Check out my new website which chronicles all my projects and endeavors.
Also, I’ll be presenting at both FETC 2019 and ATIA 2019. See you there!
FETC 2019
25 Ways To Improve Your Inclusive Practices
with Mike Marotta
Learning need not be a chore for everyone, including those students with IEPs or 504 plans. Join the fun as we explore 25 methods that engage and empower ALL students to take charge of their own learning. Infuse your classroom or school with these inclusive practices to design educational experiences that meet the unique needs of every learner. From apps to browser extensions to web tools — let’s find supports to promote active learning for every student in this BYOD workshop.
Escape The Room With Inclusive Strategies
Work individually or divide up into teams to see if you can Escape the Room! Collect the clues, decipher the riddles, and solve the puzzles to claim your prize! Along the way you’ll experience a variety of instructional strategies useful for designing inclusive and accessible educational experiences. Leave with a list of practical tools, resources, and ideas to help teach every learner. Even if you fail, you win! Will you ESCAPE THE ROOM? Note: This is not a Breakout EDU Session. This is a customized experience to showcase functional and practical tools to enhance inclusive and universal design.
Meet The Author
FETC is hosting a “Meet the Authors” Booth in the Expo hall at the Orange County Convention Center. Come meet authors of best-selling education technology books, take selfies, ask questions, get your books signed, purchase books and discuss hot topics.
ATIA 2019
Pre-Conference: The Write Assistive Technology for Note Taking
with Beth Poss & Mystie Rail
January 30, 2019
Today’s technology, including everyday tools designed for the mainstream market and specially designed assistive technology tools can support individuals who struggle with note-taking and organization of resources or text based information. This full-day session will examine a variety of note-taking and organizational tools accessible on a range of platforms, including Chrome, iOS, and Android, as well as tools that help students move back and forth between paper and digital notes. We will approach the issue of note-taking from multiple perspectives and offer solutions to meet the diverse needs of all learners. Explore a range of AT tools designed for notetaking along with everyday technology tools to support all learners, including apps, websites, specialized notebooks, and audio recording pens.
25 Ways To Improve Your Inclusive Practices
with Mike Marotta
Learning need not be a chore for everyone, including those students with IEPs or 504 plans. Join the fun as we explore 25 methods that engage and empower ALL students to take charge of their own learning. Infuse your classroom or school with these inclusive practices to design educational experiences that meet the unique needs of every learner. From apps to browser extensions to web tools — let’s find supports to promote active learning for every student in this BYOD workshop.
Make Learning Awesome By Designing Personalized Experiences For All!
with Beth Poss
The very nature of education is changing to become more personalized and learner-centered. In this interactive presentation, participants will discuss how to design accessible learning experiences using technology in the era of Personalized Learning, Universal Design for Learning, The Growth Mindset, Project Based Learning, The Maker Movement, Bring Your Own Technology initiatives, and open educational resources. Together we’ll discuss a process for assessing student abilities and knowledge, strategies for targeting areas for instruction, integrating accessible digital content in a way that engages the individual by utilizing student choice, enticing students to reflect on their own learning, and using the data collected from these lessons to design future experiences. With guidance from the instructors, participants will generate a list of strategies to be used in different areas of instruction including Environmental Design, Digital Content Integration, Student Agency, and Evidence Based Decision-making. Bring your devices to participate in this learning event.
AAC Agreements: Establishing Evidence-based Universal Truths For Consideration and Implementation
with Shaun Pearson & Chris CichoskiKelly
What are universal truths that every practitioner should know when working with a person using an AAC device? In this interactive session, participants will learn existing universal truths known as AAC Agreements which exist in draft format created during collaborative discussions from sessions at previous ATIA conferences. Participants will then engage in their choice of an activity to either find evidence that supports (or refutes) an existing agreement, or to develop a new, potential, evidence-based agreement. Participants will collaborate online to create a robust and valuable resource for the AAC community. Participants will discuss how to develop a process for continued contributions and how to develop a system for content review. Participants will leave aware of existing agreements, knowledgeable about research-based methodology to support (or refute) a claim, and part of a larger community of those interested in evidence based practices for AAC selection and implementation.
Listen to the Talk With Tech podcast episode about the AAC Agreements.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Spotlight: Addressing Challenges to AAC Implementation
with Carole Zangari, Gail Van Tatenhove, Vicki Clarke, Caroline Musslewhite
How can we best address some of the most impactful challenges to strong AAC implementation? The AAC Strand Spotlight will be a moderated panel with presenters from private practice/consultancy, school, and clinical settings. The session will begin with some remarks regarding issues and trends in the AAC field. Each panelist will then discuss their current thinking on best practices in implementing AAC tools and strategies. Panelists will identify two challenges to AAC implementation and discuss approaches to addressing each one.
App Smackdown
with Beth Poss, Mike Marotta, Karen Janowski
Sharing is everything right? Wouldn’t it be nice if a group of people could just sit down and share different apps that can be used on iOS, Android or Chrome? If you answered ‘yes,’ then this session is for you! Join us for this year’s edition of the App Smackdown. In this session, participants will share with each other different apps that can be used with and/or by individuals with disabilities. Come join us for a fast-paced and exciting experience for sharing your knowledge and learning with others. Bring your devices with you to share because this session is all about YOU!! The hour flies by so come ready to learn. The facilitators will compile list of shared tools for future reference.
PD Smackdown
with Beth Poss, Mike Marotta, Diana Carl
Want to learn about innovative ideas for professional development? Join us for this interactive, newly formatted Smackdown! We will provide 4 interactive discussion groups to brainstorm and discuss the ideas in the various stages of PD (Prepare, Present, Practice & Performance). All participants will have an opportunity to give input in these stages. Then there will be a 20 minute report to share with the entire audience. This session is only as good as the participants who bring the ideas, programs and share their experiences! Through our facilitators, we will share the outcomes from each group. All session ideas will be collected via shared online resource which will be available after the session.
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