1. developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY

2. Welcome to a SET-BC Workshop Introduction to SOLO 6 Immaculata Regional High School November 3, 2015

3. developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY Agenda: Our Day… 9:00 a.m.Welcome and Introductions 9:15 a.m.Solo 6 Demo and User Settings 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m.SOLO 6 Demo and User Settings continued 12:00 p.m Lunch 1:00 p.m. Teacher Settings and Make and Take 2:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Evaluation

4. Goals for Today: Gain a basic understanding of how SOLO 6 can be used to support students with diverse learning needs. Gain practical experience in using SOLO 6 to modify or adapt curriculum content for students.

5. Our Day… Based on John Barell’s inquiry strategy

6. Our Day… What do you KNOW? What do you WANT to know? HOW will you find it? What have you LEARNED? What ACTION will you take? What further QUESTIONS do you have? Based on John Barell’s inquiry strategy

7. Introduction to SOLO 6 What is SOLO 6? How does SOLO 6 support learning? How do I set up SOLO 6 for a student?

8. What is SOLO 6? Literacy suite of assistive technology accommodations designed to assist students improve their reading and writing skills Has 4 main components:

9. Why use it? Develop skills through a structured approach to reading and writing.

10. Why use it? Access curriculum and reading materials provided in electronic text formats.

11. Why use it? Provide appropriate accommodations to students who need help reading and writing.

12. Who might benefit from SOLO 6? Student in need of Literacy Support Reading support Writing support Organizational Support Word prediction

13. Student Focus: What does the student need to be able to do in Reading or Writing that is difficult or impossible for him or her to do independently? What are the student’s abilities? What are the student’s specific challenges?

14. Some Questions to Consider: Reading Can your student read at grade-level? Does he have the staying power to read a short chapter in one sitting? What are his comprehension skills like? How many sight words does he have?

15. Some Questions to Consider: Writing Can your student “keep up” with the class? How legible is her printing? Does she write complete sentences? How is her spelling? Does she like to write?

16. CASE STUDY According to the IEP, Sam is a happy yet frustrated grade 7 student. His literacy skills have been assessed below grade level. He struggles to decode and written assignments are difficult for him to complete on time. He is an engaging student with many ideas that he shares verbally but he lacks organizational skills and has difficulty starting his assignments. His time with a CEA is limited.

17. What is the Goal for Sam? Sam will independently complete written assignments at his grade level.

18. What is the Objective for Sam? Sam will compose a 3 – 5 paragraph essay following the conventions of grammar, spelling and syntax.

19. What is it? word prediction text reader graphic organizer talking word processor

20. http://donjohnston.com/cowriter-7-resources/#.Vjg0xNKrS00

22. Try it! Launch Word (or another word processing program) Launch Co-writer Type the first letter of the word you want and then select it from the list Select by either a mouse click or typing the corresponding number

23. In Co-writer, adjustments can be made to…. Text window Number of words available in prediction window Speech output rate Text size Arrangement of guesses Scanning

24. Customize vocabulary in Co- writer…. T opic dictionaries Word banks Vocabulary Settings Users Quick Topic

25. Topic Dictionaries and Word Banks Select a specific Topic to help populate your word prediction window Add a specific topic to your student’s word prediction window Have a floating word bank on screen

26. Try it…. Select Einstein as the topic dictionary Write a little about Einstein using Cowriter as word prediction…what words appear? Add your own topic dictionary Select a topic and floating word bank option

27. http://donjohnston.com/readoutloud-resources/#.VjhEQtKrS00

28. Read OutLoud Provides auditory support Includes an accessible web browser Reads a wide variety of file formats (PDF, Daisy, HTML, RTF, TXT) Facilitates capture of main ideas and supporting details in an outline Facilitates note creation to make personal connections or responses

29. Read OutLoud: Tools “Add eText” eText Styles Tool Accessible Web Browser Dictionary tool Highlighters and Bookmarking

30. Read OutLoud: You try it… Try the “add eText” tool Change eText styles Use speech to read a web page Read an accessible book or PDF Highlight and extract ideas to an outline Take notes in your outline https://goo.gl/8fJzAa

31. http://donjohnston.com/draftbuilder-resources/#.VjhDLtKrS00

32. Draft-Builder Can be used as Individual Concept mapping tool prior to writing - OR - Can be used after using Read Out loud to take notes and move to written composition based on reading.

33. Draft-Builder: Outline, Notes, Draft Outline – Topics, subtopics Notes – add information to a topic Draft – Split screen with outline screen

34. Draft-Builder: Try it… Build a concept map Add a note Go to split screen https://goo.gl/8fJzAa

35. http://donjohnston.com/writeoutloud-resources/#.VjhUhdKrS00

36. Write OutLoud Auditory support Formatting supports Editing (spellcheck, cue mis-spelling) Referencing (dictionary, homonyms) Picture imports

37. Write Outloud: Tools Outline tool Spellchecker Dictionary tool Mark for deletion Insert picture

38. Write Out Loud: Try it… Try the outline tool Spell something wrong Look up a word in the dictionary Mark for deletion Insert a picture https://goo.gl/8fJzAa

39. Teacher Central

40. Curriculum SET Downloadable Clicker Grid Sets covering a wide variety of B.C. curriculum areas. Search by curriculum area, grade level, or keyword. Activities can be edited once downloaded. https://w3.setbc.org/students/ Pages/CurriculumSET.aspx

41. Accessible Books Downloaded from ARC-BC www.arc-bc.org For students with perceptual disabilities. School must have a “hard copy” of the book.

42. Training Resources: SET-BC On Demand SOLO 6 Self Directed Course http://www.setbc.org/course/solo-6- essentials/ Don Johnston Website SOLO 6 Resources http://www.cricksoft.com/us/training/cli cker-6-training/90-second-videos.aspx

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