Down and Dirty with Proloquo2Go

We spent the greatest part of this evening developing the communication grids for Christian, our Grade 6 student who needed assistance with communication. We had spent sometime considering what folders and buttons (the displays of language) would be needed. It took longer than I thought to get moving and I find the noise-level of our classroom distracting (my ADD was acting up). After a few false starts and with help from Barb and Anita we began on our assignment. By the end of the evening we had created what we believe to be an efficient and effective tool for our case study student. It would, of course, be easier to develop these grids if we were actually working with a student in our school. While we were able to create our own set of facts it lacks the personality of the student. I can also see the benefit of working with the student, when possible, to co-create and text out the grids to ensure that they meet the needs of the students and those with whom he or she is communicating. While our initial endeavors seemed to be very time consuming and frustrating I can see the usefulness of this app and am sure that, with practise, we would become much more efficient in developing, assessing and adapting this tool for our students. Presentations are on the 24th...should be interesting to see what the others have developed.