Anthony

Anthony page: Hello! My name is Anthony Becker and I've been working in Special Education for about 4 years now. I have and continue to use assistive technology and look forward to more cool stuff in this class!


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Hi Anthony,

It's quite interesting to read your interpretations!

Did you mean to say the caption was "Lord Jesus, hear our prayer" instead of "hear out prayer"?

Could you explain further what you meant in the following sentence: "To me, it suggests most of the immigrants were male, that they were better dressed then we are now, and that they brought only small amounts of luggage with them." What do you mean they were better dressed then than men are now? Please be more specific?

I was just looking at the picture from a totally innocent point of view and interpret the photo as if I had no prior knowledge of the era of the picture. The reason I said that most immigrants were male is because the majority of the immigrants in the photo were male. I said they were better dressed because they are walking around the pier in sport coats, ties, shirts with collars, not jeans or sweatpants with flip flops and a backwards Sox hat. They were also carrying small amounts of luggage so I assumed that is all the luggage they brought with them. They very well could of had a huge trunk with them below deck or something, but I like to think that all their possessions from the "old world" fit in those small luggage bags.

**Tech Share:**
I choose to start this project by presenting the Ipad 2. I choose this type of technology because I’ve seen it used in many different type of situation, both social and educational, and I’m amazed by it every time I see it in action. The most concrete and helpful way I’ve seen it used is through a program called [|__Proloquo2Go__] . This is essentially a Dynavox on the Ipad. It’s a communication device that accurately and quickly allows the user to access hundreds of words and phrases.

I’ve seen this application in action with an older participant I have worked with through the Special Recreation Association I work for. He is a 21 year old male with non-verbal autism. The only way he can communicate his needs is through screaming, a very loud, disruptive, and quite frankly, annoying way of communication. His parents have bought him an Ipad and he uses Proloquo2Go incredibly well. He can tell you how he’s feeling, what he needs (bathroom, water, etc) and what he wants to do in a matter of seconds because he knows this program so well by now. I’m going to attach a few youtube videos of people using this application. Let me know what you think.

[|__This is Max__] . He is just first trying to use Proloquo2Go. Even for a first timer, you can see how easy this App is to navigate. It can even talk to you.

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[|__This__] one shows how quickly the App is to customize for the individual.