For the last two weeks I was on a mental vacation . Believe me it was needed. Today, I went back to work to meet with the LATS (Local Assistive Technology Specialist) from the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, Paula Brannon. We wanted to perfect our knowledge on the Braille Sense. This is a note taking device that uses either a braille key board or a qwerty key board. Paula has the braille key board and I have the qwerty keyboard. For those who don't know Paula has a visual impairment and she was teaching me to use a peice of equipment that is designed for non-visual learners...as you can guess, I am a visual learner... anyway, Paula did a fantastic job in guiding me through this non-visual maze. I still have a long way to go but it is a start. She even gave me home work...come on Paula, this is suppose to be summer!
Before going on my mental vacation, I had to opportunity to attend another exciting I pad training in a near by school district- Bradford County. All participants were given an I pad 2's, cases, keynote, numbers, Imovie,pages and garage band. In this training we learned how to make a power point using keynote, a flyer using pages and of course an i movie..don't fret, I plan on sharing the i move in the near future. It is a follow up to one of my post: "Eye heart the I pad". My husband also enjoyed using garage band and spent an hour composing a strange soundtrack....I will just call that "Pat-Stock: the summer of 2011".
Besides learning how to use these various applications, this was a great opportunity to collaborate with other professionals from different fields in education from all over the State of Florida.
Well, it back to my vacation until next Monday....enjoy the rest of your summer!!
earning my ears at Disney's Magic Kingdom
feeling like a 5 year old, even for a short time
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