Integrated
Technology Services
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ITS
TechTalk - End of Year 2005 |
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Bill
Reeder |
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Cheryl
Temple |
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Ellie
Stack |
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ITS
Summer School Support
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Bill Reeder |
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Integrated
Technology Services will again provide assistive
technology (AT) support to students with disabilities
attending Summer School. Twelve ITS staff members
and six of our TOPS teachers will be providing
on-site support on a regular basis throughout
the summer session. We have indicated to Summer
School Principals that ITS will:
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Assign
an ITS staff person to each summer school
site who will establish a regularly scheduled
support time.
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Provide
software, peripherals and communication
devices as needed.
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Offer
additional summer software checkout as
requested.
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Provide
each summer school special education class
with appropriate software as needed.
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Offer
on-site training opportunities as requested.
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Offer
course specific summer school training
with specific software.
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Send
a staff member with a variety of ITS software
to training sessions on 7/8/04 and 7/9/04.
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Send
an ITS staff member to each site to collect
all of the software and equipment at the
end of summer school.
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Provide
project support to special education staff
members by request. Projects could include,
but are not limited to:
AlphaSmarts |
Digital
Cameras |
PowerPoint |
Boardmaker |
Draft:Builder |
Simon
Sounds It Out |
BuildAbility |
Inspiration/Kidspiration |
Start-to-Finish
Books |
Co:Writer |
IntelliTools
Software |
Write:OutLoud |
Danas |
Internet
Research |
WordMaker |
For
more information contact Dianne Caron or Kathy
Rini, ITS Summer School Coordinators at 703-204-3939.
Specific requests for summer school support
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"Write
On!"
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Bill Reeder |
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Invitations
for students who qualify to attend the ITS
summer writing camp, “Write On,” have
been sent and approximately 40 students will
be attending camp at ITS this year. Remember
that "Write On!" will focus on students
currently receiving ITS support for writing
who will be taking the writing
SOL in 5th grade. Camp "Write On" will
be a half day, full week program and will be
held the week of August 8, 2005, at both Dunn
Loring Center and West Potomac High School.
For more information contact your school’s
ITS case manager.
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Rock
On,
A Writing Adventure
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Cheryl Temple |
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The
staff at ITS has developed a week-long, half-day
program for rising eighth graders currently
receiving support for writing from ITS and
who will be taking the writing Standards of
Learning (SOL) test in eighth grade. This progam
will be held at Rocky Run MS the week of August
8, 2005. If you have any questions about this
program, please contact your ITS caseload manager.
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Fourth
Annual Chatterbox
Fun Fair
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Ellie Stack |
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Integrated
Technology Services held its fourth annual Chatterbox
Fun Fair on Saturday, May 21, at Kings Glen Elementary
School in Springfield. This Fun Fair was designed
for students in preschool through sixth grade
who use picture symbols or speech output devices
to communicate. Over 300 students and their families
attended this year’s Chatterbox Fun Fair
which featured traditional fun fair games and
activities especially adapted for students with
limited verbal skills. The students used communication
boards with picture symbols and communication
devices to produce a verbal message at each of
the games, activities, and snack table. Students
and their families had an opportunity to explore
various communication devices and to talk with
other children and families who use technology
or picture boards to enhance communication.
For
more information regarding the Chatterbox Fun
Fair and for pictures from this year’s
event, please visit the web site:
http://www.fcps.edu/ss/its/Chatterbox/
The
Washington Post also ran a nice article that
described the fair.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/21/AR2005052100579.html
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