Connection, Purpose, Progress- MCS-BSU Innovation Summit

Do you teach students who need support with their language, listening, and communication? During this presentation, speakers can expect to hear about a variety of communication modes, types, and tools. They will get an opportunity to explore Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), brainstorm classroom uses, and prep visual cards for daily use.

As a public agency, Muncie Community Schools is now required to meet new federal guidelines for digital accessibility. What does that mean? It means writing and posting in clear, simple language that is easy to understand. Information must be organized with meaningful headings, short paragraphs, and lists when appropriate. We must provide descriptive text for images, captions for videos, and transcripts for audio content. Any links need to have meaningful text instead of phrases like "click here." All content needs to be readable by screen readers and understood by people with a wide range of abilities, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, or motor disabilities. The goal is to make information accessible, usable, and understandable for everyone. Andy and Cynthia will share insights on how to do this when messaging to families or the general public.

Do you teach students who need support with their language, listening, and communication? During this presentation, speakers can expect to hear about a variety of communication modes, types, and tools. They will get an opportunity to explore Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), brainstorm classroom uses, and prep visual cards for daily use.

As a public agency, Muncie Community Schools is now required to meet new federal guidelines for digital accessibility. What does that mean? It means writing and posting in clear, simple language that is easy to understand. Information must be organized with meaningful headings, short paragraphs, and lists when appropriate. We must provide descriptive text for images, captions for videos, and transcripts for audio content. Any links need to have meaningful text instead of phrases like "click here." All content needs to be readable by screen readers and understood by people with a wide range of abilities, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, or motor disabilities. The goal is to make information accessible, usable, and understandable for everyone. Andy and Cynthia will share insights on how to do this when messaging to families or the general public.

As a public agency, Muncie Community Schools is now required to meet new federal guidelines for digital accessibility. What does that mean? It means writing and posting in clear, simple language that is easy to understand. Information must be organized with meaningful headings, short paragraphs, and lists when appropriate. We must provide descriptive text for images, captions for videos, and transcripts for audio content. Any links need to have meaningful text instead of phrases like "click here." All content needs to be readable by screen readers and understood by people with a wide range of abilities, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, or motor disabilities. The goal is to make information accessible, usable, and understandable for everyone. Andy and Cynthia will share insights on how to do this when messaging to families or the general public.

Participants should expect to learn about effective teaming strategies, the research behind chunking and brain breaks while students engage in the learning environment, and other consumable information for the students, which leads into reducing cognitive load. Participants will have turn and talk sessions to talk about how they might implement the strategies we talk about. There also will be time for q&a at all times.