Beyond Assistive Technology: Essentials for the college student.

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Beyond Assistive Technology Essentials for the
college student.

• Joan Shindel OVR, York
• Michael Fiore The Sierra Group

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How is college different?

• From high school
• From 5 years ago
• From 20 years ago
• (Hint A lot has to do with the
• competitive changes in the labor
• market See The World is Flat by
• Thomas Friedman)

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The 5 things that most students think will work
out without a hitch

• I will be able to keep up with my assignments
  look at all the free time between classes.
• Managing my unstructured time will allow me to
  blossom like a flower in the warm summer sun.
• I write killer papers (see my essay What I did
  last winter break)
• Ill read a good 15-20 minutes per day - honest
• I can handle any math work they throw at me
  psst, whats an integer again?

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What to look for if youre afraid your kid will
struggle to succeed in college

• Workload
• Independence
• Reading skills
• Writing skills
• Critical thinking and listening skills
• Organizational skills

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The line between innovation and accommodation is
blurring

• Electronic texts
• Self directed work teams
• Facebook, blogs, and Wikis
• iGoogle and phone apps
• APA, MLA and Word
• Live Scribe in Target
  COSTCO

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The Big 4 Reading Speed/Comprehension, Creating
a paper, Note taking, and Organized studying

• Joan How to qualify and quantify the need.
• What students think
• What parents think

• Michael How to accommodate to achieve mastery.
• What students do
• What parents do

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Sample Paper Topic How is climate change
impacting food costs?
What is one way? What is one way?
Give an example that supports this way Example 1
Give an example that supports this way Example 2
What is the opposite of this example Example 1
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Basic Assistive Technology

• Speech input Naturally Speaking www.nuance.com
• Speech output ZoomText www.aisuqared.com or
  Natural Reader www.naturalreaders.com
• Macros X-Keys www.xkeys.com

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What can you do

• If your child is still in high school

• If your child is already in college

• Joan
• IEPs
• Homework
• Tracking and monitoring

• Michael
• Resources
• Strategies
• Tracking and monitoring

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Your presenters

• Joan Shindel

• Michael Fiore

• PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, York, PA
• 717-771-4407

• The Sierra Group, King of Prussia, PA
• 610-992-0288