Week4 Practical Experience Final Project RILS

Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenarios Planning

My target audience is students with severe autism, primarily students with nonverbal skills. My secondary audience is educators who work with nonverbal students to collaborate and share ideas that work.

Materials

The materials that are needed for this project are; an iPod Touch, a Dyna Vox, poloquo2 software, a PECS Book, a kitchen to prepare food or access to food and snacks, and a video camera for documentation.

Objective

The learning objective is to have the student ask for a meal or snack using a communication device 75% of the time correctly without a maladaptive behavior.

Procedure:

Students or teacher must first get the communication device and set it up at the table where the student is going to eat. The communication device should be on and ready to go. This is important because most communication devices take it while to boot up. If a student is left waiting for their meal is most likely they will have a maladaptive behavior. To prepare a student for success it is sometimes better to have the communication device ready, especially if they are waiting for a meal.

Students should already be familiar with PECS ( Picture Exchange Communication System) and begin to choose the appropriate words or phrases to ask for a meal.

 Most of the Dyna Vox  and Ipods have Proloqo2 software which uses similar pictures to the PECS pictures for words and phases. The student will first choose “ I want” and select it. The student will then look for “ dinner or food”  and then the “ please”. Once all the words are chosen the student will then tap the sentence strip at the top of his device. The device will then say the sentence for them. Once a student has completed all the steps correctly without a maladaptive behavior they can have their meal.

 The student will then look for the “I want” a “drink” “please” on their communication device. Once the student has found all the correct words and tapped the sentence strip without a maladaptive behavior the student can then have a drink.  Students will sometimes need help picking the correct words or help with their communication device.  Documenting this procedure on video will hopefully help other teachers, parents, and peers understand the students and maybe come up with new ideas to help our students.

Web Tool

 I am choosing Flickr for my web 2.0 tool to share video and pictures of our work.

 Social Participation

Using their communication device will help students that are nonverbal with autism be more socially interactive. I hope that other people, parents, and teachers that view the video can also see how students with severe autism can be more social and come up with more ideas as well.

Connections to Prior Knowledge

 Students must already know PECS pictures as well as basic grammar such as sentence formation in able to use a communication device. Students must also have at least a 20-70-word vocabulary to be able to begin basic sentence structure.  Students can then use this knowledge in real-life scenarios to ask for food, meals, and snacks at the residence or in the community.

Create or Produce

Since the students cannot write and have basic communication skills that it would be best to video their progress.  It would be our goal to create small videos of their progress and post it on the web to share our success, and to encourage others, and hopefully get new ideas as well.

Reflection

The students are nonverbal and therefore cannot comment on what they learned and cannot write about how they felt. However, I think that throughout this process they will be times that they do not succeed and that at the end of this process it would be great learning moment for my students to see themselves when they do a good job and when they behave badly. 

The video is an example of option 2, creating a short documentary of the above RILS. However it also includes my own persuasive personal message that nonverbal students with autism can be literate, communicate, and function in society.

I have not had any luck embedding video on this blog. Here is my attempt using there uploader.

I am also including the link to the video below, you will also notice my attempt of the embed code below that. Enjoy the video 

http://www.viddler.com/explore/rstemple/videos/17/

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PE5 Flickr

PE5 Flickr

This blog will discuss how to join a group with your Flickr account. Of course you must first have a Flickr account. Once you have a Flickr account, you’ll have to open it, and go to the section, “search for group”. Then click on “ join a group”. Once you have joined a group you can post your pictures, videos, comments, and even have a little blog. Simply select what you want from your pictures and video and add them to your group. I  have joined the group “ autism” to not only share the pictures and videos that I plan to do in my CBR project, but also to share my success with others and get their feedback as well. I hope everyone has luck with finding a good group. Here are some pictures of the snow we had to shovel out of this past week. There will be more to come, yay. Stay warm. 

This is the road I have to take to work, pretty but very dangerous.

The snow is so high it is now over the height of our 4 foot picket fence. Here is our dog Tess watching the snow plows go by.

PE4 Flickr

PE4 Flickr

In this blog I will discuss how I will use Flickr in a real-life scenario, and how to post videos to share with everyone. Keep in mind that a basic Flickr account will only allow 300MB and 2 videos per month.

