[senit] Switch access to music and video

If im being terribly honest we may be missing the point of "pop" which

Another important use of "pop" videos with learners who have more severe
cognitive impairment is to create cultural competency.  Our learners are
very likely to prefer music/videos which are not appropriate for there
chronological age.  For example 18 year olds who want to watch videos of the
Wiggles or similar pre-school program.  Giving our students alternate access
to age appropriate videos exposes them to music and images that their peers
listen to and therefore increase cultural competency.  I would much rather
risk my students spending ten or fifteen minutes viewing non-curriculum
related music videos than not intervene when my students continue to watch
what we call in my classroom "baby videos".

As to the access issue I have had an excellent experience using a four
button video game controller with the free Joy-to-Key software to give my
students access to Windows Media Player.  (This could have also worked with
iTunes, WinAmp or any other media player.  Here is a blog entry I wrote
about it:
http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2007/05/awesome-adaptation-kidstation-and-joy.html

We use this adaptation in the classroom every day.  It could easily be used
at home and since Joy to Key can turn any off the shelf controller into an
adaptive device you can skip the switch interface and switch.  Just get an
off the shelf video game controller and program the buttons on it to run the
media program with Joy to Key.

Kate

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:24 AM, David Banes <david.banes at abilitynet.org.uk>
wrote:

> If im being terribly honest we may be missing the point of "pop" which
> is rarely likely to provide useful educational material outside of
> itself as videos can give cultural reference points and a sense of the
> fashions and norms of any time but one can over extend
>
> Useful things to look for is a sense of time and place in a video, even
> if constructed, or to look at the relationship between the words and the
> image - what has suggested a particular image to the director etc
>
> Have fun
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> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of david fettes
> Sent: 10 May 2008 14:20
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [senit] Switch access to music and video
>
> thanks Sally, your powerpoint pop video guide has
> inspired me to have another go at this in training
> sessions with staff. Students do love pop videos,any
> ideas how to make them more "educational"?! in
> content. eg instead of only watching britney or
> whoever, on a pop video she could be holding a
> symbolled sign saying don't do drugs. that is not a
> serious suggestion but how could switch pop videos be
> more incorporated into lessons-
> literacy/maths/pse/humanities etc more ? I suppose the
> content of the song is important.anyone done a
> cross-ref of popular songs with key themes/concepts?!
> David
> --- Sally Paveley <sallyp at advisory-unit.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Do any of the applications you have set up at school
> > to play music/video
> > files have players; PowerPoint and SwitchIt Maker 2
> > have downloadable
> > players and can be used to play music and video
> > clips.  If so you can send
> > activities you have made home along with a player
> > and the switches.
> >
> > There are some pop videos on The Whiteboard Room
> > website and of course there
> > are the pop videos on the Priory Woods website which
> > are ready to use.
> >
> > I have created a blank pop video PowerPoint that I
> > use on courses for people
> > to have a go at creating their own.  I have now put
> > this, along with the
> > instructions, into the Information/Program Guides
> > section of The Whiteboard
> > Room. www.whiteboardroom.org.uk
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "barry andrews" <barryandy1966 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > To: "SENIT" <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:11 AM
> > Subject: [senit] Switch access to music and video
> >
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > >  I work with a student switch user who enjoys
> > listening to music. Is there
> > > an easy way for her to access music and/or video
> > files on her home
> > > computer. In school we have various applications
> > that will allow this but
> > > her home computer doesn't have any AT resources
> > set up. She could borrow a
> > > switch interface and switches to try out if we can
> > come up with a simple
> > > way to do it.
> > >
> > >  Thanks
> > >
> > >  Barry
> > >
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Kate Ahern, M.S.Ed.
www.teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com