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of communication devices like back 
when I first started and this is

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going to look kind of like this 
and so um we had like two options

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so kids were working on this today so they 
recorded something new but no so you just

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record it like that no and then um so any two 
things like what's the weather today sunny cloudy

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and then somebody could answer a question pretty 
quickly so I mean quick and easy but requires the

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assistance of someone else um like an adult or a 
peer partner to operate um and only two options.

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Um so and then this is similar um um and it had 
three options and then both of these can also

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control um things that really we don't have very 
many of anymore but switch operated devices. So

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any battery operated thing like a lamp or a fan 
or a toy or a bubble machine or something that

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takes like batteries like double A's or C's or 
something, you could plug a cord from this that

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has a battery interrupter and then you could turn 
it off and on um using these devices. So that was

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kind of helpful too, especially for kids that were 
learning cause and effect. Um so again, recording

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three things, not always not very many things, but 
you know, better than two. So I don't know what's

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on here. blue, yellow, red. So, when um I do a 
visit in my classroom, I usually ask kids to think

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about imagine that we're going to do a read aloud 
and our story has some animals in it. And so,

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we're going to get this set so that our friend who 
doesn't communicate verbally can help us with the

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animal sounds. And so, then I would say, okay, so 
maybe um our story is set in a barnard. So, we're

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going to have a pig. And then I'd do this and then 
they'd all oink. And then so I'd be like, "Okay,

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we're going to have a pig." So, you guys do it. 
Ready? Go. All right. And now we're going to have

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a chicken. And we're going to have a horse. Yay. 
All right. So then I'll turn up a little bit. So

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then they're very enthusiastic about this. Um and 
then that was up all the way. We were quietly. Um,

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so then they could sort of get their head around 
like how this might be useful and to a student to

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communicate with. Um, and then I remind them that 
I have Velcro on here so I could add some visual

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labels to kind of help someone um, know how to 
know what they're about to say. And then um,

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I also showed them um, the next next generation 
of devices um, similar low midte devices. These

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are also recordable, but um this one only has 
that has five levels and nine options and and

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then three that are static so that you would 
put the important things there that would stay

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with you on each level. Um so you only have like 
really 45 things to say on this one and this one

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has eight levels um and eight at the most. 
So you could say 64 things on this one. So

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um so again, not a whole lot but better than 
better than um two or three things to say. Um

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and then iPad's definitely revolutionized the 
world of communication devices. Um so I have a

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lot of different apps on here and Dee is amazing 
and she put um most of the apps that students at

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our school are using on these devices so that 
students in their class could get hands- on and

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try this out. um but also some other ones just 
so they can kind of get an idea of what's out

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there in the world. So um so for you guys when I 
hand this to you just so you know if you haven't

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used a communication device before um this 
one is touch chat and so anything that you say

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um like hello anything that goes up here in this 
top bar then if you touch the top bar it'll say

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it again. So if you add hello good morning 
then it's going to say hello good morning.

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um then anything with a little arrow is 
going to open more options. So um similarly

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um and then of course these are infinitely 
expandable because you can just always add

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options within options within options. Um so 
this one similar setup um but a little gray

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corner means it's going to open more options. 
Um, I do have two students that are using um,

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this app to communicate. Um, and this one has like 
some quick things that you might need to say along

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the side. Um, it sort of organizes things. 
Whoops. It sort of organizes things for you

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and helps guide you towards building a sentence. 
Good job. So, this one is um, TV snap. And then

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um Then I have some other ones over here. And 
then that one that one is snap. Um so that and

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then we put on this one. Um I have one user who is 
using Prolord for text. Um he used to use Prolo to

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go which had pictures on it and I think that mini 
has proquo to go. Um, this one is Avaz and I will

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love to show you what how that adds a little 
interest to it. Um, but he really already he

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knows how to say how to spell and type everything 
that he wants to say and the pictures were really

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just kind of a distraction for him. So, we just 
went to this. So, he just types what he wants to

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say and then presses play and then it speaks it. 
So, which has been a good step forward because he

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really just likes the pictures sometimes more than 
the actual function of the communication. And so,

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we kind of cut off that loop. So, um so that 
was really um fourth grade. So, he's 10. So,

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um okay. And then you guys and then so that one 
again you should be able to put anything and then