July 13

Another exciting day in our assistive technology class! Today we practiced writing a social story for a student with Autism and then learned to create and publish a video social story.The social story was about using a mirror appropriately because this student fixates on mirrors.

The task of making the video was surprisingly easier than I had anticipated. Working in groups of four, we used an I Pod to record our video. We discovered that a video social story should show only the behaviour that we want to be modeled by the studnet.
Once the video was recorded we downloaded it into Prism so teh mp4 format from I Pod could be converted to a Wmv file so that it can be used in Windows Movie Maker. Once the editing of the video is complete; sequencing, transitions, text added and voice recording is added it can be view in Window Movie Maker or transfered again into Prism to be converted back to mp4 so that it can be viewed on an I Pod Touch.
Sounds complicated but it wasn't too problematic
I have written many social stories as needed for my Learning Center studnets in the past but have not used the video format. I am looking forward to becoming proficient at using this technology as I feel many of my students will benefit.
Carol Gray, developer of Social Stories is a leader in use os social stories. When writing social stories you include a descriptive sentence, a perspective sentence, a directive sentence and sometimes a control sentence. They should be written in first person and present tense. Follow this link to find out more http://www.thegraycenter.org/