SETDirect
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SET-BC Direct: November 15, 1999
Volume 1, Issue 5
Special Education Technology-British Columbia
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Welcome to SET-BC Direct, an on-line newsletter for people who are interested in issues and resources regarding the use of assistive technologies in education.
SET-BC Direct is intended to help teachers and other professionals who have questions regarding the implementation of technology for students with special needs. Subscribers may also be interested in the SET-BC program itself; our model for service delivery and the projects we develop to better assist students with disabilities.
In this issue:
1. Student Success Stories
2. SET Events
3. Scripted Routines for Students With Voice-Output Devices
4. Technology Inclusion Project
5. Getting Intellikeys to work with the iMac
6. VisionTech 2000
7. Student's Gallery Exhibit
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1. Student Success Stories
Adam is in his first year at a middle school on Vancouver Island. He has a diagnosis of autism and has used Macintosh technology from SET-BC since grade four. Last year he was upgraded to a laptop computer in preparation for entering middle school.
2. SET Events
SET Events highlights assistive technology projects and training activities taking place in school districts around the province. We are currently featuring Vision Technologies: Connecting It All, a workshop for BC vision teachers; Focus on AAC Training, presented by SET-BC and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children; and the Kurzweil Project.
3. Scripted Routines for Students With Voice-Output Devices: Using Rehearsed Dialogues Based on Intentional Communication Levels
Anne Simonsen, School District #36, Surrey, B.C., is a Special Education Resource Teacher at Simon Cunningham Elementary School. Anne has produced "Scripted Routines for Students with Voice-Output Devices: Using Rehearsed Dialogues". Based on Intentional Communication Levels, Anne's booklet includes information on levels of intentional communication as well as examples of choice-making activities and scripted routines based on activities involving goals from cognitive, perceptual-motor, gross motor or other non-communication areas in IEP.
4. Technology Inclusion Project
This project involves students with multiple handicaps who would benefit from using technology to achieve their educational goals. Upcoming training sessions will focus on the appropriate selection of specific technology bundles and the implementation of these technologies to support the student's educational goals. SET-BC will be travelling to a number of school districts during the next 8 weeks to offer the one day training session to school teams with students involved in the project.
5. Getting Intellikeys to work with the iMac
As new technologies continue to roll out we all face a constant battle to keep on top of it all. On the Macintosh side, we find that the new iMacs no longer have the ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) ports, but have instead, the USB (Universal Serial Bus). However, many of the peripherals such and Intellikeys do not come with a USB port. There is a solution.
6. VisionTech 2000
SET-BC is currently discussing a proposed VisionTech 2000 with the CNIB. In order to provide meaningful technological and recreational opportunities for the participating students and teachers, we want your help in the planning process. A downloadable survey for BC Vision Teachers on VisionTech 2000 is now available.
7. Attention educators, parents, and students!! Student's Gallery Exhibit
SET-BC hopes to celebrate the New Year and the New Millennium with a display of SET-BC student's writing and drawing. So, if you have any writing or artistic work (hand drawn or electronic art) that pertains to the New Year or the New Millennium theme, please send it to Constance McAvoy, who will collect these treasures.
SET-BC will showcase Welcome to the New Millennium Gallery - a display of students' work.
Please send your writing or pictures to Constance McAvoy (by mail or as an e-mail attachment), no later than December 15, 1999 at: cmcavoy@setbc.org or by mail to SET-BC.
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SET-BC is a Provincial Resource Program funded by the B.C. Ministry of Education. Its purpose is to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments.
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