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DOCUMENT RESUME EC 304 494 ED 390 229 NCIP Profiles, 1-5, 1994. TITLE Education Development Center, Newton, MA. National INSTITUTION Center to Improve Practice.; WGBH-TV, Boston, Mass. PUB DATE 94 NOTE 22p. Collected Works Non-Classroom Use (055) PUB TYPE Guides Serials (022) NCIP Profiles; n1-5 1994 JOURNAL CIT MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE Assistive Devices (for Disabled); Change Agents; DESCRIPTORS *Classroom Techniques; *Disabilities; *Educational Improvement; *Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Inclusive Schools; Learning Disabilities; Microcomputers; Multimedia Instruction; Preschool Education; Visual Impairments; Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS Laptop Computers ABSTRACT This set of information sheets is intended to improve n special education through use of technology, media, and practice materials. The first information profile offers guidelines for using NCIP (National Center to Improve Practice) resources to effect change. Examples are given of how technology coordinators and others have used NCIP resources in their role as change agents. The second profile offers ideas for using multimedia with students having learning disabilities. Examples include using Hypermedia software to create multimedia stories, producing videos, and using media to improve writing skills. The third profile discusses using technology to help students with visual impairments improve their writing skills. It considers the importance of sensory feedback to the writing process and ways schools and families can help. The fourth profile describes the use of laptop computers to improve the learning of students lith disabilities, addressing considerations for implementing a plan for laptop use, examples of how schools are using laptops. and features of portable computers and writing tools. The last profile is on ways that technology can support inclusion in preschool settings. It describes how a child with cerebral palsy uses various technologies in her regular class and how a specially designed keyboard aids students with autism. (DB) ******************************* * * Reproductions supplied by EDRj are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Mice of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document has been reproduced as /171'his received from the person or organization originating it tO improve f' Minor changes have been Made reproduction quality hisdocu. Points of view or opinions staled in official ment do not necessarily represent OE RI position oi policy NCIP Profiles, 1-5, 1994. 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE ing with or .1 Change Agents Are the Key technology coordinator, director of Their titles are as distinct as they are special education, team le-ader, teacher, parent advocate, or pre-service to help others solve problems, faculty Yet they share a common goal locate information, improve practice, implement new approaches, or II grow as prof essionals. In doing so, they function as change agents. The activities these change agents engage in are as varied as their disseminating information, developing and conducting professional titles develOpment activities, providing technical assistance, mentoring others, and even serving as cheerleaders. However, in order to carry out their work, change agents need ready access to information to disseminate, materials What's Inside to use in training, or strategies for technical assistance They also need to link to others who are doing the same kind of work. Change agents: Who they are Inside you will meet Kristen Eichleay, Lou McIntosh, and Bonnie and what they do Prohaska, three change agents who nave joined the NCIP Community By Ways a director of a special NCIP's print and video profiles, offering three interconnected resources education technology center NCIP helps change and NCIPnet (NCIP's telecommunications network) circulates NCIP Profiles agents better serve their constituents. This profile takes a look at how each of these three change agents use a different NCIP resource as an avenue How a computer network into the broader NCIP Community. manager uses NCIPnet to exchange information " Ideas from a computer special- ist for using NCIP's video (1",!' profiles in distance learning , 'Tips for change agents More about NCIPnet & 17. U $ OfPARTMENT OF EDUCATION wassi Office of Educehonal Rsearch and Impmement Kristen Eichleay, far right, works with teachers EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTE R (ERIC) to evaluate educational software. NCIP is the National Center to Th. document has been reOrocluCed