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What are some platforms you use to built your Professional Learning Network (PLN)?

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Explore the built in accessibility features of your device and report back. What type of device? What did you explore? How could you use this to support a person with a disability?

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Download the Dolphin Easy Reader app (iOS / Android) and explore features while accessing digital text. Share your observations below - how it works, who might use this tool, pros/cons, etc

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What app do you use to create digital copies of print materials? 

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What app do you use to create digital copies of print materials? 

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Share the name of the app, what is works on (iOS/Android), and provide the link so we can check it out!

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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Explore Otter.ai for meeting recording / transcript. Report back on the features of this service and how you could use this to support individuals

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Otter.ai uses artificial intelligence to empower users with real-time transcription meeting notes that are shareable, searchable, accessible and secure.

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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Only turn on 1 feature at a time! That way you won't mess up your device. Turn 1 on > try it > turn it off > try another feature

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Using just the words on Slide 14:

Could you actively participate in your virtual meetings? What is missing from this?

What barriers would you face related to communication?

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Explore the list of AAC apps on the Google Site.
Report back on features of apps. Ease of Use? Options for symbols / words? Organization of Language?

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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Look at the built in apps that came with your phone. Share an example how an app could support your EF

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Create your own activity using the apps listed on the Google Site. Create a social story, visual schedule or anything else you might use to support EF

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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How do you approach the three phases of your PLN?

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Share your thoughts about the Merge Cube. Think about this as a future of AT service. How could we use VR, AR and MR to support people with disabilities?

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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Share questions / comments / thoughts after reviewing the recorded learning module

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Visit the If This Than That website and explore the automation options available to connect services together. Make an account and activate an IFTT. Report back on the experience and talk about how we could use this site to support people with disabilities.

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IFTTT helps your apps and devices work together

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IFTTT (if this, then that) is the easy, free way to get your apps and devices working together. The internet doesn't always play nice, but we're here to help.

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This module gave me ideas about specific professional networks to join and follow. It also shared some platforms for me to look into. I don't want to sign up for everything and then not look at anything, but I do have time to check these sites out and see what is a good fit for me.  I think it will be important for me to have access to new ideas and tools as well as professional relationships with people I respect in this field. I know networking is effective because I would not have heard about this opportunity if I did not have a small network of AT professionals already.

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Building My Network: I am going to find a online source like twitter, facebook or something like that, so that I can get myself out there.

Manage My Information: I will organize my information in a google document with things that I think are interesting or helpful.

Contribute and Participate: I will probably watch at first but when I feel comfortable or have a suggestion or thought I will not be afraid to share.

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Thank you very much Mr. Marotta, this module was very informative.

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I explored my iPad and the spoken content section. This can be used for people who have challenges with reading and writing in a different way. This can help people focus on the content instead of worrying about spelling.

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I really enjoyed the Apple - Accessibility - Sady video. It was cool to see that several devices can come together and help someone create a video like this one. It was a very positive video showing the peoples strengths and how they can be successful.

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I use google lens to take a picture and copy and paste it in to a google document.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.ar.lens&hl=en_US&gl=US

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This recording app is cool. I think it can be used to support individuals that have ADHD because then they can go back and read or listen to it again. In addition to recording the other features I liked that it typed out when you were recording. It has a few errors in the transcript. Also it costs after the third upload.

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This app is very similar to Learning Ally and Voice Dream Reader. One interesting thing is that it has a sleep timer. One thing I like is that if you click on the lines in the bottom left corner it brings up the headings and tells you what percentage of the book you have read.

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I am confused about the Application Project.  Can you explain it in more detail or direct me to a place on this site where it is explained?  Thanks

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I really like this module because it really applies to me and other people I know.

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I feel that having to use the board in a virtual meeting would be challenging to participate because the other people would not be able to see the vocabulary that is on the board. It would work better if some one could be there the tell the people in the meeting what they are saying. Some things that are missing from the board is more complicated/bigger words, such as call, iPad, or describe.

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Although a lot of the links did not work I looked at about 35 other apps. One app I liked was the app Aeir Talk, the thing I like about this app is that you can add your own photos, you can star/pin point your favorites.  I also like that this is available and works for all ages. Some apps I know that are very popular are Go Talk/Go Talk Now/Touch Chat/Touch chat Lite Proloqou/Proloqou to go Talk To Me/PECS.

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I really enjoyed this module because yes, I know what the board is and I know how to use it but I learned more about it and found it to be even more interesting and cool then I did before this module.

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As we know our phones come with apps. The apps that were on my phone when I got it were google assistant, contacts, voicemail, messages, camera, gallery, settings, a calendar, play store, google maps, google, and probably one or two more. All of these apps help set up your phone to help you, the individual. I think the app I use the most that keeps me organized is google calendar. This helps me and can help others because it keeps everything organized and you can change the layout of the calendar if you want to see more then one day at a time.

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I created an account and looked through the automation options I found that I could relate to the features. IFTTT can be best used for people who have mobility problems or someone who has memory loss. This can help these kinds of people by setting a time to automatically turn the lights off or can remind someone to take their medicine at a certain time. Also, it can tell you top hits of things, like "Top Applets for your voice assistant."

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VR: Can help people experience now things they have not seen before in a way that feels like real life. You can use this to support someone who has cerebral palsy and that wants to go sky diving by having the VR on a sky diving app so they can experience it. Regardless of labels, many of us are experiencing life through VR right now.

AR: Is a way for people to understand and communicate with other people. Someone can use this to help them read signs from the street.

MR: This is good for people who like to hold and be able to feel the object. Merge Cube would be good for people who have ADHD. It would help them because then they are interacting more, not able to get distracted by other things on the device, and are interested in the topic.