 Anything you have in iPhoto must be imported into the movie section of your hard drive if you have a Mac. I prefer to click and drag movies into my hard drive from iPhoto. I have been putting movies into iPhoto because I prefer using my iPhone and Flip camera over the Fullsail camera that I received. Both are easier to use so the picture quality is always better and the sounds pretty good. This particular clip was done on my iPhone, put on iPhoto, then just posted on to Flickr via my hard drive on my Mac.

 My intention is to document my students progress with video and then be able to post it, and share it online to demonstrate the usefulness of communication, and literacy. I also hope to inspire others to share in their success, and failures with their students.

I hope this was helpful. Enjoy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstemple/5377544953/in/photostream/

BP 7 (My Flickr Movie )

In this blog I will be demonstrating my knowledge of iMovie in a short clip about Flickr. In this clip I used photos from my library and put them in iMovie. I also got screenshots of Flickr to promote their web tools, since our project was also to incorporate our favorite web tools. I used copyright free music and use some advanced techniques such as adjusting the speed of each picture and even a little picture on picture technique. I also added my own narration to discuss the advantages of using Flickr. I also found myself fine tuning the Ken Burns effects. I enjoyed making this clip, and I hope you enjoy it to. I have not had much luck embedding videos onto my blog if this does not work feel free to click on this link or simply cut and paste it on your browser.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/rstemple/videos/15/

Enjoy.

BP 6 ( Melissa Blog comments )

Here more comments I left at another blog. This is another blog about web tools, this particular web tool is very fun, and I think you’ll enjoy the blog. This one includes pictures

http://melissacoopersdigitaled.blogspot.com/2011/01/explore-with-me-tag-galaxy-this-is-web.html?showComment=1295133614066_AIe9_BGdkTijldDg5hfXseid2pTmhe2ufdkENTJTPEb2qD759hS2vk8h0NtAmVTaDmf3uZ1KqVQtFZfJi9_s65qC09P8geTdhZTCYbkjLhJFvRyImjXLwykWaD1cW_O5L4EW2BkdPJuW6RGMVaXsj6BGDfpdQRce5spSaW4iEPdFxbzGwRlvFgBGRiSgWBhBtlp9z9I_1bBfqwBl1gsXjgksjWY1Y9jzXvX-nwQFGfaqTE2o_LM0by3vD3YpGSqC8GfJtX-LKhXAmapkRhFb4TGY1wy_lY0dqks9tOl8qLOg1i_KkKSENgJFC75UBouQnhmXfmLcoSV9pPZhklXmlNwcUoRtxFNou6ik-e45g0SbLSaYlXeifAwEAqUCFCxKdiIhUc5GmBCvO3A1HWVDtDqvvWFneGIEeE0VC8t_Lj797eB8Sqjm1Wl__vPodrU4dpe9IH5GxHsgXaQjYxdYpRRUv-Uqt_dh15GReT2rwWZI1TooaJ5Hp4hsU6JcA8nMDAQCcnToJHVuAP2ySfrOHBFTypswvQGcGKQz0XwElGGS5tx7BucP2Q8HjzanGsLU1X2h8O9na9Vb_GUeUr4JrvMzez6BYhunHJyGH9ggkW4r4fzL6iC5JtDzx6L-VnigPWH2RJLLlaeUeABhmkvYqwuvQdy6unCKgWr5RUJOkiV6AJly3WlHiyIdIhkSSzlCxYnfddI77iTU-nH1JLvud5KaQGkjVjcczYGXU8Vt0MaN6V1OgIOUXw-Tp0jEvvm_TtrV8y3xhZu2oABIGsDaXC2CS1ph7Hr01ayGd6D8UFFxZai1sA1MV__95WDowmwk_yBXWo3PL9Lr#c2798456742691945346

BP 6 ( Melissa Blog comments )

Here more comments I left at another blog. This is another blog about web tools, this particular web tool is very fun, and I think you’ll enjoy the blog.