as tecetvecl from the person 0, organizahnn Impruve Practice in special education ongmatmg .1 P Wm>, changes nave been made to rnptowe through technology, media, and eprocluchon ouhty 3 mcteriaIs. Po.nts 01 opnions slated .n this docu ment do not necessarily epteSent &hoe, pobcy OEF4I posdron BEST COPY AVAILABLE INENcrim-__ Avenues to Information Profiles Showcase Through these tr.iinogs, ,dentifics teacheis vlio au ead at the Technologies and Uses school level These strong technology At.. Kristen Eichleay about technology advocates become change agents in and she'll tell you that it can serN,e as a tlieir own schools as they, in turn, share catalyst foi classroom change She information and provide colleagues with believes that trying new technologies technical assistance. Kristen is develop- of ten pushes teachers to think in new ing a notebook for each of these school- ways about teaching and learning As level change agents that will feature Wei( tnink.ng evolves, more innovative issues of NCIP's print profiles, additional uskis for tecnnoiogy sur face. Then. resources retrieved from NCIPnet. and according to Kristen, as teachers information ahout NCIP's video profiles become more comfortable with featuring technology in use technology, they are able to see the Kristen finds her cadre of school- rewards of integrating students with level change agents eager for informa- disabilities in authentic ways. "I can't get tion about new ideas But first teachers must become information out fast enough. Tne both familiar and comfortable with bit challenge is to put information into a available technologies and their uses As form that is readily accessible and get it Lou McIntosh, director of Boston Public Schools' seen here with his son Douglas out to teachers quickly." she says, Special Education Technology Center at adding that NCIP materials can expe- Emmanuel College. Kristen believes that dite the process When teachers ask, good sources of information can help Discussions on NCIPnet focus mostly "What should I try?" Kristen believes pave the way for that change She relies on the issues relating to technology that the vignettes in NCIP Profiles can on NCIP s print profiles to help teachers use in education Reccnt conversations stimulate thinking about how similar understand how their students with have included exchanges on laptop approaches might work in their own disabilities can best be served by computers, inclusion issues, and classrooms. technology resources to help students technology. Network Members Seek with visual impairments "NCIPnet gives me a chance to and Share Information put parents in touch with a vital ongoing Lou Mclntosh understands the value of and immediate discussion of the latest information and the importance of developments in applications of technol- getting it to the pool ,.. who need it As Lou says ogy in special education founder and manager of The Maine adding that he finds NCIPnet meets Meeting Place, a 1,000-user electronic several of his needs For example Lou network, Lou seeks to meet the was interested in learning more about information needs of parents, educa- woid prediction software packages and tors, and consumers found help on NCIPnet Coiwersation on He turns to NCIPnet as one way NCIPnet has lead Lou to NCIP s pint to help meet those needs NCIPnet is a profiles, which he intends to excerpt for telecommunications network that his own newsletter allo,%,s Is members to seek and share infoi oration about technology and Video Profiles Offer Inside disabilities For Lou, this inearis he r.an Look at Technology Profiles to s NCIP both seek information from NCIPnet Eichleay use with As a computer specialist, Bonnie Kristen students how and shale infolination posted by users teachers served by show Prohaska knows the unportance of best be or The Maine Meeting Place disabilities can capturing th(. Interest of busy tewheis in ou and about 400 other technology. he! area Video par ticulaily interests her NC IPnrit users can send and receive because it provides an intinuate look at Kristen understands th,rt a strong topical conversa- personal mad, loin in IVAN technology positively affecIF, pmfessional develrit)nlent prograni can lion,,, discuss software, find tecl inology clirldierl'S lives (especially those vvith siipport, <Ind 'Al5tdifltf',1010-. rcsouir es, 1 rtiidd sumnidun,-; ii \mini) is iii 'a) 1,1')I. ti!,1 ,n1 Wow, ifl play individual :,He ninu6t te,ILherS i iilfrh(q.jy .1' ti'l 1.1yr i;y vdlinkr, on VCRs or watch live, intetactive .11111.. 