No Tech, Low Tech, and Other Tech Tools
Summary
TLDRThis video script discusses various low-tech and no-tech communication tools for students, including gestures, facial expressions, and object usage. It introduces instructional activities like using a flyswatter to select words and homemade I-gaze boards for motor-impaired students. The script also covers low-tech options like using household objects for educational activities and creating picture books and boards for communication. Teachers share their experiences using these tools in subjects like art, math, and reading, emphasizing the adaptability of these methods for different learning scenarios.
Takeaways
- ๐ No-tech communication includes gestures, facial expressions, and body language.
- ๐ Low-tech aided communication can use household objects, photographs, and writing.
- ๐ Instructional activities can involve pointing to words or using a flyswatter to select items.
- ๐ Facial expressions and eye blinks can be used for yes/no responses.
- ๐ I-Gaze can be used by students with motor impairments to communicate responses.
- ๐ Low-tech options for literacy include using objects, play-doh, and cookie cutters to form letters.
- ๐ฝ๏ธ Everyday household items like utensils and food containers can be used for educational activities.
- ๐ Teachers at Churchill Park School use objects for art and math activities.
- ๐ Picture books and boards can be made from photographs, labels, and magazine pictures.
- ๐ฉโ๐ซ JCPS teachers use magazines for reading and fine motor skills, and picture boards for communication during lunch.
- ๐ป Other tech tools like speech-to-text and online whiteboards can support students with writing assignments.
Q & A
What are the examples of no tech communication strategies discussed in the script?
-The script mentions no tech communication strategies such as gestures like head shakes or nods, facial expressions, body language, and finger spelling.
What is the purpose of using a flyswatter in the instructional activity mentioned in the script?
-The flyswatter is used in an instructional activity to make learning more fun by having students 'splat' sight word cards with it, instead of just pointing.
What is an example of a low-tech communication tool mentioned in the script?
-An example of a low-tech communication tool mentioned is the use of objects around the home, such as toys, utensils, or food containers, to communicate.
How can students with significant motor impairments use sign approximation as a communication method?
-Students with significant motor impairments might use sign approximation by making approximate signs or gestures instead of traditional sign language.
What is an example of a no tech option for yes/no responses mentioned in the script?
-An example of a no tech option for yes/no responses is using facial expressions such as a smile or blink for 'yes'.
What is an example of a low-tech activity that uses objects to predict if an item will sink or float?
-The script mentions a low-tech activity where students predict if an item will sink or float by pointing to objects representing 'sink' or 'float'.
How can picture books be used as a low-tech communication tool according to the script?
-Picture books can be used as a low-tech communication tool by organizing pictures and tabs, attaching them to keyrings, or placing them in a portable photo album.
What are some resources mentioned in the script for creating picture books and picture boards?
-The script mentions free picture symbol programs and a limited free trial offer for resources to create picture books and picture boards.
How can students practice writing sight words using low-tech methods as mentioned in the script?
-Students can practice writing sight words using chalk on a sidewalk or driveway, or by writing in whipped cream.
What is the role of speech-to-text tools in the script's discussion on tech tools for students?
-Speech-to-text tools are discussed as important tech tools that allow students to complete writing assignments on various hardware platforms without constant human support.
What is an example of an online whiteboard tool mentioned in the script?
-An example of an online whiteboard tool mentioned is Jamboard, which is noted for its usefulness in presentations and collaboration.
Outlines
๐ Introduction to No-Tech and Low-Tech Communication Tools
The paragraph introduces no-tech and low-tech tools for communication. No-tech tools include gestures, facial expressions, and body language. Low-tech tools involve objects found at home like photographs, picture books, and writing. The script discusses various instructional activities such as using a flyswatter to select sight words, facial expressions for yes/no responses, and gaze communication for students with motor impairments. It also mentions resources like a PDF from Linda Burkhart on partner assistance and a YouTube video demonstrating these systems.
๐จ Utilizing Everyday Objects for Learning Activities
This section discusses using common household items for educational activities. It covers the use of objects for communication, literacy activities involving play-doh and cookie cutters, and creating schedules with objects. The paragraph also includes examples of using objects for art and math activities, as well as creating picture books and social skills activities. It mentions resources like the Texas School for the Blind's tactile symbols inventory and free picture symbol programs.
