This is the slideshow for a breakout session at the Idaho Council for Exceptional Children Conference 2012.

1. Being Your Best on a
Limited Budget:
Collaborative Professional
Development
Sally Norton-Darr, MS CCC-SLP
Christopher R. Bugaj, MS CCC-SLP

2. Contact Us!
 Sally Norton-Darr
◦ snortondarr@yahoo.com
 Christopher Bugaj
◦ attipscast@gmail.com
◦ @attipscast via Twitter
◦ www.tinyurl.com/attipscast
◦ www.attipscast.wordpress.com
For More Info: Facebook Site:
http://iste.org/chewat http://bit.ly/atbookfb
Download a PDF of this entire presentation at
http://slideshare.net/attipscast

3. Social Bookmarking

4. Our
AT Team…
had three
problems.

5. Too App-alanche!
Many
Good
Resources!
Stuff we FOUND
and CREATED

6. How to
share these
with educators?

7. Do we want our website to
be dynamic or static?
Some team members want one way,
Other team members want it the other way.

8. Solution: Social Bookmarking!
It’s a
SNAP!
www.commoncraft.com/video/social-bookmarking

10. Show Them! Show Them! Show
Them! Show Them! Show Them!
Show Them! Show Them! Show
Them! Show Them! Show Them!
Show Them! Show Them!

11. Use the
toolbar
Give it a title,
description, &
tags
Save to a
library or
group

12. Tagging Search for
TAGS

13. Other Points
 Shared Login vs. Individual Logins
 Private (Internal) vs. Public (Open)
 Library vs. Groups
 Highlighter & Sticky Note Tools
 Subscribe via RSS
 There’s an app!
 Delicious.com
is an alternative

14. Solutions
Now we can search all
shared resources.
Now we can share LISTS
(tags) of resources with
community & educators.
http://bit.ly/idahocecbookmarks
We have both a static and
a dynamic web site.

15. http://bit.ly/lcpsatdiigogroup
www.diigo.com/user/attipscast

16. Which is
simpler
and more
memorable?

17. This….
http://attipscast.wor
dpress.com/2011/02
/01/episode-68-at-
smackdown-atia-
2011-orlando/

18. Or this….
http://bit.ly/atsmackdown

19. Bit.ly
Free
Create memorable URLS
Gather metrics
NOT NECESSARILY SHORTER,
JUST MORE MEMORABLE!

20. Capitalization Counts!
http://bit.ly/nlsitunes
This Does
NOT Work
This
Works
http://bit.ly/NLSiTunes

21. Multimodal PD
 Videos (PACER example)
◦ AT Minutes-
www.youtube.com/pacercenter
 Podcasts: A.T.TIPScast & Edceptional
 RSS (How to subscribe in Google Reader)

22. Duplicate
Yourself!!!

23. The Theater
5 minute faculty meeting tips
Face-to-Face Workshops
 Customized by school needs
Website (www.lcps.org/at)
 Handpicked resources
 FAQs
 Training Videos
Strategy-A-Day Calendar
 One strategy a day, rip-off calendar
23

24. The Home Theater
AT Tonight DVDs
Teachers check out
the DVD, watch
the videos, answer
questions and
return to get staff
development
credit. 24

25. Podcasts on CD as PD Workshops
Burn podcasts onto CDs to play in the car!
Try it with the A.T.TIPSCAST
- 13 Volumes completed
- Download the question booklets from the
"Free PD Kits" link
- Distribute to participants
Three big problems addressed!
1. Time (we all commute)
2. Technology competency
3. No need for Internet at home

27. Follow-up Activities
Discuss what you’ve learned!
Create a product!

28. Training by
Community Building
When training on a specific tool that is not
available to general educators (for example, a
specific AAC device)
form communities
of educators who
are working with
students who are
using these devices.

29. Establish a
Personal Learning Network
 PLN – Your own community of individuals you
go to when you need support
 Methods-
◦ Facebook (Groups – Open & Private)
◦ Twitter
◦ Moodle (or Blackboard?)
◦ Blog
◦ Google Plus
◦ LinkedIn
◦ Happy Hours 

30. Part of a Larger Community
 QIAT LISTSERV - http://bit.ly/joinqiat
 http://bit.ly/idahoclearinghouse
 Existing social networking groups
◦ Assistive Technnology on Facebook
 Raise awareness by presenting at conferences
◦ ATIA, CTG, TechKnowledgy, Idaho CEC, etc.
◦ Many strategies overlap – so they aren’t just for
your students