The Butterflies have Landed at Park Lane P.S. - co-teach example using alternative access devices (switches)

The Butterflies have Landed at Park Lane

Two teachers at Park Lane, Paula MacLellan and Cindy Price, were involved in the Alternative Access Device Project this year.  Both teachers co-planned and co-taught a lesson with Itinerant Resource Teacher, Renée Keberer, around using various software and “switch” devices to further allow their students to interact and engage in lessons and activities. The school received caterpillars this year and thus lessons were created around this theme. Voice output devices were used for the morning welcome and to “call” the butterflies. These devices allow students to have a voice and communicate in a different way. PowerPoint software was used to create Cause and Effect activities and Choice Boards.

Cause and Effect with a Spring theme - Using containers in ActivInspire for feedback at Park Lane P.S.

Cause and Effect at Park Lane

Tahmina Khan, special education teacher at Park Lane P.S., co-planned and taught a Cause and Effect lesson with Itinerant Resource Teacher, Renée Keberer, on the Promethean Interactive Whiteboard that her classroom received this year. A visual schedule was created whereby students would be able to drag picture symbols of activities that they completed throughout the day onto their calendar. Working on the theme of “Spring”, many activities were created, such as a Container Activity with immediate visual and auditory feedback and a variety of Cause and Effect activities.