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I found all of the virtual devices very interesting. I had an experience with VR once. It was on VR goggles, simulating a rollercoaster. It felt very real even when I was sitting down.

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Hi Mike - Can you help me with an AT question?  I thought so.....

I am not able to use speech to text with these boxes and am needing to rely on typing out my answers and having someone proofread them for stuff that my STT would catch.  When I click on the "VOICE" icon, it just scrolls and scrolls.  Thanks,  Nicole

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I like being organized and knowing what things are coming up. I am used to using google calendar and did not know there were so many other options to work with.

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I found Dolphin not easy to use. I do like that it is available on IOS and Android but for just being able to read books , I feel there are better apps. Audible , Libby and Overdrive. The last two apps I mentioned are  linked to the local public library (where I live in Canada) and you can get audio books for free.

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I found Dolphin not easy to use. I do like that it is available on IOS and Android but for just being able to read books , I feel there are better apps. Audible , Libby and Overdrive. The last two apps I mentioned are  linked to the local public library (where I live in Canada) and you can get audio books for free.

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I struggled with copying and pasting other info in and for the population I work with , I think this would be a frustration.

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I use my my timer for everything. If I have multiple tasks/projects I'm working on, Ill set a timer for an hour or so. Then move on to the next project or task. This keeps my brain fresh and prevents me from getting caught in a fog.

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That was an Animoto video I created to show the steps that I needed to take to start my own business.

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I love the reminder app that comes on the IPhone.  I will put reminders to speak to people or give people things based on when i arrive at the location, or on certain dates or times.  It saves me with remember all the different things I have to bring to people or ask people for.  The location protion of this app is the best, since sometimes I don't when I will be there next so I don't keep getting the notication until I arrive there.

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I love the location function on the reminder app. So if i need to ask something or bring something and I don't know when I will be there next I get the reminder when i arrive at the location, vs. pushing off the reminder until i get there

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Steps to make coffee on FTVS!

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This is a really cool website tool. I was testing it out with YouTube playing on another site and stopped the YouTube video, but didn't realize I hadn't stopped the Otter recording and it recorded a conversation I  had with a family member. I went back and it had typed out our entire conversation :)
I like that it gave key words that I could touch on. The translation wasn't completely accurate but good enough that if I had to go back it would job my memory of what was said. Nancy S

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This was very useful for my job, most of the people I provide services to need tools to assist with reading and writing. I know more about IOS literacy support but not so much about android and computers and I learned a lot about what can be used for those devices. Nancy S

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I think the board would be very time consuming for one to communicate as it is not organized for the user in that pronouns, verbs, etc.. are not grouped together, so it takes a long time to construct a sentence to communicate.  Also, if the person has limited reading skills, the words and pictures do not necessarily match.  It would be better if customized to the person and the person's environment (especially the pictures). It lacks alot of choice and activity options to clearly express wants and needs to connect with others effectively.

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Just tried Otterai with our webinar today. It is surprisingly accurate and I like the fact that I can highlight. I think this would be good not only for someone who is Deaf or hard of hearing, but also anyone that may need that support during and after zoom meetings to remember what was said, and note what was important. I also really like the keywords it automatically provides - so if I am looking for something specific, I can find it easily with the keywords.

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The board is not set up for a virtual meeting, unless you could somehow hold it up to the screen.
It isn't set up with any order and is missing job specific words, mainly has basic words that could communicate a feeling or a conversation starter but would take someone a very long time to communicate anything with it and the other party would have to do a lot of guessing and filling in the blanks.

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I didn't get to look at too many of the apps in detail , some of the sites wouldn't work. I did book mark ones that I want to go back and look at later when I have more time.
I work with adults and find if a person didn't learn to use a formal system of  AAC as a child they have a hard time switching to a different form of communication . If they have communicated  with adaptive signs, gestures etc. all their lives they don't want to switch to an app or an alternative form of communication.
The one app that I do like to use and have had success with is called "Let me Talk" it is free, you can use a photo graph and type in a phrase or just a word.
Some people I work with use it as an enhancement to their communication, mainly when out in the community. A lady I work with has a restaurant board, on this app that has pictures/buttons of all the places she likes and will touch a picture of Harvey's restaurant (for example) and its  pre-programed to give her order. ( a staff person would have ordered it for them in the past) or they can sign "hamburger" to a staff  and then use the app to say if they want home made or from a restaurant. I support another man that has a speech impairment and his google home doesn't always recognize what he says, so he uses this app, it  has a page of Google Home commands on it.

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I use Siri to set reminders while I'm driving (its usually when I think about stuff I need to do ) and also will use the location feature for the reminder app for shopping lists, as I always forget something. I occasionally will refer to google maps timeline when doing my mileage tracking for work (its not always accurate) I have multiple recurring alarms set up on my clock app. I prefer to email co-workers over talking on the phone , so I have that to refer to for dates etc. I take pictures of flyers or events to remind me of details.

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I use FTVs at work for supported employment. have created them for Job duties with video and multi choice boards that flip. I don't know how to upload them to here.

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example of read and write

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Can anyone tell me how to share a board on the FTVS app? It says to put it in drop box , but its not working for me.

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The merge cube would work well for Supported Employment. If someone had a job that they had to do assembly or piece  work. They could try it ahead of time with the cube. ( if it’s an option to upload your own items ). Could also be great for just discovering things that can’t be done during the pandemic. Going to a museum for example.

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Nancy S
I found it to be a bit confusing. I’m not sure how someone I provide support to would use it as most people struggle with using just 1 of the services. I’m not sure how they would do trying to link them together. Also a lot of the apps available to sync aren’t ones they use.