Later this fall the 20 teachers, who are part of the
project's feasibility study, will meet virtually with
Brauner and Summers three times and then all
will come back together in
Phoenix on January 10 where
the teachers will learn more
advanced skills and receive the
AnimalWatch Vi Suite app and
booklets of accompanying
graphics for their students to
use. The 30 students will then
each complete six math units
during Spring 2014. The re
search team will examine how
they used the scaffolding we provide to solve the
problems, how they locate information in the
graphics, and the role of audio coupled with print
or braille in helping students access information.
Plans are already underway for 2014-2015 when
we will conduct a national study to demonstrate
the promise of the intervention. Keep an eye out
for future announcements in the DVIQ and on
listservs and in other publications. To keep up
with what the AnimalWatch Vi Suite project team
is doing, come to our session at the November
AZAER conference, visit our web site at
www.awvis.org, and/or like us on Facebook.
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