Transcript Technology, Literacy, and Listening Skills

Technology, Literacy, and
Listening Skills
Chad Brown & Chris Short
Summer Institute August 2016
Ear Reading
Eye or Finger Reading
Eyes or Ears
Sequence of listening Skills
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Quiets to sound
Turns toward sound
Reaches toward sound
Attends to sounds
Responds to auditory directions
Locates Stationary sounds
Tracks a moving sound
Sequence of listening Skills
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Remembers parts of songs or rhymes
Remembers 2 facts from a story
Repeats 4 words in correct order
Comprehends today, yesterday, and tomorrow
when discussed by adult
PreSchool
Activities
1. Call the child’s name before giving a direction
or asking a question.
2. At times, give instructions only once.
3. Give listening cues
– Use fun phrases, songs, or rhymes to get the
students’ attention. “1, 2, 3–eyes on me!”
– “If you can hear me… (add activity).”
PreSchool
Activities/Games
4. Sound Bottles: make or order from APH
5. Master Game: Guess what object was
dropped
6. Identify Sounds in the Room:
7. Listening Center:
PreSchool
Ideas through a Creative Curriculum
1. Music and Movement:
2. Interactive Read Alouds:
3. Use Songs and Rhymes:
PreSchool
Joy Player
Joy Player
Joy Player
• use with the personal music player routine in
APH’s Sensory Learning Kit (SLK).
• Leisure activities
Joy Player
Storage Devices
SD Card
NLS Cartridge
Jump
Drive
Material Sources – Joy Player
Download from Internet
Audio from YouTube Videos
Material Sources- Joy Player
MP3 Songs- Free Downloads
• http://www.dreamenglish.com/
Audio books written and read by Robert Munch
• http://robertmunsch.com/books
Great Expectations- National Braille Press
• http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/programs/gep/ge_in
dex.html
Sequence of listening Skills
• Identifies and label sounds
• Responds to oral instructions
• Follows along during oral reading activities
• Listening Stations
K- 1st
Sequence of listening Skills
• Transforms auditory information into
a read-back medium
– Takes a spelling test
– Writes down information as it is read aloud
2nd4th
Sequence of listening Skills
• Organizes auditory information into an
abbreviated note taking medium that can be
read later
• Organizes brief oral directions into a 5th7th
retrievable medium
– Homework assignments
– telephone numbers
– important dates
Sequence of listening Skills
• Accesses auditory formats of textbooks on a
variety of devices
8th12th
Sequence of listening Skills
• Practices active listening when listening to
teacher or pre-recorded books and other
materials
– Takes notes while listening
• Downloads own materials
• Uses a Screen Reader - Computer
8th12th
Audio Formats
Material Sources
Material Sources
• BookShare
–Read2Go App
• Voice Dream Reader App
Storage Devices
SD Card
NLS Cartridge
Jump
Drive
Materials Sources
• Download favorites:
– Music, Stories, Family voices
• Robert Munch
http://robertmunsch.com/books
• Dream English
http://www.dreamenglish.com/
• YouTube
NLS Player
NLS Player
Storage Devices
NLS Player
Material Sources
Book Port DT
Book Port DT with Cover
Book Port Plus
Braille NoteTakers
• Are personal digital assistants
• Input is through a Perkins style Braille
keyboard or standard QWERTY keyboard
• May have refreshable braille display
Apex
Notetakers
Braille Sense
Notetakers
Material Sources
• Bookshare
• Learning ally
• BARD
iPod-iPad-iPhone
iPad
Material Sources
Read2Go
BookShare
BARD
Unlimited
Voice Dream
Reader
Learning Ally
STEM Tools
Talking
• Calculators
• Graphing Calculators
• Thermometers
• Scales
• Liquid level indicator
Descriptive Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT5AsjzgIC4
Who can use DCMP?
• Teachers/interpreters , other professionals,
and family members whose use benefits these
students qualify to borrow DCMP media
through the mail or online.
• Classroom use of DCMP curricular media must
include at least one student who is deaf, hard
of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind in the audience.
How do you access audio description?
• Secondary Audio Program (SAP) Channel
– Every TV has different set up—often requires
sighted assistance
• Sometimes have to call local provider or
station
• In the future: one touch audio description
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How do you access audio description?
• Accessible Television Portal
www.dcmp.org/accessible/television
– Housed at Described and Captioned Media
Program
– Available to any student registered with DCMP
– 75 educational series and specials
– Multiple episodes of most series
– Some in Spanish
Descriptive Movies
Ray Star’s World
http://www.cheeseheadhosting.us./downloads.
php
More Resources
Listening Activities
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
• http://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/list
ening-skills.html
Paths to Literacy
• http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/auditorystrategies
More Resources
• Tarheel reader – variety of student and
teacher made books that can be modified
– http://tarheelreader.org/
Listening = Learning