๐ Low-Tech Communication Boards and Student Engagement
The paragraph focuses on using low-tech communication boards for various purposes like indicating preferences for lunch or communicating the weather. It provides examples of how teachers use picture boards for morning routines and questions. The paragraph also mentions resources for creating picture books and boards, and the use of traditional writing tools for students with literacy challenges.
๐ป Transitioning to Tech Tools for Enhanced Learning
This section transitions from low-tech to tech tools, emphasizing speech-to-text and text-to-speech tools that can be used across various hardware platforms. It highlights the accessibility features of Chromebooks and how they can be used for writing assignments. The paragraph also introduces tools like ReadWrite for Chrome, which offers word prediction and voice typing, and the use of document cameras for remote teaching.
๐ฅ๏ธ Exploring Advanced Tech Tools for Interactive Learning
The paragraph delves into advanced tech tools like online whiteboards, document cameras, and apps that turn smartphones into document cameras. It mentions the use of these tools for collaborative learning and presenting information. The paragraph also discusses the use of optical character recognition (OCR) for accessibility and the integration of audio files into presentations.
๐ฎ Interactive Learning with Games and Remote Desktops
The final paragraph discusses interactive learning tools like games and the use of remote desktop applications for collaborative activities. It mentions the use of apps like SideViz and Chrome Remote Desktop for educational purposes, allowing students to control games and participate in remote learning activities.
Mindmap
Keywords
๐กNo Tech
๐กLow Tech
๐กGestures
๐กFacial Expressions
๐กSign Language
๐กI Gaze
๐กObjects
๐กPicture Books
๐กCommunication Boards
๐กOther Tech Tools
๐กSpeech-to-Text
Highlights
Review of no tech and low tech communication tools
Definition of no tech as unaided communication like gestures and facial expressions
Explanation of low tech as aided communication tools found at home
Instructional activity using 'splat' to indicate yes/no with a flyswatter
Use of facial expressions for yes responses in partner-assisted scanning
Introduction to I-Gaze as a communication method for students with motor impairments
Ideas for low-tech spelling activities using gaze
Using common household objects as communication tools
Link to Texas School for the Blind tactile symbols inventory
Literacy activities using play-doh and cookie cutters
Creating an alphabet scrapbook with magazine pictures
Using objects for art and math activities in education
Ideas for using picture books and boards for communication
Sample social skills activity using a photo book
Using picture boards for lunchtime communication about food preferences
Resources for creating picture books and boards
Using traditional writing for students with stroke illiteracy
Examples of at-home activities from Peck's USA with visual supports
Transition to other tech tools after no tech and low tech review
Use of speech-to-text and text-to-speech tools for curriculum access
Chromebook accessibility features for speech to text
ReadWrite web app for text analysis and speech synthesis
Online whiteboards like Jamboard for collaborative learning
Using document cameras to demonstrate activities in live sessions
Chrome remote desktop app for remote computer access
Word cloud tools for literacy improvement
Transcripts
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okay so today Brian and I are going to
review the new Peck low tech other tech
tools so we'll start off with no tech
and low tech so no tech or unaided would
be such as gestures and finger stuffing
facial expressions or body language and
our buck tech or aided options would be
things such as objects you can find
around the home pictures photographs
picture books picture boards just your
standard writing so we'll start off with
some know tech oxygen so gestures would
be things such as head shakes or nods or
a yes no response or pointing to items
that they're trying to communicate using
thumbs up or thumbs down to indicate yes
nods our signs or fingerspelling would
be things just ASL or signing exact
English and also sign approximation some
of our students that have significant
motor impairments might not be using
traditional sets but more of a sign
approximation so a sample instructional
activity might be pointing using
pointing so this would a sight word
splat and to make it a little more fun
you can have them point or splat using a
slips water or if you don't have a
flyswatter you can use a spoon or a
spatula or they can just point with a
finger or the hand and spike the word so
with this it would look like is you
would place site word cards on the
ground and then give your student the
flyswatter or whatever they're going to
use to splat and then you say a word and
then ask them to select the word other
no tech options would be facial
expressions we've talked harder
assistive over the past few weeks and
with partners assisted scanning they
need a response and so sometimes that
might be a cell or a blink so that would
be their yes response and I've included
a PDF from Linda Burkhart that has a
little more detail about what partner
assistants can use and I've also
included a youtube video that
