Welcome to the District Partner Meeting 2010

                               This year the District Partner Meeting will be held at the Kingfisher Spa and Resort outside of Courtenay, BC. 

                                                                                 The meeting will be held over 2 days.    

November 22 p.m. only

1.  Welcome/ Intros                                              DP wiki URL http://districtpartners2010.pbworks.com/

2.  Role of DP

• DP Quick facts
• DP Binders
• Time lines,   
• SET Partner

3.  New forms

• District Screening Checklist 

• Request for Service

• One point solution considerations
• Seven point solutions considerations
• Speech to Text considerations
• District Planning Guide
• SET-BC and District IT
• SET FLEX loan Bank
  

4.  District sharing 

• SD 68 low tech adaptations checklist (try this first form)
• Share point in SD 61 (data and transitioning)
• SD 70 wiki (resources)  http://setresources.pbworks.com 

                    To gain access please e-mail Jayne Chase jchase@sd70.bc.ca or Jean Cruickshank jcruickshank@sd70.bc.ca

• SD 61 Web Kurzweil 12 (district images)
• SD 62 (Standard Installation of Kurzweil) 

5.  Ipod touch and Ipad sharing 

• Proloquo2go
• Wiki   http://istuff4learners.pbworks.com
• ipod projects         
• District discussion 

4:00 Wrap up            

 *5:45 Dinner reservations at the Kingfisher        

November 23

8:00 - 9:00 -  Breakfast/Networking

9:00 - 12:45 - Meeting

1.  SET-BC website

• What's New?

2.  UDL and what can your district do?

• Guest Presenter Mallory Burton (9:15 to 9:45)
• Sharing and discussion
• www.bcudl.pbworks.com
• www.techtoolbelts.pbworks.com
• www.bccurriculum.pbworks.com
  

3.  How to Read E-text Presentation

• How to Actively Read E-text Using Kurzweil

4.  AAC and Literacy/ Tar heel reader 

• Notes Summary
• Encouraging Emergent Writers
• Writing with Alternative Pencils
• Tarheel Reader Instructions 

5.  Upcoming workshops and Events

• Boardmaker Studio  (Victoria) Dec 1st
• Physical Access Road Show
• South Island (Victoria) Dec 7th
  
• North Island (Courtenay) Dec 9th
  
• ALT-Chat (Parksville) Jan 6th
• AT for IT  (Victoria) Feb 18th
• AAC SLP Networking/ Sharing (ongoing Victoria and Parksville)
• Online same time software training through SET-BC Website - news and events tab> events calendar (ongoing)
  

12:45 - 1:45 - Lunch

Below are links to documents, pdfs and websites

• Centre for Literacy & Disability Studies/ TarHeel Reader / Switch Accessible Youtube
• How to Read E-Text
• iStuff4Learners
• Including Students in the Curriculum
• Vision Documents - Reading and Writing Strategies for Students with Visual Impairments