http://melissacoopersdigitaled.blogspot.com/2011/01/explore-with-me-tag-galaxy-this-is-web.html?showComment=1295133614066_AIe9_BGdkTijldDg5hfXseid2pTmhe2ufdkENTJTPEb2qD759hS2vk8h0NtAmVTaDmf3uZ1KqVQtFZfJi9_s65qC09P8geTdhZTCYbkjLhJFvRyImjXLwykWaD1cW_O5L4EW2BkdPJuW6RGMVaXsj6BGDfpdQRce5spSaW4iEPdFxbzGwRlvFgBGRiSgWBhBtlp9z9I_1bBfqwBl1gsXjgksjWY1Y9jzXvX-nwQFGfaqTE2o_LM0by3vD3YpGSqC8GfJtX-LKhXAmapkRhFb4TGY1wy_lY0dqks9tOl8qLOg1i_KkKSENgJFC75UBouQnhmXfmLcoSV9pPZhklXmlNwcUoRtxFNou6ik-e45g0SbLSaYlXeifAwEAqUCFCxKdiIhUc5GmBCvO3A1HWVDtDqvvWFneGIEeE0VC8t_Lj797eB8Sqjm1Wl__vPodrU4dpe9IH5GxHsgXaQjYxdYpRRUv-Uqt_dh15GReT2rwWZI1TooaJ5Hp4hsU6JcA8nMDAQCcnToJHVuAP2ySfrOHBFTypswvQGcGKQz0XwElGGS5tx7BucP2Q8HjzanGsLU1X2h8O9na9Vb_GUeUr4JrvMzez6BYhunHJyGH9ggkW4r4fzL6iC5JtDzx6L-VnigPWH2RJLLlaeUeABhmkvYqwuvQdy6unCKgWr5RUJOkiV6AJly3WlHiyIdIhkSSzlCxYnfddI77iTU-nH1JLvud5KaQGkjVjcczYGXU8Vt0MaN6V1OgIOUXw-Tp0jEvvm_TtrV8y3xhZu2oABIGsDaXC2CS1ph7Hr01ayGd6D8UFFxZai1sA1MV__95WDowmwk_yBXWo3PL9Lr#c2798456742691945346

BP5 ( check out Marcos blog)

Here are some comments I posted on other blogs. These are blogs about other web tools that you may find helpful. Just copy and paste this link in your web browser. Enjoy

http://marxmab.blogspot.com/2011/01/bp4kidopo.html?showComment=1295129944283_AIe9_BEYhxlG3oqp-ycEbvQ00rUwUnPPVYUYzRN2oCH9IJX9rSm-J-Mk8iqepHQW2d75kD5JnhEQ8BTp2UNgFeNqcge0fJl3dAJ0TVfqQOXmIjB-vRql6SqaCF_GDXoSJvTrzITGtg2CeIMo40UFchrAQ3KNtFkG_4RESIPuJSXXXRJbYwh4fRzM1sHiVHLZ14c93Hb87-U-UroBDHgtcUo2JqmcgjJ73u-0PEkrV2VkV2VuN1HnKfbkgURQQjw4LDXJlW46LI3cwf7b3ZVa5XWcau-EniRrQKsV1HNWgnweQIBzoaUahVUndBJXNwYKUML4pOkRhqKtdv0s2r5IDISyRl7wNkJ6yLoRQnVyEiFnBahmZ4S9jcaEDk4wuwtbHfxXtawgxhoBv6f34ON7BTF4EIc4tf6zg1QetmT_STuDiPdzWVHn4U0xUr-OCQutZZB1ajYo4qTw2TCubplFJGoMNh7xxa4Ib98WCVlQ1Dq1zYgYJ8uyw6cvANgvAZIOSIH7XTSetbM6zjhKEiTocE4DOhBSTktrdQOZaPR8ziOiK_rtz2MyUNU0QdlZ9pSPYTYc-rLjy0Rh9DSUeGzi3x_eHGdNNxpyP5HJOfZI9xhPAQkRDMVXIcjdaUZQMijHu6NkU01D6fGAWkRXiMM29-XA8XcQsie_9Ge_QIAVSifeQ0zun4AC9dcQI8dmOjSvEB_9uAzbQp6eDS6pe_yZaNNp_aMZxjODtVtfTj0ys9-ZMj87rnFORzc6vCfr8bDd0qArkBWzLCBmcJNyTiO3BHpIH2qZq_8IAC92L5CBsPgbzS22C7vTz-zVpPqplLTyBzamhbMAvoLRvgZXssG5omWOaGFpJ7Uiz_v_YIwhSz0F0qZ4wZRzJ9vDday1fU3q4vk9GlneBF0i#c1859432953680080227

BP4 (New web tools)

This is my second Web 2.0 tool review.  In this blog I will be reviewing Hot Potato.  I’ve found this web tool on the web index 100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers.

