Assignment #1 Proloquo2go

       I think, that I could get caught up creating elaborate boards, on Proloquo2go.   In this assignment, we were asked to create a communication board for a given subject. We chose Lisa who was a University student and a Mother, who had lost her ability to speak when she was young child.  We tried to keep most of her case true to her video, but we needed her to still be a minor.  So, Mike and Ken and I imagined Lisa to be a High School student. 
      Mike made an Ultimate activity for Lisa,

and Ken, made a cooking lesson for her. She will make a delicious stir fry.

      I created an activity where she had to find examples of good Marketing strategies being put to use in the grocery store.  For example, she would have to look through a grocery store near the school to see if the displays were visually pleasing and following the basic principles of advertizing that she had been learning about in class.

      We found that in some ways working with an older and very intelligent student made the board creation to be simpler, but yet in some ways it was not.  For example, it was easier because we weren't limited in the words we could use, yet on the other hand, designing a board with that much vocabulary requires more organization to keep it user-friendly.
      We decided to keep some of the pictures on the buttons in order to make it easier for her to find the buttons quickly.  That is the down side of having a lot of buttons to control--it is much harder for her to find them. I found the grid size was something that was hard to get used to.  It was a delicate balance.  If you put too many on one page, it makes the board busy, but if you don't then you have to toggle back and forth among folders. 
       It is easy to see how this program could be used for many students. I am wondering about whether schools would still want to pay for Proloquo2go for a student is diagnosed as Non-verbal, but who also has trouble with following directions, and is often without an EPA.  Is it still the case that Principals, or School Boards would take the chance to pay for an App that is guaranteed not to completely cure the problem?  Would it be better to spend money on an EPA that can prevent a student from getting distracted?  There are other apps that may serve as an alternative, as well.  Perhaps Clicker Sentences would be more useful.  Let me know what you think.
       Thank you, Mike and Ken!  Lisa is in good hands. "Ultimately" She is really Cooking now!