Brainstorm-Communication


 * 6/18/12 Monday 5:06 p.m. **


 * Below was emailed from webcourse to group 4 with attachment of project culmination: **

Hi Stephen, Amber, Patricia, and Vanessa,

Please view the attached culmination of our project so far. There are 8 pages total. Let me know of any thing we should add, change, or delete. Most of the parts are done, just waiting for Vanessa to finish her contribution on the high tech support portion (#2 & #4). Will plan on submitting the final version by tomorrow 6/19/12 Tuesday evening. -Gracejoy Hauser

ps. I will post this on our wiki site when we finalize the document.


 * 6/18 /12 Monday 12:20 a.m. **


 * The 5 Screen Shots I will incorporate in our AAC App Visual Support Overview **




 * 6/18/12 Monday 9:21 a.m. **


 * Hi Amber, Stephen, Patricia, and Vanessa, **


 * Stephen, **
 * Thanks for sending me what you and Amber had worked on. Amber did a good job on the boardmaker visual support. Sorry you had trouble pasting the image on the Word doc. **


 * I was able to put it on there. Let me know if you guys see it fine. View the document attached titled: SPA6437 Grp4 Visual Support Low Tech.docx **


 * The formatting looks good right now but would like to polish it just a bit! **


 * I'm working on our 'high tech' screen shots of the MyTalk app. It'll be a challenge combining 5 screen shots in one page. Not sure how I will do that yet. Otherwise, I'll just have to insert all 5 images in the word doc. **
 * So here's the summary, basically we'll have 2 Word documents to submit for our project: One of the Low Tech Visual Schedule (Amber & Stephen) and One High Tech- MyTalk App (Gracejoy, Patricia, and Vanessa) **


 * In the end, I'll probably end up combining both Word docs into one document. I'll send the final to you guys hopefully by tomorrow evening! **


 * Do you guys know if we have to submit our project INDIVIDUALLY or when I submit it, it's good for the whole group? I included all our names in the low tech document here and will do the same for the other doc. **


 * -Gracejoy **




 * 6/17/12 Sunday **
 * Reply to Vanessa: **


 * Hi Vanessa, **


 * I just got back from my church's family camp this weekend that I helped organize. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner about the outcome of our meeting and I'm sorry also if you have not heard from the other 4 members of our group. I'm sort of in a panic mode because of my Comps Exam as well as the 20-something days left to my wedding. (I don't like to make excuses but that's all I have right now) **
 * I know we are all leaders of this group and we all have to give equally. Looking at my notes from our meeting, your part is number 2 (Brief Description of the Child) and #4 Brief Description & Justification of the PURPOSE of Visual Supports Created. Guidelines on this info are given on page 4 of our SL Guidelines. **
 * You, me, and Patricia are working on 2 (high tech) very simple Visual Support on the MyTalk app for Stella: **


 * a. Greetings **


 * b. Food (Requests) **
 * Call me anytime tomorrow so I can explain it to you a little better. I'm planning to work on it tomorrow to send you 5 screen shots of this aspect of our project. My cell is 407-928-1844. Amber and Stephen are working on low-tech (choice board made in a folder) for Stella so that our project addresses both low and high tech supports. **
 * Please give me your cell number as well and email add that you check regularly outside of the webcourse. **
 * -Gracejoy **


 * p.s. I will also post this info on our wiki. **

Hi Group 4: Patricia, Amber, Vanessa, and Stephen!

We can use this space to brainstorm our initial thoughts for our service learning project!


 * Wed. 06/06/12**

Hello Group 4! Here's my brainstorm for today:

As I've read our Project Guidelines for the nth time, digging deeper and looking closely at Case Profile A for 6 year old Stella, and noting details about her disability and her immediate communication needs both applicable at home and at school, the 2 Visual Supports/AAC App displays we can create are:


 * 1. 'Expressing Emotions'**

-anger/frustration

-happy/sad

-excited

-tired/sleepy

-too loud or too hot/cold

-too bright/too dark


 * 2. 'Making Requests'**

-choice board on what to eat/drink

-go to community pool

-visit Disney (choiceboard on 'what' to see-attractions)

-request to ride on grandparents' golf cart

-help to reach desired object/toy

-request to listen to music

Let me know what you guys think and if you haven't had a chance to look at the wikipage I created for our collaborative purpose, please do so at your earliest convenience. Here's the link again: http://spa6437servicelearningproject.wikispaces.com/

Otherwise, I'm open to a more accessible and/or easier way for us to work on this project (ie. skype, chat, etc.) other than back and forth email.