On this index I found some tools that work and of course some that didn’t. After reading what Hot Potato could do I thought it would be a tool I could use for private students as well as in the classroom.

 Hot Potato is a web tool that can create crossword puzzles, word searches, and quizzes. I’m not sure if Hot Potato is a web tool, because it seems to be a program that I download from the web and use on my computer.

 I can import information to the web but I can do all the work off-line on my computer. I actually find this feature to be quite useful because where I work does not have Wi-Fi or connection to the Internet.

 Creating an account with hot potato was quite easy, simply put your name in hot potato in your registered. Once you’re registered you can use all the programs. My first use of the program was to create a crossword puzzle identifying musical terms. I put the title of the lesson at the top window. Then in each square of the crossword puzzle you put the letter of each term.  

Then click on show the clues, which is where you type your questions for the crossword puzzle. Once you finish filling the crossword puzzle you can hit save and even print. This is a very small and basic program but seems very useful. I hope you find this blog useful as well as Hot Potato.

PE3 iMovie Blog

This is part three my learning process on Lynda.com and with iMovie. On my last blog I noticed that my small movie project did not embed correctly onto my blog. I am posting a link to Vidler so that my product can be viewed. Please remember that this is for educational purposes only and is just to demonstrate my abilities on iMovie. I hope you all enjoy this video.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/rstemple/videos/14/

 The main window in iMovie is similar in all of the Lynda classes.  Once you are familiar with the window and tools iMovie is fun and easy to use.

  Here is the first half of my Lynda course with all the completed classes.

 Here is the second half of my completed classes in the essential iMovie course of Lynda.com.

 Once you have completed all the classes you can go to your certificates and see the classes and certificates you have completed. Here is the courses I completed and the courses I started.

 This is my favorite part, my certificate that says I passed iMovie’s essential. Of course with the certificate I am now an iMovie master. A can roam the earth like Kane in Kung Fu produce movies, screen casts, and help my children and students create more meaningful movies.

PE2 iMovie Blog

This is part two of my learning process on Lynda.com and with iMovie. When I was on the wrong course Screen Casting with iMovie, I did notice a couple of things, one that the tools and equipment is very extravagant.

It reminded me of many home improvement shows, where they show you how to build things on tools that are worth thousands of dollars. Of course I could build a table and chair set if I had a garage full of tools worth thousands of dollars.  I could also put together amazing videos with a studio filled thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Here is a great picture of how to set up lighting.

In the Screencasting course it did show me a neat trick that I like to share with everyone. If you open QuickTime, go to file, and go to new recording, you can record what is playing on your screen. This is a great function if you want to copy any video that your Mac can play. I recommend this for educational purposes only. This can be a dangerous tool if used incorrectly.Here is a movie I made on iMovie using footage from YouTube to help with my son’s presentation. Notice I also added music, and text. This is just for educational purposes only, and to demonstrate my knowledge of iMovie.

  

Some of the cool tricks I got from iMovie Essentials was how to turn on the advanced tools in iMovie.  With the advanced tools turned on in your preferences this will allow you to do much more sophisticated videos. For example you can do freeze-frame, green screen, picture on picture, and many other tools that are available to you once you open the advanced tools. The advanced tools also lets you use fine tuning which lets you do editing with more precession. Lynda.com also gave a lot of good short cuts on using many of the tools.  Enjoy.

PE1 iMovie Blog

This next series of blogs I like to document my learning process on Lynda.com and learning to use iMovie. The hardest part as a student was logging in correctly to Lynda.com. I first tried to login personally and found out I would have to pay up to $300 to get the training. I then remembered an e-mail we received with our passcode. After retrieve the passcode I tried entering it through the regular login, that of course did not work. I returned to the e-mail and found the link to Lynda.com, entered my passcode and registered that way. Once I was finally registered, and able to login to Lynda.com correctly I was ready to start my learning.

 My first step, was that I typed in iMovie in the search window. Linda.com gave me several course options to choose from. I of course picked the wrong one and started learning that one. The information was useful but was not what I needed for my class.

