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Time for the LAST SESSION OMG! Put me in coach, let’s talk coaching models. #atia2021
I love this interaction. She showed a live time result of a form asking our positions, and this is the audience defining “coach.” #atia2021 
Authentic. Collaborative. Help others reach their goals. Leave your island and perspective and sit with theirs. Pre-set answers may not meet needs or be overall best. Tell what’s best and things can get abandoned, less buy in. #atia2021
I was wavering between teletherapy sessions to get activity ideas, but then I saw Karen Erickson was presenting so time to learn about Projext Core! #atia2021
This is just so incredible. These modules and their implementation with teachers and families is life changing for so many. One in chat is looking to offer in Spanish, another used Jamboard to make interactive activities for caregiver learning. #atia2021
I remain crushed that the teaching about racism session was canceled and am not sure what is a good replacement this morning. I think communication and coaching in COVID. #atia2021
Huh, again with low tech instead of light tech. That feels like a step back in terms of vocabulary. #atia2021
Invite your tablet as another zoom person!! That’s excellent. #atia2021
Okay, universal accessibility via captioning! #atia2021
Post production captions can take four times as long to do as the length of the video. Yes, that’s definitely our experience! I have a par timer who does this for our vids and it’s most of what she does. #atia2021
Wow. Hit multiple keys at once to create “beautiful words” in real time. Create personalized database of common words. Voice Writing is used in courtrooms and military. This is very interesting. Europe uses it a lot too, under a different name. This is fascinating. #atia2021
All right, moving in to interactive and engaging tools for accessible instruction. #atia2021
Small sample of tech for UDL. How to present lessons, how to show mastery of topic. #atia2021
YES! UDL isn’t found on IEPs. The more universally designed, the fewer accommodations needed. It doesn’t water down curriculum and results, it broadens and supports it. Kids don’t stick out because everyone is benefitting and self directing. #atia2021
I had planned on going to digital accessibility, but then my manager put in my annual review that I need to work on self care. Ergonomics for professionals, here we come! #atia2021
This looks like my set up, ha. I sit on a bench at the kitchen table. Here the table is too high for the kids and too low for the adults. #atia2021
I am fascinated by this middle chair, ha. Ball chairs make me motion sick, ha. I’ve tried. I like this towel option. #atia2021
All right, let’s learn effective use of Alexa in the home! #atia2021
Auditory feedback, nice. Handy for when it’s out of the line of sight. #atia2021
I like thinking of drop in as an intercom within your house. Handy to tell someone you’re going to bed, need help, etc. though I still love dropping in across states—with permission. Didn’t realize it worked with Skype, nice. #atia2021
Setting up for DIY Assitive Technology for the New Normal! #atia2021
Why DIY? Funding. Higher demand than supply. Virtual and hybrid needs. Barriers: safety, who makes it, how much do materials cost? Test it out, partner with experienced groups (makers making change, HS stem clubs: print Lab has recipes and plans), DIY can save money. #atia2021
CameraMouse is a head tracker turns face into mouse pointer, for free. PC only? Nouse is also free, nose as mouse, PC and Mac. #atia2021
I wanted SO BADLY to do a supported coding class last year and then Covid happened. This next session is about creating a remote coding club for kids with autism and I am SO excited for it!! #atia2021
Andre will focus on block and scratch, which is totally my level, huzzah! The club started face to face last year and then came Covid, so they took it virtual. #atia2021
Teacher as lead learner, not expert. I love this approach. Low floor: How accessible and easy is something to learn? High ceiling: can you grow? Wide walls: how engaging is it? #atia2021
All right, let’s learn some solutions for COVID influxes tech issues! #atia2021
Good design enables, bad design disables! Be purposeful and design well. #atia2021
National center on accessible educational materials: aem.cast.org First stop for best practices and ideas and learning. Free online courses to make materials acrssie to all, laws and regulations, webinars, etc. #atia2021
3 days and about 10” of snow later, I am ready for week two of #atia2021 !! First up, play and simple adaptations with @JudithSchoonov3!