1()pli al conveisations or NClhnet Intmdcasts on televy;ion (Wq 111'0.111,ir..illd I 1/111i;i. which include i ontrihotiont, from Bonnie is planning to intetliate ti, triai odininii,tratzle,, tem her an innovative n and Hot . ls1Clly-, video iirofiles on",eiVil.1 pido( y LI( piolc,sional development model that ni int drril virfr.o toroth-. 4 Tips for Change Agents demonstrations: and other videos of classroom practice by teachers in the Below are some tips that can help systeni. change agents and their constitu- She believes videos play a ents be active participants in the critical role in stimulating teacher NCIP Community. reflection and planning. A shared image can anchor conversation and promote I Get dm word out. questions and comments that spark Build awareness among your discussions about practical issues constituents (e.g. teachers, After watching a video, Bonnie looks administrators, parents) about foi teachers to ask questions that begin NCIP, members of its community, with. "What if.. and "What does it and its resources. Let people take to make this possible?" These know about NCIPnet and NCIP questions indicate that teachers are Profiles, their topics, and how generating Ideas and thinking about they are interconnected. implementation of new approaches. 2 Make materials available. An in-service video broadcast Use a variety of strategies to of,en is made more effective with ensure ready access to NCIP support materials. Preparatory materials resources. For example, copy and help establish a program's purpose and place NOP Profiles in mailboxes; context. During the broadcast, desia- place them in a binder in a central nated facilitators at each school can location; post them on bulletin exchanges information answer questions and follow up with across networks. boards; and hand them out at technical assistance in classrooms. administrator, teacher, or parent incorporates distance learning. Information from NCIP's print profiles meetings. Make copies of the Vignettes in the videos each run about can foster further discussion about ff,e video profiles and set up a lending 10 minutes, brinaing to life stories from topics introduced in the videos Further library. selected NCIP print profiles. questions might be answered on Bonnie's home base is the 3 Encourage a ripple effect. NCIPnet. metropolitan school district in Madison. Bonnie envisions broadcasts Let people know that copying and Wisconsin, where she is investigating concluding with an assignment: A task passing along NCIP resources and the possibility of offering a series of in- that strongly encourages teachers to ideas is recommended. service programs through her city's take action, try a strategy, visit 4 Stimulate interest. local cable TV station She would like to someone's classroom, read an article, Let the materials become a cata- enrich existing program strategies by or engage in a conversation on NCIPnet lyst for taking a next step toward integrating NCIP's video profiles in the with others within the district or across effectively using technology with broadcasts Program formats could the nation. students who have disabilities. combine video with guest teachers, For example, build a mini-library --1111101 experts. and resource personnel; around a specific topic by getting resources from NCIPnet's on-line library and adding other resources to them. Invite people to join NCIPnet discussions related to topics in the print profiles. Ask for volunteers to try a new strategy illustrated in a video profile and provide them with technical assis- tance for implementing that idea. If you have other suggestions, please post them on NCIPnet in the Change Agents forum, or call, write, or send a fax to Judith Zotlass using the information on page 4 of this newsletter. REACH Program Stephens at the Glenn with Charlie left, works development. in profession& Bonnie PrOhaSka, video profiles use NCIP's Bonnie plans to AVAILABLE BEST COPY Join Us on NCIPnet Main Menu The illustration below shows the Main Menu screen that all users see when they first log on to NCIPnet. Each folder on the Main Menu contains items to help users learn more about using technology to enhance special education. NCIP Conferences -,s- 0 Files 7 Folders Conference IN Worl.ing with NCIP NC IP Profiles Library Viev, s From The Field 'El Multtmedta 7 Filet 0 Folders co Fr, We. 11 D If Teacher -IrlIed Wei: I 59 AI 1 9 .':.1 /94 CLASSPOOr I PRACTICE 1..r I D 11 59 AII 9,21144 CL A.S$P0011 PP AC TICE , I The 1-11.11,1rnedle er by D 1, IM,11,,,,. co'oputo ,o...,,,, 94 9 '.: I 1 1 59 ATI GENEF AL PEE.111.1E'CEE 1, D 21 '94 t I.1,1r..,,J., 144 tram,: 11 59 At 1 rATIEF AL FliC,..,F,:t.: t , :, A r traphe9 of ne. hot,..edii 9 ;IC, -?4 0 P005551-: 5 04 PI 1 451 liSi D '4/21 94 i 2 0, P1I If I eumg Sher let 4 Prey.o, RESE APCH D tri. 1141,1n...die Advent gr./. 