 Once I started with the correct videos/course, taking the class was easy. There is one other thing to watch out for while working with Lynda.com is you must watch each video one at a time to get credit. Do not select “ play chapter” because it will only give you credit for the first video, not the rest. You will then have to watch all the  other ones again to get credit to get the certificate. Good luck with Lynda.com, once you’re registered you’ll have a great time. Watch for my next blogs where I make a movie and hopefully pass iMovie essentials on Lynda.com.

BP2 Flickr ( using web tools )

BP2 Flickr

Using Discovering Web 2.0 Tools, was fun, frustrating, and educational. It has been a while since I have used a web index to search for anything. Discovering Web 2.0 tools was a nice index. I enjoyed it set up, and it was easy to use. When you first go into the index you can choose from many different categories such as photo, music, video, games, and more.

 My first attempt of looking for some web tools was to look for a site where I could share photos and videos. That site did not work and I did not even remember the name of the site.

My second attempt was to look for some web tools to search for music, share music, and worked well with iTunes. The site I found was Simplified Media, and it was so good it was bought by Google. Google seems to be the new Microsoft or Apple because Simplified Media did not work either, and if Google sees something it likes, it usually buys it, and uses it themselves.  I never did find any good music sharing web tools that I was interested in using.

Therefore I resumed my search for some good photo sharing tools and found Flickr. I have heard good things about Flickr and I was excited to see what he could do. I’m not sure whether it is much different than Snap Fish or Vidler, but I was eager to find out.

The first step in setting up most web tool accounts is to set up an e-mail account with either Google or Yahoo.  If you already have that than setting up tools on the web is  a little easier. Flickr is no exception, they used my Gmail account and transferred it to Yahoo then use the information to set up my Flickr account. Once I had a Flickr account I could begin to set up my profile and start using the tool. 

To set up my profile I first had to choose an icon. My suggestion is to use picture icons from your Mac if you have them or use a photo of yourself in a group shot. The icon will only let you use a one-inch square of any picture you choose. I played with the idea of just using a picture of just my eye, but then I thought I could find a smaller picture myself within a group shot. Once you’ve chosen your icon you can now choose your Flickr URL. Choose your URL wisely, because you cannot change it once it has been established. Unlike your icon that you can go back and change it anytime. Once your profile is all set now begin to upload photos and videos to post on Flickr and share with your family and friends. I hope you’ve all found this helpful. 

BP3_iGoogleScreenShots

My second posting, I would like to discuss personal learning environments (PLE). I have taken a screenshot of my own personal learning environment. From this one webpage I can check the date, time, sign in to my classes and check on current news.

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In this next screenshot, you can see I have added “ My CBR” in the right-hand corner in my “ Box of Links”. PLE can  be a great tool to access a lot of information quickly.

 Here is a large screenshot of the right-hand corner of my PLE. Here you can see the “Box of Links” and my FSO sign in, and my CBR link. I hope that this example of my PLE will help you create your own personal learning environment. Thank you.

BP1 Welcome to my Blog

Welcome to my blog. This blog is to share ideas and thoughts about motivating literacy in children in grades pre-K to 12 in all forms. I believe a good foundation in literacy helps create better students, better lifelong learners, and ultimately better citizens.

 Students need a good foundation in music literacy. Kids are depending more and more on playing music by ear, or looking up tablature on the Internet rather than actually taking time to learn to read music. Students are taking a step backwards in reading tablature ( which is much less efficient ) than just learning to read standard music notation.

 Students also need a good foundation in reading and English literacy. Parents are finding less time to read to their children and children are finding more and more time to watch TV, play video games, and listen to their iPods. Parents from an early age need to read to their children, and have the children begin good reading habits from an early age. Parents need to find time to continue good reading habits as their children grow.

 Students with special needs need to be encouraged to find and use different forms of literacy such as PECS  ( Picture Exchange Communication System) to encourage literacy and communication. Children with severe learning disorders sometimes cannot speak and must find different ways to communicate. One of the ways is using a picture to describe a word, then using a series of pictures to create a sentence. This form of communication is limited however in recent years has been combined with technology and has been improved greatly. Children with special needs will eventually grow up and it would be wonderful to help them become a functional part of society rather than the responsibility of a society.