1. Assistive Technologies!!! Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite www.aacintervention.com

2. O M G !!! Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite www.aacintervention.com T M I !!! Ai Yi Yi !!!

3. What’s Up Today? Bright Spots! Smart Pens for Notetaking Light Tech Page Turners Survey Results – School Apps for NoteTaking – Try It- Report It Write It! Tarheel Reader Case Study Info Planning for January

4. The December CD Have I Created A Monster??

5. What’s New?? Bright Spots!! Quality Review- K / 1 – tech problems, kids helped solve, reacted appropriately – got better tech scores; survey monkey to drive parent feedback into instruction Phase 1 coordinator: found school w/ lots of tech, will try to expand to sped students in gen ed classes Parent tech class on Sats; open to community Castle Learning – getting more widely used Working w/ tech teacher to bring materials to very old school;

6. What’s New?? Bright Spots!!

7. Light Tech Page Turners

8. Notetaking Pens!!!

9. LiveScribe Pen http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/# Echo Pen

10. Hear it: quick-record devices Digitized Speech Pen Friend www.augresources.com AnyBook Reader www.anybook.com

11. iPads All About Notetaking!!! Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite www.aacintervention.com http://spedapps2.wikispaces.com/

12. App-of-the-Month-Club!

13. TRY It! Who has a notetaking app on your iPad? Circle up – 1 iPad for group of 2 – 4 Try it – Think about Students, Env, Tasks, & Tools – Share your thoughts

14. InClass Can put courses & times in, then it automatically files notes by course All-in-one planner & note-taker; and puts notes in right class based on time Very easy record function Can record & type simultaneously & typing ‘clicks’ automatically become silent! Can’t change font size Does not include handwriting FREE

15. Noteability Easy to crop pictures (ex: of the whiteboard) and text automatically wraps around; Easy to go back & forth between notetaking modes Great support info available at their website: http://www.gingerlabs.com/cont/notability.php This is a general intro – I learned several new features! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvulN 3LSu08&feature=related $. 99

16. AudioNote synchronizes notes & audio highlighted notes during playback export notes over wifi or iTunes Check here for a great review http://techandeng.blogspot.com /2011/05/audionote-review-for- ipad-iphone-ipod.html Lite = Free; Full = 4.99

17. Notebook+ Free Notebook+ Notebook+ Free Notebook+ By Foxsoft Very simple notebook program Multiple notebooks Quick & simple Lots of fonts, colors, etc. Nice tutorial included Simple bookshelf storage Pro version allows: Printing Inserting photos Syncing with iTunes FREE $. 99 pro

18. EverNote Text, photo, and audio notes Auto-synchronize notes to mac, PC, & Web Text within photos is searchable Also may be TMI for elementary Getting Started Guide here: http://www.evernote.com/about/gett ing_started/ FREE

19. SimpleNote Notes, journal, to do list NO recording, which is a drawback Can change font size Best feature: SimpleNote also has a website so you can store notes online: http://www.simplenoteap p.com/ * FREE

20. Typ-O Word Prediction for iPad Includes 6 predictions Tap to select, or press button to speak Can speak back, but speaks entire message Includes predict-ahead Settings include: Level of typing (fair / bad / terrible) 2 fonts, 3 sizes 4 voices Does not ‘learn’ from writer Cannot import vocabulary $ 14.99

22. What AT Is Available at Your SChool? Talking word processors? Alternate keyboards? Portable keyboards? Pens for notetaking? iPads?

23. Question: What Assistive Tech is in Your School?

24. FREE IS GOOD!!

25. Homework! Download a story from Tarheel Reader Have your students re-write it What apps might you use?

26. FREE IS GOOD!! Tarheel Reader

27. Tarheel Reader www.tarheelreader.org 20,000 + books written expressly for students with significant disabilities Books can be read online – Silently – Or with child, woman, or man’s voice – Using switches Books can also be downloaded – PowerPoint – Flash – Impress

28. Wiki: Sample Case Form Think of students you can use as case examples for Jan & for website

29. Homework! Do a case study of a student or a situation You may use the form provided at the wiki I will also e-mail the form to you!

30. What’s Next?? Planning for January! Planning for June Persuasive Writng & CC Standards Digital storytelling apps Case Studies Bright Spots GrantWriting