Day 10 - July 16, 2010

Communication -- So many ways to communicate from gestures and facial expressions to email and ipod touches. Yet, as humans, our primary mode of communication would most likely be voice. However, for some (diagnosed with particular disabilities; i.e. autism, physical, cognitive)this is not always possible. Thankfully, our human race has also been blessed with the intelligence to develop a variety of assistive technology devices that can be used for communication purposes. This brings me to the Boardmaker Plus www.mayer-johnson.com that we learned how to use today. It appeared, at first, to be a bit overwhelming but as we worked through it, I discovered that it is fairly user friendly. It's potential and the need of our students far outweighs the learning curve incurred for using it.