demonstrates what partner systems can
look like now in the video they're using
a switch or a single message voice
output device to indicate their yes
response but if you don't have that
again you can go back to the facial
expressions of using a smile or an eye
blink or whatever the student can you
consistently indicate yes
are there no tech options would be body
which such as I gaze again some of our
students list equip motor impairments
can use I gaze to communicate their
responses I have some examples of
homemade I gave this is made out of
clear page protectors and key rings to
hold them to and they've cut out the
middle so that you can see the students
response where they're gazing and then
this I gaze board is just make a
cardboard with the middle cut out and
this isn't a board for spelling and then
you've also guessed no response on here
that they could to to indicate yes or no
so a sample instructional activity might
be to practice spelling their sight
words using my gaze if they have those
significant motor impairments so what
they would do is they would is at the
box that the letter is in and then once
that gaze at the box of the less letter
is in then they look gaze at the
corresponding letter of course like
color for that letter so once they go to
box to indicate maybe to letter C then
they would gaze at the blue to indicate
it's the letter in this box and the
color blue some low-tech
options will start with objects so you
can use common items or objects down the
round the home such as toys utensils
board belt clay or food containers some
items are difficult to represent so come
together not concrete items than just
time so I've included a link to the
Texas school for the blind tactile
symbols inventory so for things such as
time like let's say that
the word Thursday is hard to represent
with a concrete object found around your
home but you can create symbol for
Thursday and here it tells you you know
Lego and then it gives you a picture of
what that symbol might look like and
then Jane Farrell has some wonderful
activities on site
these are literacy activities for shared
reading and hang with shapes and letters
so she's using play-doh here to create
letters she's also using cookie cutters
with different options here I'm gonna
scroll down to a few more examples she's
using paper plates and clothes pins her
clothes clips and then she's also got an
example of just using magazines to cut
out pictures to create an alphabet
scrapbook and over here of an object
board that you can write out of items
around the home the student can make
choices we've got pictures of schedules
using objects around the home and then
again these are symbols from the Texas
School for the Blind simple inventory
create a yes/no response but you can
also just use paper and marker you know
green checkmark for yes and a red X for
no to provide them options to
communicate their yes/no response
sustainable science activity the student
can predict if an item will sink or
float if the student is well they can
communicate their prediction by pointing
to objects representing sink or float so
here they just used a glass and some
objects of thinking would look like and
what floating would look like then
they've got the printed text on the
glass as well or you could just write
checks on the glass and then find
objects around the home and test them
out and let the student predict if it's
sink or float and they can either gaze
to the odd to indicate their prediction
they can reach to it or they can point
some of our teachers at Churchill Park
school are using examples of objects for
art and math so here they are using an
iPad a bowl of chips
here we've got some Oshawa marker or
paint on the back door to do an art
activity and then here they're using
styrofoam cups and a bowl new patterns
for math we also have a teacher at blur
Elementary route or would mean reading
with objects and so she's using Mickey
six so they can put over top the letters
in them so that the students can feel
the letters and numbers they're using
them to underline each line while
they're reading to create or copy
letters and shapes and over here she's
objects around the home and content
about consonant words and have match the
words to the objects other low-tech
ideas you can pictures of photographs
cut for big boxes
labels from canned goods you can cut
pictures from magazines newspaper in
thirds of coupons you can print pictures
from free picture assembled programs
that'll be linked in the following
slides that y'all can go through and see
which ones it's might work best for you
or your families a sample life skills
activity using food boxes you can look
at the ingredients on the back of the
cake box you can sequence steps on how
to make mac and cheese right there on
the side of the mac and cheese box but
the picture supports built-in so the
student can actively engage and
participate during those activities JCPS
teacher example using magazines again
Riley Penner wood at lor elementary is
using magazines for reading and fine
motor so she's having the students go on
a scavenger hunt and find all 26
uppercase letters and then confident
using magazines newspapers or old mail
and then she's working on having them
cut the letters out to work on those
fine motor skills other low-tech option
is to create picture books you can
organize the pictures and tab unders
attach them to keyring where you can