-Gracejoy Hauser


 * 6/7/12 12:12 a.m. **


 * Hi Patricia! **


 * Thanks for your contribution so far as well. I like your suggestion also to add Stella using short but full sentences for her 'good manners.' We'll just have to decide as a group what 2 communication skills we will focus on for this project. **


 * I think the Visual Schedule can also be very beneficial for her so that 'predictability' of her daily routine can be established. But like I said, we'll have to decide on only 2 Visual Supports/AAC display for her. I'll bring up our ideas to the professor and find out if we're on the right track. **


 * *We also need to find out if we 'HAVE TO' use the MyTalk app to create the required visual supports. **


 * -Gracejoy **


 * Hi Gracejoy: **
 * I like what you have so far. I would like to add that we may need to include, like one of our My Talk app discussion board said, something that helps Stella say things using short full sentences and "good manner" words like "please" and "thank you." **
 * Also, **
 * Stella likes A LOT of order. She would really like a visual shedule that she could check off and keep track of on her Ipad. This could also be modified daily by her mom to include names of people and pictures of them if they are going to stop by the house that day.That way Stella can pay more attention to them since she will be "expecting" them. Patricia **

Thanks for creating the WIKI. I posted a question on the discussion board as I am a bit confused. Hope you guys can help. :) user:97.102.11.49Patricia

6/4/12

Hi Patricia! Yes, I saw your post with a question. Here's my reply:

Hi Patricia, I'm still trying to understand the scope of this project as well and making sure that I'm checking the Specific Assignment Requirements & Deadlines on pg 2 of the guideline document.

I've have also been reading and re-reading the project guidelines. On the bottom of the 1st page of the guidelines, it says:

"this assignment will require each group to create and justify a minimum of two practical “My Talk” visual supports / AAC displays."

So it looks like as a group, we need to decide on TWO visual supports/AAC displays depending on the needs of the students (Stella) we pick.

Hope this helps a bit.

-Gracejoy

6/5/12

From what I read and understnad it looks like we are suppose to create two visual supports/AAC displays for the MyTalk app.


 * How do we create one? Is there a program that we need to use to complete this? I don't have an Ipad. Patricia**

Oh wow, this wiki thing is really cool. Thanks for setting it up! -Amber


 * 6/9/12 12:42 p.m. **


 * You're welcome Amber! Yes, it IS pretty cool. I've created at least 10 different ones for different classes as well as to document my 1st year of teaching last year :) -Gracejoy **

Hi Team. This is what I have written so far for part 1 of the written section assigned to me. I left a couple of blanks because I do not have the visual infront of me and cannot make an accurate statement on that sentence because of it. I went through all of chapter 3 and 4 of our text to find the exact wording that they use when describing the AAC devices and wrote it into the descriptions- I have underlined them for you to identify easily. One part that I read about concerned spacing for easier discrimination. I did not see any spacing in bewteen different picture symbols. We need to put some spacing in there because she is a beginner and it suggested. Please give me some feedback and help me fill in the blanks! :) Patricia Gonzalez Nowicki (i.e., type of supports – name & describe) There were two visual AAC supports created for Stella. One support is using the MyTalk technology and the second support is using lower technology support through a foldable Velcro visual. Both supports are __aided supports__. The MyTalk support was created to help Stella with communication of her needs and basic communication skills such as greetings. It has a main page display which consists of all of the main discussion topics being introduced. These include, food, drinks, greeting, wants, and needs. They can be selected visually. Once Stella touches the touch screen by selecting a __visual symbol representation__, MyTalk will also confirm the selection through __message feedback__. MyTalk will read the words written above the __picture symbol__ when selected. This will bring Stella to a new submenu. This is a __dynamic display__ because there is one main display page with multiple picture symbols. Each symbol, when selected, will lead to a new page which will display short phrases related to the topic selected from the main page. There are a total of __visual displays on the MyTalk AAC support. The menu and submenus are as follows:__ _. There is some __spacing__ in between each visual symbol in each display page to allow for easy __discrimination__ between selections as Stella is a beginner user and will need to be able to easily select items. The MyTalk AAC support is not a __mounted support__. MyTalk can be used on an iPod and iPad. It can be carried by Stella or used at a table or desk. It is light weight for easy portability. The __orientation of the display__ depends on how Stella is carrying the iPod or iPad. It can be displayed horizontally or vertically. Items are chosen through __direct selection using pressure__. When Stella uses her fingers to select an item of conversation, she is using pressure to select a discussion topic to enter into the submenu. She continues to use direct selection with pressure to select from the submenu. user:97.102.11.49Patricia Gonzalez Nowicki
 * 1) Description of Visual Supports Created

** Morning everyone... quick question. What was the final outcome from the meeting? Given that the assignment is due on the 20th. Please someone let me know. Thanks..hope everyone has a fabulous father's day weekend. **