Class 1 - Afternoon

The afternoon part of the class was about communication. When asked, "what is communication?" which seems like a relatively easy question is much more difficult to answer than one would think. Try it!


There are three factors for effective communication:

• common language
• communication partner
• focus - joint attention

Communication can be shown in a number of ways. Through verbal expression, phsyical gestures, behaviors and/or facial expression. For some individuals communicating with others can be difficult. The app Proloquo2go is designed to assist those in communicating.

While checking the app out I was surprized at the number of categories and within each category are folders. Too many folders at once would defintely be too much for a student. However, it seemed to cover everything that would be needed from shapes to questions to manners.

As a group we decided to come up with a conversation that may happen between a student with limited communication and a group of peers. We thought about how students in grade 8 would chat to one another about a school play. The app allows a picture cue to go with each sentence fragment then speaks the sentence for the student. How awesome is that!!


Here is what the app looks like with the different categories.