Boardmaker Plus Player Provides Access

I blogged about Boardmaker Plus a few weeks ago....but did you know that the Boardmaker Plus Player gives students access to teacher-created activities at home or on other computer stations at school? At approximatley $125.00, the Player version allows you to open any activity made in Boardmaker Plus and experience the interaction without having to have the complete Boardmaker software (which is about $399.00). So, parents can have the Player at home and open activities e-mailed to them or sent home on a USB drive or go to adaptedlearning.com and find free downloads posted by others. Because you can customize the pictures and text, you can create personalized learning activities with your own photos, video clips, and information. This is a powerful tool that can engage students as well as provide access to the curriculum.

Go to www.mayerjohnson.com for details

WHEE! Wii! We!

Thanks to WHEE! grant from the Buddy Learning Center, highchool students in our self-contained special education program will be using the Wii gaming system to promote fitness, and increase physical as well as social skills. We are excited to be one of 15 schools out of 200 applicants selected to receive this grant! Students with limited physical access to their environmnent are able to play a piano, race a care, bowl or play baseball with a slight gesture when the Wii interactive remote is secured in their hand. Students with Autism often have limited social skills. Use of the Wii interactive games are visually stimulating and promote turn-taking, waiting for turns, sharing, and good sportmanship. We will be collecting data and providing results to the Buddy Project (www.btlc.org). Stay tuned for results of this project over the next school year.