place the pictures in a small portable
photo album to keep them organized
sample social skills activity using book
would be use your photo book to
communicate with a friend things that
you enjoy or places that you have been
we can also use picture boards the
low-tech option you can print free
communication words or create your own
boards with the free picture symbol
programs linked in some of the following
slides you can print on cardstock and
laminate using clear contact paper found
a puffing section at Walmart if the
student needs rest you can put the
pictures on black construction paper if
they need highlighting or if they need
easy to track their visual attention to
the pictures you can use a flashlight to
highlight the pictures so here it looks
like a black sheet pan or tray to put
the pictures on here that you can just
create a low-tech picture board again
out of paper edge screen marker or a red
marker to create a check mark for yes
and an X for no and then here's a
picture or that's again attached in one
of the slides that better to follow that
you can upload into Google classrooms
they have access to it or if they
already have access to a picture or at
home they can use that as well so a
sample transition ready Finity using
picture boards during lunch you can have
a student examine their lunch and ask if
they included vegetables and then they
can tell their caregiver which fruits or
vegetables that they prefer for lunch -
using their communication board and if
you again if you don't have a
communication board you can go back to
using objects so just open up your
pantry or fridge and pull out three or
four choices and let them reach or point
to their desired fruit or vegetable that
they want for lunch some JCPS teacher
examples using boards
Laurita roll ed at Westport middle
school morning routine is use the
picture board to help them communicate
the weather the temperature and a day of
the week another camper at Westport
middle school Jamey Gallagher she's
using picture boards to provide visual
schedules and to provide morning
questions to her students and here are
some resources to create picture picture
books and picture boards some of them
have a limited free trial offer that you
could and some of them are just
available for free such as this all
tillich at corner
other low tech options would be just to
have a student write responses if they
have stroke illiteracy schools so you
can just use traditional pen and paper a
chalkboard or erase board if you don't
have a dry erase board you can make one
out of a picture frame sample activity
is you can have the student practice
writing their sight words using chalk on
the sidewalk or driveway they can
practice writing and putting in whipped
cream and here are some additional
resources that we've talked about over
the past few weeks this last one is a
YouTube video temporary how to use grid
view split screen and gable meet to
instruct and as well as to see what the
student is point to on our communication
display and a lot of examples of at home
activities one due to the sake of time
today
Peck's USA has a lot of pre-made support
activities with items that are found
around the home so we've got a
marshmallow activity and a lesson plan
as well as the visual supports that
would be needed for that activity we've
got some shared reading like where is
the ladybug the the rainbow fish we've
got a book at home activity a stuffed
animal Safari activity a scavenger hunt
activity and they all come with the
picture reports that are needed and a
video on YouTube so now we're going to
move into other tech tools so I'm going
to stop sharing my screen and let Ryan
take over all right Thank You Cindy and
fuzzer awesome oh yeah I'll take it over
and I agree Cindy those were really
great tools that you have for parents
and I like that they could be modified
based on with the parent head around
their house so we are reviewing the
things we've shown the past few weeks so
I'm going to the other tech tools not
everything that we
or not the thing that I presented the
last few weeks but some pics out of the
bunch and maybe one new mentioned just
to put an idea in my head something else
that I had used in the past to remote
into my computer
from home into work so I'll mention that
later
all right other tech tools so Texas
Beach and speech-to-text probably two
big items in your toolbox they're gonna
help students tackle the curriculum just
it's more Universal for more for all
students as well allows them to get to
the curriculum without having that
constant support by another human being
all right so let students use a piece of
text tools on any hardware platform to
complete those writing assignments so
it's in iPads it's in Chromebooks it's
on PCs it's in max it's on it's on a
couple of devices as well so it
everybody has their own microphone as
well so get that little microphone icon
if you're not sure usually google it you
usually go into system settings and
figure out where those things are
located on this slide control I can
click on later turn it on Chromebook
accessibility features so many students
have those Chromebooks out in their
homes right now if they didn't even have
their own already so this link teachers
will show you usual parents of how to
turn on those accessibility features for
yourself even or for your students also
going into later this link will take you
