Tech @15 Award Program Name of Member Name, Address, Phone of School Central Bucks High School East 2804 Holicong Road Doylestown, PA 18902 267-893-2300
Name of Principal Abram M. Lucabaugh, Principal Martin Hayes, House Principal Luke Hadfield, House Principal Kevin T. Shillingford, House Principal
Jill Schweizer, Special Education Supervisor
E-Mail Address of Principal [email protected] [email protected]
Detailed Description of Specific Requesting financial support to purchase Electronic Technology Need 7-8 Apple iPod Touches. Each iPod Touch can be purchased from Best Buy at the current value of $199.00.
We will also be purchasing the following applications: Iprompts I converse Talk Picture scheduler Behavior tracker
Statement of Benefit See Attached
iPod Touch Request for Autistic Support Program at Central Bucks East
The students in the Autistic Support Program at Central Bucks East have many talents. They are social, they are excited to learn and they strive to be happy once they leave school. The challenges they face are many; two challenges that we focus on are communication and independence.
On behalf of the students in the Autistic Support program the Teach @15 request is for iPod touches. These iPod touches will enhance the communication opportunities for these students as well as give them a means to increase independence in activities.
One specific activity the iPod touches will be used for is that of scheduling and list making.
Once a week, the class comes together to cook lunch as a group and to eat together as a class. The following activities are used in this activity that will be enhances by the iPod touch.
The lesson plans implemented with the iPod touches would be suitable for a variety of student populations, and these lessons will be able to be replicated using the technology with various groups of students. This activity and associated lesson materials could serve as a model for other schools to use.
Activity Use of iPod touch Students preview and select menu Students review choices on touch items for cooking and vote for favorite Lists are created to be purchased at Students create group list grocery store Individual lists created for students task at store Students go to store to purchase Students use list on touch to collect items items for purchase If stuck, students can request help from any employee using picture screen and voice command on touch Students review list and categorize Items from list are used in items for cooking each item categories Recipes are reviewed and followed Step by step recipes can be created using picture and voice prompts, students can follow iPod touch recipe with little need for adult prompting Table set Students use video model on touch screen to follow model in table setting Dining together Students can use pre-programmed conversation starters and answers to conduct conversations over lunch and students can also record their own voice to help them communicate “on demand”