Old post, but I¡¯m bringing back to the fore-front and asking the group to share their own learning experiences. What has worked? What positive experiences you¡¯ve had during the last two months¡ ? What are future plans? ? This was on the old group, but it was and has been fascinating reading (I am always behind emails!) ? Jen and Parmesan ?
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From: OrientationAndMobility <orientationandmobility-bounces@...> On Behalf Of Katie Toennis
Sent: March 13, 2020 8:12 AM
To: Orientation and Mobility <orientationandmobility@...>
Subject: Re: [OrientationAndMobility] Covid 19 remote instruction? Thanks so much for these ideas so far! I'm excited to check out all of these resources! I love some of these activities you named Diane! I can't wait to sit down and check them out. ? I LOVE this discussion! I¡¯m working on an O&M virtual learning post . . . can I use your ideas listed here? This week, Paths to Technology has added a number of virtual instruction posts - check them out! I want to add some additional thoughts: - Provide specific questions about an O&M related app for the student to research and explore: How would you use (name app) when riding a new bus route?
- Have the student determine specific routes using tech and then be ablate give directions to a driver. (Route from school or other community location to student¡¯s home). Be sure to include landmarks! Allow the student to ask family or friends about important landmarks along the way.
- Have the student create and organize a digital file about routes he has learned in O&M lessons (can be school routes, community routes or routes inside businesses)
- Create tactile maps: of home, school, community, and/or inside local businesses - depending on the student¡¯s level.?
- Younger students: download and read teacher-created O&M-related ePub books available on Paths to Technology?
- ?(community O&M lesson - notice that the book mirrors self-familiarization techniques - the pages are in same order as Cody walks around the perimeter walls.)
- COMS, student or family members can create O&M related books and share with us via Paths to Technology!
- Blindfold games with O&M concepts (mental mapping, cardinal directions, grids right/left, etc.)
- Coding Concept activities with O&M concepts (grids, mental mapping, routes, etc.)?
- Find or assign Veroniiiica¡¯s posts about using tech to visit various places or how she uses various apps (She has over 100 posts - too many to list here!)
- Have a student transitioning to college? Lots of blog posts on this, including?
On Mar 13, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Chris Tabb <chris@...> wrote: ? Kathy,? We can never ¡°make¡± a student learn; we can only help to shape the environment for learning to occur. The ¡°distance¡± will make this more challenging and our role is to be creative as possible in helping connect the learners we work with to have resources, motivation to learn, and positive examples to be inspired by. It will all be a learning process for both the learner and the teachers.
? These are all great ideas...you all are very dedicated. I guess in my experience I always try to give student/families real world home/community activities, but follow thru is weak At best...just wondering w all the national stress over everything if you really believe students/families will welcome/do such activities? Or is it just our role to offer? Respectfully proud of all your efforts to alter how we do what we do. Kathy, COMS Maine? Kathy,? life has just got to be lived!
On Mar 13, 2020, at 8:17 AM, Chris Tabb <chris@...> wrote:
?Great ideas Kevin!!! For some students who do not have WiFi or smartphones with cameras in the home, the remote instruction may be more like playing the tech support role (with the ¡°tech¡± being O&M concepts). This might looking like being on a call with student and possibly parents while they build a tactile map of the child¡¯s room or the home together, practice some basic strategies, etc. This LiveBinder () has some resources about remote instruction (teletherapy, telehealth, etc.) to show ways that students and families may be served; specifically, there is a section with some video examples from other related fields that can be a great starting point for developing O&M ideas. The?emphasis here is on how we can creatively continue services in whatever way possible. Here are some ideas to get the creative process going and growing¡ Sending ¡°homework¡± activities for planning travel, such as the student using their smartphone to plan routes, public transportation options, etc.
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Asking parents to facilitate students making tactile maps of their room, home, etc. (this might be with construction paper, dry noodles, Elmer¡¯s glue, etc.)
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Asking parents to hold camera on computer or smart device connecting with Zoom so that you can encourage development of skills like upper and lower body protective techniques.
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Concepts that can be taught remotely over phone, Zoom, etc. ? Odd/Even for address systems ? Cardinal directions and clockface orientation
? Great question - I'm looking forward to this think tank, too!? For many kids, they will simply go into a "compensatory situation" in that we cannot provide the required instruction. We too were told that we cannot have student contact, especially in the community. So, if we cannot implement a lesson we will indicate the unavailability and tact them on down the road.? I'm going to develop some self-recorded videos for my students with low vision to explore the use of maps , web-based maps, and apps. Then, I plan to use Google Hangouts and/or JoinMe to deliver some live streaming (I hope). For my students who learn tactually, I'm going to develop some tactile maps (based off APH's Tactile Graphics resource from long ago) which will include some objectives and stories to develop map skills. I also plan to mail the kids some supplies for them to create maps of their home, neighborhood, grandma's house, etc. I'm at a loss what to do with cane instruction - I'm gonna lean on the family to get them out for some spring time walks and consider using FaceTime or Google Hangouts if the family is willing/able.? I'd love the field to drop some of these lessons into a live binder - like a pool of rainy day lessons.?
Hello all!? I am currently in the situation that my school districts are closing in person instruction for at least two weeks and some up to five weeks at this point. There are still a lot of questions about logistics, but it is sounding like instruction will need to occur remotely. Most students have access to Internet at home while a few may not. There may be the chance to work with some students in the community but I've been told to maintain a distance of 6 feet from my students and their families.? I'm sure many of you are in the same boat. I love the advice this group has and look forward to hearing ideas from you on how you plan to implement O and M instruction while in this situation. I have student of all ages and all levels. Let's hear those creative ideas....ready, go! This e-mail transmission from the Francis Howell School District including any accompanying data or files is confidential and is intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, an addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to an addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, using, copying, or distributing any part of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at the email address above, delete this email from your computer, and destroy any copies in any form immediately. Improper retention of this e-mail and any attachment(s) to this e-mail could subject you to legal action under pertinent federal and state statutes, and result in civil and criminal penalties.?_______________________________________________
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