out to the readwrite playlist of videos
on the NTIS
course I just vistas relearning calm so
look for that symbol a little purple
puzzle piece is a friend it fills in
those spots and those puzzles it's
complete your work look for in your
Chrome extensions have the students
utilize word prediction voice typing and
also type it onto PDFs
when I go up presentation I'll want to
show that again type could be an able to
type and speak text into your PDF and
then annotate that in other ways with
the typewriter tool and then sharing
that back to this Google classroom or
directly to the student you have a few
different options that's very powerful
for though
students so yeah mentioning Chromebooks
so those Google Chromebooks they do have
speech to text access voice I think
again I wanna stress in this led to
another
that one clear week everybody thinks
that it's just ability this is again
this is just a Chromebook everybody
thinks you can just do the Google Docs
pop the slides you just have it instead
those speaker notes and then you have to
copy and paste so on so in a Chromebook
you can type directly into the school
slide itself so yeah so you have to go
into this accessibility settings and you
turn on the speech recognition those
link here again will take you through
that and I left in some instructions
here but if they go to the Snowman they
go to settings or you can access it
through the clock settings in the lower
right there base familiar with they
manage those accessibility features
enable dictation speak to type I already
had that what this will do is if it's a
little microphone icon in the lower
taskbar just to the left of that clock
area so a bull market phone will always
be there so anywhere that a student
needs to type text into they can click
on that it activates and then they can
leave their text into Andy's field and
that can be typed into you can also use
that search D feature other tools that
I've come across that really impressed
me and I met at some of these out
I know teachers are used in these so I
just like to you know real reans
reaffirm reinforce that the students
well using these quizzes but that insert
learning tool I've been playing with it
myself
and thinking that this thing's great and
it's basically free in quotes but it's
even if you have a like a paid
subscription like on your own is
something and that I know as a teacher I
would have paid out of pocket to have
that tool and not disposal for my
classroom students mystical or do they
ever really because they're still school
still going on right continuous learning
so have those students get creative get
those 360 degree video tours have them
take pictures describe their
neighborhood
what the impact of all this with the
pandemic going on so I know teachers
already doing this know how creative you
all are and just the babies even based
on Cindy's example she shared from those
teachers at Westport Churchill and Lord
it's a good stuff all right
online whiteboards I so there's several
and silver a little bit mentioned so go
watch those especially about jam board
Jam boards great the lamb fit on a
really good presentation Elena not to
put on a good presentation on Friday so
I've also been paying attention to white
board got five and a link here for that
it goes out so totally free to use no
accounts created and you kids have a
code the wipe or gets wiped out
afterwards canvas for Google its first
time really apps check that one out um P
offer people mention that and I was kind
of I was impressed
so check out white board fi Jam board
for sure
in that canvas and something else has
someone a PC and some of these still
might be as well
Microsoft white board I'm not too highly
impressed with the actual just app
itself is limited in tools but the
Microsoft whiteboard application that
can live on your PC impress me greatly a
lot of tools lots of ways to collaborate
create multiple boards so all these
things are built in to annotate your
work and port and export and so on am i
might get a chance to show that at the
end to document cameras so this is
something else I've seen a lot of
teachers already figured out on their
own I'm sure they've been googling
looking all this up joining your live
session from another device to show the
manipulatives a book or to demonstrate
something so if you have a multiple
device at your disposal look in your own
and you have an iPad or your phone and
you go navigate to your Google me and
then you activate the phone you're in
that meeting just and kind of like in
your it's kind of your quote-unquote
your second person so then you can set
that up on an array of books so I a
pink too by the way I have a locker
shelf but I've always used I haven't
panned a little spot with the iPad
camera supposed to go and point down at
the area below right now I actually have
another document camera sitting on top
of it but things like that work you have
to figure out that that uh that was got
nuts under us about the Goldilocks spot
where is the perfect distance to take
your camera away from whether it is a
document on assessment I mentioned
middle it is manipulatives and you can
show so you share your screen and the
students can see what's going on from
that second device in the meeting I
mentioned hide cam in here
I mentioned it because I have a lot
experience with some IP veau is the
company to make side cam IP Evo and I