9forg 12 Cli. P ri ...11:4TE TIE I IATEF int.: :4. 21..94 11 Fr2i NC1P Profiles Library You can access a variety of resources, including. Re. Fied oinnn.y, additional examples of :=rt 9_ 1,44 IA 111 Au'y (";.-? I Request for Inf ormation nrzif'Ci) classroom or individual uses oin ct. 1,1 of technology related to those Subject trim Ilption; To Title ..r1 .. it described in the piofiles ,U Please TAX ITefz, Cc 14. 1,1,, Received OA 7, lend ASAP) to be r. II go pre 1,l.11301.4 1r, I summaries of current r no reg. ot. '01 .1r. , g PI, h., 144, F., 1.4 . ;.41, ...1141.ra,.r k. recearch k .1r ry, T e ,4 lb, g.. .hyleef.1. t.. I. 4 more detailed information about hardware and software "Views from the Field" Working with NC1P helpful tips on managing Discussion Forums In this folder participants can- technology use This on-line meeting place allows ynu to discuss strategies for using NCIP's print and video profiles and NCIPiret and shiiIP information and ideas requeSt discuss other implementation discuss issue,. of common intelest strategies and issues pal ticipate iii cl.sci issions with on ?Ivi1 guests who ,1E(0 Irddl'1!*. 101: For more information, contact: © 1994 Education Development Center, Inc. and WGBH Educational National Center to Improve Practice Foundation. ak_ Education Development Center, Inc. All materials In this document may 55 Chapel Street be photocopied and distributed. Newton, MA 02158-1060 (617) 969-7100, ext. 2412 TTY: (617) 969-4529 6 Fax:(617) 969-3440 BEM' COPY AVAILABLE Multimedia What's Inside The challenges facing writers and More with learning disabilities How a variety of media can Help for Students help students write with Learning Disabilities High school students use Hypercardtm software to create multimedia stories What to write? How to word it? While these questions are familiar to everyone, students with disabilities often confront unique challenges when "At-risk" students produce they write. videos about inner-city life Many students with learning disabilities are often referred to as "reluctant writers." These students may have trouble generating ideas Strategies for creating because of gaps in their background knowledge, or, they may have vivid successful multimedia ideas and solid information, but have trouble finding the language to projects express them. In either situation, it becomes a challenge for these stu- A list of additional resources dents to stay focused on the topic and task. about multimedia on NCIPnet Increasingly, teachers throughout the country are experimenting with instructional practices that incorporate a variety of media to stimulate and support writing. The media may be as simple as photographs, objects, videos and tape recordings or as sophisticated as computer software which can link text, visual imagery, sound effects, and music in a hyper-media presentation. These practices, which capitalize on students' unique abilities and interests, can be particularly powerful for students with disabilities, many of whom experience repeated failure with "mono-media" pencil and paper. Multimedia can support writing in a number of ways. It can help students deepen conceptual understandings. It can engage their Students with learning prior knowledge and help them form mental images. It can also provide disabilities can benefit from tools for composing and publishing. Perhaps most importantly, it can ease using different kinds of tools the transition from concepts and images to words that stimulate and support the writing process. Pictured I. a group of students writing a multimedia story using Hypercardm software. 7 NCIP is the National Center to Improve Practice in special education through technology, BEST COPY AVAILABLE media, and materiels. Good Teaching + Multimedia = Writing Success week unit by showing her students After they have done consider- Martha Gowetski's tenth-grade English able work on their stories, Martha awes stories composed by previous classes. class in Wayland, Massachusetts After her students read these stories. each group a hypermedia template that which includes students with learning they are eager to aet started. will help them create their interactve is buzzing with activity. disabilities Students begin their projects by tales on the computer. (Martha says she One group of students is for ming groups and brainstorming story does not introduce the technology at the crowded around a large flow chart topics and plots These often reflect start of the exercise because she does mapping out their adventure story their interests and concerns music, not war it it to become its driving force.) They are busy editing text