Let’s look at the world through AT colored glasses! Yes, I love this. #atia2021
Play is vital for development but kids with disabilities are deprived of choice and fun. #atia2021
All right, let’s learn some strategies to address social isolation in older adults! This is not technically my area at the library, but I want to share things with ATS. Patrons are struggling. #atia2021
Social isolation can lead to loneliness but not for all. Some can feel lonely around people. Been there. But older adults are at increased risks. #atia2021
There are a lot of impacts from social isolation. Depression, poor sleep, impaired executive function and cognitive declined etc etc etc. emotions affect everyone deeply. #atia2021
Next up, Mission to Engineer. Robotics and assistive technology. #atia2021
The penn high school robotics team is presenting together in one room, masked. This will be a challenge of hearing/comprehending but the captioned is trying valiantly. It’s going to be worth the challenge though. #atia2021
I love the work they do. I feel like 3d printing arms for students is not a happy story, as those should be easily affordable and accessible to all who need them, and shows a deep crack in disability support in this country/world. But adapted toys! Accessible costumes! #atia2021
So many good choices today! Starting off with Smells like Teen Spirit—gaming, drones and social media to engage teens with complex needs. #atia2021
Lots of library love in this session! Must check out Buckets of Loteracy and PROVAIL’s toy lending library. #atia2021
@threadreaderapp unroll please
I have enjoyed lunch and have returned with my pistachio latte. Time to learn about remote learning without technology! #atia2021
Lol—starting with a video of two people “stuck” on an escalator and asking for help. We can get to our final destination without tech! 😂#atia2021
Home is now school. Set up break areas! I love that, so important. I need that working from home, too. #atia2021
All right, all right, let’s learn about adapting prek curriculum virtually! I’ve been trying to use AAC in my supported literacy videos this year. Can’t wait to get video and program ideas! #ATIA2021
Okay, the presentation name doesn’t match the published one, but it still sounds like it’ll be helpful. Just differently so, maybe. #atia2021
This is an ambitious list of content for today and I am here for it!! Exciting. #atia2021
Time to learn about improving access to digital spaces for those with cognitive food abilities! #atia2021
Cognitive disabilities are so complex and personal. Broad and varied: memory, bipolar, attention deficit, etc. What if look at cognitive skills rather than disabilities? #ATIA2021
Look at accommodating attention, long and short memory, logic and reasoning, language processing, math, etc. #ATIA2021
All right, time for Captioning: the good, the bad, and the awesome. And this is the first session I’ve been in that isn’t captioned from the first moment! It’s coming, though. #atia2021
Glad the participants asked to wait on starting until captioning was set—surprised panelists were set to keep going with introductions. #atia2021
Scott is talking about how he is speaking because of 18+ years of learning lip, tongue, air production, etc. it reminds me of @JessicaOOTC and her explanations of her speech and deafness. #atia2021
Checking out See Do Write! Language is caught not taught, love that. #atia2021
Linguistic Overprotection—students given simplified language or none at all. Deaf kids didn’t know words for veg because they were described or when they missed the name, were told it wasn’t important. Class then made veg and self-advocacy books. #atia2021
Another great use for backgrounds in zoom: your name!
I love that the AAC strand has multiple presentations centered on diversity. I hope to see other strands build on that. #ATIA2021
This stems from a graphic created by PrAACtical AAC last fall. This is so important.
Multiple requests for Arabic resources, and multiple bilingual options. I switch between English and Spanish with P2G in story times seamlessly, but could also use other languages to match my community. #atia2021
Now on the proper hashtag and in AAC teletherapy ideas! #ATIA2021
Using google slides to watch a 30 second clip of a song/vid, then screen record modeling a comment about it, then another clip, another model, etc. I like this. I can use it in a supported literacy video. OPPL.org/virtual-learni… #atia2021
Ooh, I am now in love with remove dot bg. This is super useful. Giphy chrome extension makes it easy to add gifs to slides, too. Nice for story time visits and classes. #atia2021
