CHAT - Connecting to Distance Services From YM Ande: Enjoying the music From Lynn Ouellette: Can private school students/families access these programs you are describing? From Donna Clemens: https://ttap.disabilitystudies.utexas.edu/training-and-education From Carol Davidson: Last week I viewed the screen reader webinar. I did th survey, but didn't see any place to put in the code. I didn't get any other emails. From Cindy Anderson Arlington ISD: The code is in the survey. From Lynn Ouellette: Juno From Debi Walters: ScreenLeap is just like JoinMe. Pay a monthly fee. Teacher goes to the website and logs in. They get a nine digit code that they then give to the student. Student enters the code on the website from their device and then they can see the teacher's screen on their computer. From Rita Phillips Dunn: Go Guardian is similar to Join me -- District set up From Lynn Ouellette: Who pays the fee and approves the software? From Debi Walters: IT has been great! From YM Ande: All From Debi Walters: Just need to make sure to show teachers how to pause the screen sharing if they go to check their emails! From Rita Phillips Dunn: Go Guardian -- Elem and MS From Lynn Ouellette: We have Clevershare and it worked with a student on one campus but only for a few days. Then the connectivity was dropping. Another campus the Clevershare does not work. (Big urban district) From Alex Dirver: Because our teachers are so familiar with zoom ( due to virtual learning) is has worked great from our kinder all the way up to twelfth! From Debi Walters: I start my kids in elementary but by high school they usually prefer the presented information to be shared via email or on Google Classroom. From Belinda Rudinger: I LOVE SENSWITCHER! 🙂 From Lynn Ouellette: I like that Tarheel has higher level topics in lower level reading levels. From Christina Abbracciavento: Can you please put the links for the websites you are referencing in the chat? From Donna Clemens: https://www.teq.com/making-your-smart-board-more-accessible/ From Donna Clemens: https://www.ldatschool.ca/smartboards/ From Donna Clemens: https://www.ldatschool.ca/smartboards/ From Donna Clemens: https://tarheelreader.org/find/?search=&category=Fict&reviewed=R&audience=E&language=en&page=1 From Christina Abbracciavento: Thank you 🙂 From Lynn Ouellette: When I taught Self-Contained it was great on touchscreen smartboard for turn taking... From Donna Clemens: https://www.perkins.org/resource/learn-more-about-smart-boards/ From Donna Clemens: https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/students-low-vision-using-ipads-view-interactive-whiteboards/ From Donna Clemens: https://www.ualberta.ca/western-canadian-centre-for-deaf-studies/media-library/documents/b-vi-handouts/tipsandtricksimprovingaccessibilitytoelectronicboardnotesforstudentswithvisualimpairments.pdf From Amy Scepaniak: Had a teacher tell me her students Jupiter distant mode is not working? Any trouble shooting ideas? I From Carrie Spellmeyer: I have a kindergarten student with albinism. He is not currently using any devices, but has access to an Ipad. What would you suggest as a first device to trial? use the ipad or try a CCTV? From Marlisa Jacobs: Are other people using voice dream reader and having success From Christina Abbracciavento: In terms of the apps/software you mentioned at the start, what would you recommended that would work for interactivity? (e.g. Google Meet etc.) From Marlisa Jacobs: I have a student with albinism using a Jupiter and she is loving it From Carol Davidson: Have you used th Voice Dream Scanner app? From Cindy Anderson: voice dream reader? or voice dream writer? From Jill Cribbs: Voice Dream Scanner is great too From Cindy Anderson: what happened to fnfb reader? From Carol Davidson: Can you give a brief tutorial on how to use the scanner app? From Belinda Rudinger: Agreed-love VoiceDream!!! From Michael Cantino: SeeingAI is great though From Carol Davidson: Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! From Rita Phillips Dunn: Love SeeingAl From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: I would love that as well - I'm familiar with VoiceDream Reader, but have never seen VoiceDream Scanner From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: My student emails her BrailleNote files to her teachers From Marlisa Jacobs: I have done that with Braille note through blue tooth. My student love being able to access canvas that way From Taylor VanderHeiden: Voice Dream Scanner is actually built in to the VDR app! From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: Good to know - thanks! I will have to look into it From Taylor VanderHeiden: If you click the plus button as if to download a new book or file, you’ll see Scanner as one of the options. It’s great to have it built in to one app! From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: Wonderful, thanks Tayler! From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: (I mean Taylor, whoops!) From Taylor VanderHeiden: No worries! From Carrie Spellmeyer: thank you! good ideas! From Penni Houser: Great info as always! From Joshua Kimball-Cobbs: Thank you Donna, these Tea Times are very helpful! From Marlisa Jacobs: Thank you so much. Great information and discussions as always From Donna Clemens: https://forms.gle/GRaDfpk5rsKCBSQk9 From Christina Abbracciavento: Thank you 🙂