cards, taping sing the software, students dating, parties, and bizarre (and pictures, and placing compact disks on begin to compose their stories on the sometimes gory) events. Once they the chart Several students are drawing comp,,ter. They link their text to sound haN.,e formulated a basic "plot plan pictures, and others are scanning groups begin writing. Eacn story and oraphics by creating on-screen photographs into the computer. Two includes points at which the reader is "butt )ns" that readers i,vrll activate as girls are working together to create they move through the narrative. Again, asked to make a choice between two interactive "buttons" which link rock each group decides how they will actions like "go to Valencia's" or songs to their story. Someone calls out -go to drug store." Each choice leads divide the tasks, allowing members to "Twenty seconds of silence please so I choose activities that both engage their me reader down a separate story path. can tape!" and the room is quiet interests and build on their strengths. Every group determines how What is going on here? Students For example, one group relied their work will get done. Some decide are composing interactive adventure on an artistic member to draw all of to vvnte the entire story together, while stories, using Hyper Care° software, their pictures. Two students sat at her others opt to break into smaller groups for others to read on the computer side, offering suggestions about what that will each work on a different Martha has been doing this to draw, while another student branch of the narrative. project with her English classes for the scanned in the completed drawings. past three years She starts the (hree- Evaluation is an integral and on- going component of the project. Three SS RORV'S,:iontEs times during the three-week unit, r..lift m nrs new lookitAteel snazzy naleg6-ed students complete evaluation forms geen mmpsult 11 vas detiyi cp I suspenders qess 01.,se my do.,,b,liya that give them the opportunity to louse le1115 md V elencie's t,bout to ip to teyonte was out ot no; 14 e s m-,ht reflect on their own work, the work of tonced Met I There v-, hen 1 v6;;flAvored cborsticl, other members in the group, and the heemo b,con a nd life thtd I dm.; A day m int/ If l 60 to Me hesn them entire project. These on-going evalua- no; chepstIck the de te vuth vite ,ettbottt vnll be le te tor too e tly tions enable Martha to detect emerg- sw iv Mimi i could be i..7.1 no. it 1 tn.:: Velena, but yea.-leins Y.-nth ing problems and help groups make 1 vn111,, e -,vd 110.0t, adjustments where necessary na nAe,.114-t "The kids are remarkably on 1,60 to lit Lig stet e to Italencto-s tal get in evaluating themselves, their , peers, and the project," Martha said To see the Wayland program IR action. watch Multgmedia and More on r.14111. 4.'24 the enclosed NCIP videotape adventure to write software above computer Hypea' rCrd" the one "cards" like When using create various students stories, Now Students with Learning Disabilities Benefit "So this project played into her they can engage in non-print activities While this type of project can benefit strengths. Someone else cduld that capitalize on their strengths. any student, it supports students with remind her of the next steps, dead- Finally, students are supported by learning disabilities in several impor- lines, and help her organize herself the teacher and the peer group. tant ways. First, by writing stories for and her work. AU the group members Martha explained that one of her their peers to read, students have a gave her very high marks, including students who tends to be disorga- highly motivating purpose for writing. herself, and she was really a core nized, experienced unprecedented Secondly, students draw from member of that group," Martha said. success while working on the project. their own interests and background Because th group helped her to stay knowledge to develop the themes focused, hu creativity and story- and plots. Third, by using multimedia, telling abilities unlaced. BEST COPY AVAILABLE Teens Explore Inner-City Life through Video Production When th-2 lights wer:t on after the screening of her group's documentary 360 of Violence," 18-year-old Ebony Williams breathed a sigh of relief. "All of our hard work paid off. Our audience was very responsive to our tape Their responses gave me the feeling that I had accomplished some- thing that was very good," she said Ebony Williams is one of the urban teens participating in an innova- tive video production program at the Educational Video Center IEVO in New Yor k City. O2 The program, a collaborative project with the Center for Children and