Saturday, October 29, 2016

Workshop

On Friday I presented an all day workshop at Lehman College called Using Aided Language Stimulation to Promote Literacy, Language and AAC in the Classroom.
A big thank you to the organizers, Leslie Grubler and Mary Boylan and the students of the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Lehman College of the City University of New York for hosting such a beautifully organized event!!!!!   




About ¼ of this workshop was devoted to the interactive use of Animated Step-by-Steps®. ASbySs are a series of over 120 educational digital materials reflecting a broad range of classroom activities  - recipes, crafts, poems, songs, games and science experiments ... all presented in a consistent format. Each title is available from the Teachers Pay Teachers site in three formats: Regular (no symbol support), SymbolStix (n2y) and Picture Communication Symbols (Tobii-Dynavox) . ASbyS are perfect for  blended classrooms, serving both regular and special education students and can be displayed on the interactive whiteboard, computer screen, large screen TV using Apple TV or iPad/Android tablet using the Microsoft PowerPoint app. To purchase the entire library at considerable savings please visit the Animated Step-by-Steps website (click on website link upper right).

Many thanks to Dana Nieder for the presentation photo.  Please become a follower of her excellent facebook page/blog, Uncommon Sense https://www.facebook.com/Uncommon-Sense-Blog-123130417730793

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©2016 Carol Goossens’, Ph.D.
Augmentative Communication Consultant
Speech-Language Pathologist
Special Educator

Monday, October 24, 2016

Science and the Wow Factor!



Many of the Science Animated Step-by-Steps are experiments that are conducted over night or across several days. Titles such as the Bean Experiment, Planting, and the Mealworm Life Cycle are great for promoting charting and journaling. 


My colleague, Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is a strong proponent of using science experiments as an age-appropriate vehicle for practicing AAC use. Recently, I’ve been following her advice … creating science ASbySs that yield a more immediate and dramatic result. Yes, we are pumping up the ‘Wow’ factor in our science experiments!

I recently added three new titles to the Science Project roster: Let’s Make a Cloud, Let’s Make a Volcano and Tornado in a Bottle. Each title is available in three formats: Regular (no symbol support), SymbolStix (n2y) and Picture Communication Symbols (Tobii-Dynavox).






So Dr. Musselwhite …. as usual …. thanks for the sage advice! Hope you like the results.

…’til the next post …  (new posts every Monday)

Visit my website   http://animatedstep-by-steps.com
Follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/@AnimStepbySteps 
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©2016 Carol Goossens’, Ph.D.
Augmentative Communication Consultant
Speech-Language Pathologist
Special Educator