In the extranormal video link below, I present a product called Timecue. Timecue is designed to remind individuals of things that need to be done in their life with vioce and picture cues set to a clock/calendar. This product could be very helpful to an individual who is working and needs help remembering things that need to be completed for their job. The more a person can do a job independently without having to be watched, the more success that individual is likely to have. Watch the video for more details: https://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13450896/timecue
Activity #2 Response
2) Please respond to one of the following questions pertaining to this module's readings and session. Use an innovative technology, such as the animations we have used throughout this session, to communicate your response. Follow the instructions below (or use any other technology you would like to try out!) to animate your response, and copy & paste the video link to the Comment Box below.
- How does cost impact access to and ownership of assistive technology?
- What ATs would be useful in helping someone with a disability be successful at his/her job?
- What role does technology play, if at all, in preparing a student for transitioning to higher education, employment and/or independent living after graduatiing from high school?
XTRANORMAL
We used a free animation development website, www.xtranormal.com, for our instructional session and have provided instructions below on how to use it, but if there is another technology you would like to try out, feel free to do so! Other animation sites that you could use are also included below.
Instructions for using Xtranormal:
1. Create a free account at https://www.xtranormal.com/
2. Choose a “collection.” This determines the basic features of your actor.
3. Click the ONE actor button under your chosen collection.
4. Choose one voice for your actor from the drop down menu.
5. Optional: choose one background sound or music.
6. Write the text to describe your selected AT.
7. Choose one motion (drag the icon into the text box to determine when your motion occurs).
8. Choose one camera angle (drag the icon into the text box to determine when your angle occurs).
9. Choose one point option (drag the icon into the text box to determine when your point occurs).
10. Preview your animation.
11. Publish your animation. You will be prompted to give your animation a name. Wait a few minutes for the animation to upload.
12. Once your story is published, click on the thumbnail.
13. On the right side of the page, click "Embed the Xtranormal Player" and pick the largest size (640 x 360), then copy the code in the bottom box.
14. Return to our website and follow the instructions above to post your response in the Activity sub-page.
Other animation sites:
https://www.fluxtime.com/
https://goanimate.com/
https://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html
https://www.kerpoof.com/
https://goanimate.com/
https://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html
https://www.kerpoof.com/
Topic: Activity #2 Response
Re: Activity 2
Marriah White | 05/28/2012
I like your video and the way he waves at the end. Good job and thanks for sharing.
Activity 2
Stephanie Heironimus | 05/22/2012
https://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13446531/at-activity
Response to Activity 2
Jenny Lin | 05/22/2012
How does cost impact access to and ownership of assistive technology?
Wheelchair and related issues
https://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13443486
Re: Response to Activity 2
Christine Tan | 05/23/2012
This is a very creative response that addresses the issue! Loved it!
Activity #2
MacKenzie Parsons | 05/21/2012
1.) What ATs would be useful in helping someone with a disability be successful at his/her job?
This question can have a variety of answers depending on what the individuals disability and job opportunity are. "Reserachers have identified several factors that contribute to the bleak employment outcomes for individuals who use AAC. These factors include pysical access barriers to workplace tools and environments, transportation problems, and personal care issues (Inge, Strobel, Wehman, Todd, & Targett, 2000; Light et al., 1996). Physical and communication disabilities place limitations on the ability of indivudals to perform specific employment duties, thereby limiting the range of potential job categories, and, in turn, making it more difficult to find a good math between the individual's skills and employers needs (McNaughton, Light, & Gulla, 2003). The use of AT's also depends on the employers view of AT, their knowledge of specific AT's, and if they allow their employee's the opportunity to showcase their skill level with AT. The way I would answer this question after looking at this weeks readings is that any and every AT would be useful in helping someone with a disability be successful at his/her job. At the end of the day, the individual needs their AT to complete specific tasks or skills that are asked of them. The AT levels the playing field and helps aid with the individuals disability, to make them as successful as they can be.
Re: Activity #2
Christine Zapf | 05/28/2012
Thanks for the response. I like how you said that the AT will "level the playing field"-- this is exactly what I feel every AT should do in any area of life. People with disabilities should look to ATs to make them as successful as someone without disabilities.