like their cameras they keep on
improving them making even some wireless
to communicate with iPads even so you
got to plug into a USB the chick goes
out and I think I'm pretty aware like
this some schools have even bought them
themselves but I dot cam is actual an
app so you can get this figure Android
or your iPhone or your iPad and it can
turn your phone into a document camera
works really well so you go and launch
that app after you've joined from the
other meeting and your ad has all the
tools you expect inside of an actual
document camera software these goes
together with that where you can control
exposure and lights and so on all right
school quick slide on mirror and device
to another screen also you can have that
PC to share you can use a power mirror
there's so few of their tools in here to
mirror and I have phone to a Chromebook
as well I'm a big fan of Hera server
that can get my enjoy Donald as well and
also I can get in my multiple devices to
to a screen to share to people
one of the mentioned this again work
actually the font first and I'll show
you how that how you can actually do
that no I realized I failed to do that
last week
but no mental works out tools are a
great resource for students to use and
determining what is really important in
text and to improve and improve their
literacy they have the ability to pull
from that word Bank and help them with
their text so I know I mentioned last
week also to make their own one that's
hanging behind them on the wall guess
what a physical whiteboard a little
cradle a whiteboard thing you can hold
that up in front your camera and
students are still gonna get that sent
back just make sure to use like a really
thick marker so they can come through on
the camera screen
I got links in here to a few the three
works out you some of you probably heard
about these everybody knows about ABC
but they have a way to make word clouds
within them within their website so
primal rights appropriate for elementary
obviously because ABC yeah but it's more
basic and they can you know get those
words from us from the class store where
everybody's read and then the students
can write about it I mean you the
teacher or somebody creates that and
then shares that to the student it's
also more clouds calm and word wall word
wall came across recently commissioned
it seems european-based
but the amount of activities that are
only available to use and utilize in
your classroom was quite impressive
so check out word wall as well and the
link there will take you to their
website one of the go no questions yet
so I'm gonna go out real quick and show
you readwrite real quick again launching
this you can select text this editable
have it played allow this tool I could
think of sure the other day any text
that maybe you can't select you can drag
a box around it and it will analyze it
for you any moment now and then it will
read it aloud you can hear repeated or
you can close out of it this just
launched his voice typing which is built
into dots and slides are right in and so
you can sit there and type from there
word prediction but have that turned on
it predicts me the next word I can hover
over and hear the words read aloud to me
there's also other features have to
click on the begin to turn that off the
other highlighting tools you can click
highlights from certain articles and so
on you can do a voice note into a doc
it's pretty handy and crazy automatic
roll voice know you comments and there
you can also select text as well and
turn it into an mp3 file this way so if
you need to share some audio to
something drop it into slides for
instance you could download them you can
make this one sexy already had and turn
it into an audio file that you can
insert into Google slide the PDF tool so
I have opened here from Google's real
cards enabling accessibility features so
I can hear this read aloud and also I
can type into it actually I didn't
analyze this one Brian did a bad thing
and I didn't send it through an OCR
which is another thing I know that what
I left out today mentioning optical
character recognition where I send it
through a tool to analyze all this text
and that way I can have it you know open
this file up to have it for sure read
wild and which this one is but then it's
not allowing me to type into it real
quick before we read on with a couple
minutes this is whiteboard fungi preemie
tool here is it that word wall that I
mentioned they have a bunch of
activities one of them is kind of like a
pacman type game it was pretty paint and
fun clay
here's that ABCA word cloud so really
simple to use because you know drugs on
how to use that I'm gonna mention
mention chrome remote desktop I was
working with an SLP recently cuz air
Kurtz who's I and Google and I know all
you and instructional team innovation
team rather know who he is so the chrome
remote desktop app I used to use that
several years ago to access my desktop
from home but now I have a laptop how to
stop using it
so the other side of feds promote active
remote support and so it allowed us to
tie into each other's computer I gave
her a code and made the teacher I'm
allowing her to play a game so I was we
were come up with some ideas allow
students could then control a game so
as the peace could then have that either
disposed I'm gonna hop off here sub
scream a screen time
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