about video modeling. Research has demonstrated that video modeling is effective in teaching specific social, play, and functional skills to students with autism and other cognitive disabilities. It is tailored for special populations and also has applications in regular education as well.

Merrie Smithson
Nadean Lescoe

Team E
Team C

What's New with Boardmaker

Friday March 2, noon

Boardmaker software from Mayer Johnson has been around for years and has been used faithfully by special educators. A year ago, Mayer Johnson introduced Boardmaker Studio, a new version of the software that allows teachers to quickly print out activities on paper or design interactive activities that can be used on a computer or with an interactive white board. This session will teach you how to create activities using fast and easy templates, design activities from scratch, create pictures for augmentative communication, and access thousands of free activities designed by educators from around the country through Mayer Johnson's Boardmaker Share. This software will help you spend less time preparing materials and more time working with your students!

Craig Boogaard

UCAT

EEE Pad - Applications for Special Education

Saturday March 3, 9:15 am

This session will focus on the Asus EEE Pad and how it can be used in Special Education settings. The session is especially for UAAACT team members who would like to receive an Asus EEE Pad for their team assessment kit. All UAAACT teams that have at least one team member in attendance at this session will receive an EEE Pad during the session. We will then review some practical applications, describing how this device might help middle school and high school students in special education settings.

Denise Warren

Team S

Using iPads with Severely Involved Students

Friday March 2, 2:30 pm

This session will address ways to use iPads with students who are severely disabled. Apps that support Cause/Effect, communication, and emerging concepts will be presented. Learn how to use switches with iPads, mount and position iPads on wheelchairs, and discover what kinds of cases and keyguards are available.

Britta Sculion
Tricia Pearson

Team X

Apps and adaptions for SLP's and OT's

Friday March 2, noon

This presentation will be for SLPs, teachers and OT's. Shown or discussed will be a variety of apps in the area of Speech and Language to include apps for articulation, fluency, semantics, early language development and AAC. In addition, tools for adapting an iPad such as switch access, joystick,and accessibility features will be demonstrated for your students with complex learning needs and motor challenges.

Mindy Hintze

Engaging At-Rish Students with Multimedia Projects

Friday March 2, noon

Learn from a teacher experienced with this special population some important do’s and don’ts for multimedia projects in your curriculum and get tips for finding the best materials from Utah Education Network.

Alisa Thacker
Kristen Remington

Team F

iBrain and iBody in Sync

Friday March 2, 1:15 pm

Do you struggle with behaviors that seem to come out-of-the-blue at home or in the classroom? Do you have students who just seem to be out of control or on overload? Our body and our brain need to be in sync with one another for maximum learning to take place. Come and learn how to help our bodies and brain sync with one another. We will have fun as we explore the most recent research and "Technology" to help our students.

Craig Boogaard

UCAT

The Accessible iPad

Friday March 2, 12:40 Over the Shoulder Session

The iPad comes with a variety of assistive technologies to help those with disabilities. This session will briefly cover VoiceOver, Safari Reader and more.

Melanie Bowen
Marci Mitchell

Team O

Do Your APPs Fit? APPsolutely

Friday March 2, 1:15 pm

With an increase in the availability of free and low cost apps for mobile devices, many educators and families are making use of these less expensive tools to accommodate learners with special needs. However, many apps are chosen without regard to specific user abilities. This session will be a sharing of resources to help educators and parents sort through and evaluate potential apps for their students in order to make the APPsolute fit for individual users.

Ralph Baer
Suzanne Anderson

Team A/R

The Switch is not the Goal

Saturday March 3, 10:30 am

Many children with multiple handicapps have difficulty accessing mechanical switches. At Closing the Gap, I attended a session on electronic switches. This is a case study on the results of implementing electronic switches vs mechanical switches and other types of devices such as eye gaze, head control etc.