Technology, was designed to Using videocameras, rn students document how video production can their communities. at the Educational Because Video Center promote rigorous, collaborative student it incorporates can present document a range of a variety of life in learning inquiry and expression tasks, video opportunities. production video production process EVC is built on a "youth empowerment aporoa,:h" that teaches students to share their writing with peers, and When students produce videos draw on knowledge and issues that are revise. Other steps involved with video relevant o their lives In the program, at EVC, they per form many of the production include using a camera, same tasks involved with writing. They groups or students work together to shooting and logging footage, and evlore. research, analyze, and reflect immerse themselves in research, screening and editing videotape. choose a topic, write multiple drafts, on issues that confront them everyday Video production is a powerful issues like poverty, racism, and drug --...410111111 medium for students at EVC, many of ab.lse whom are at risk for learning disabili- ties. It allows them to explore many different areas of study, work with their peers to divide responsibility for a wide range of tasks, bring real images and content to their ideas, and create a meaningful work for a real audience e- "Besides learning the technical I also learned how to work with parts. learned how to clearly people. express my ideas and how to compro- '1 mise. Through working on our dccu- mentary on the problem of abandoned buildings in New York, I've learned how docunientaries can mike people aware," said Peggy Buckler, a 17-yedi ticrpant in the EVC project old r "MI themselves cameras on turned their loyalty, drugs, "have EVC program truths about in the of EVC that uncover director participating portraits the executive Students of self S. Goodman, a collection said Steven and created and dating," fashion, cops, BEST COPY AVAILABLE Additional Strategies for a Successful Multi- Resources media Project More about Multimedia Readings on NCIPnet Base writing on tasks that have a Daiute, C. (1992). Multimedia compos- purpose ing: Extending the resources of Instructional tips and ideas from kindergarten to writers across the classrooms around the country Incorporate a process approach with grades Language Arts, 69,250-260 explicit steps Supporting materials and work samples Boone, R. & Higgins, K. 119921. from the Wayland and EVC projects Al lo.^, students to build on their Multimedia. TAM topical guide #1. interests and background knowledge Synopses of research on using various Reston, VA. Council for Exceptional media approaches to teaching Promote connections between home Children, Technology and Media . and school cultures Descriptions of multimedia hardware and software tools Encourage students to use all of their Skolnik, R., Larson, A.. & Smith, C. senses and reflect on ways they learn (19931 The power of multimedia On-line discussion events featuring best Electronic School, A6-A9. experts in multimedia Integrate a variety of tools that tap Tally, B. (1993). Inquiry Learning On-line support and assistance from different strengths, skills, and abilities Though Video Production. News from other teachers, parents, and adminis- the Center for Children and Technology trators implementing multimedia Have students work collaboratively and the Center for Technology in approaches with peers toward a common goal Education. 2(5), 1-6. Provide ongoing support and evaluate progress throughout Be an active member of the RICIPnet Have stuaents evaluate themselves at different stages Community! STORIES Log on to NC1Pnet and: ROBY'S most I seW the ray head When I lifted father's stamp Share your experiences - vision,besides my Valencia beautiful 11.o/beloved is. it *les successes and problems - using \ collection, that Mter tellins jumpsuit. n multimedia in the classroom spandex \ in $ silver et rl nken tihnetsicehshst,e.evlao:tehsernoanneTost: ht,on: Post samples of your students' asreernent . prenuptual made a work on the network eishteen We frOITied. and vsere soon DisCUSS with colleagues the End, Bye "Ille Uery pros and cons of various multimedia tools their music into by incorporate students to accompanied is allow example, it programs screen, for computer appears on Some took." that's all it this picture one look - work. When lyrics, "Just vvith the a song 413 1994 Education Development For more information, contact: Center, Inc. and WGBH Educational National Center to Improve Practice a Foundation. Education Development Center, Inc. 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