Ten Timely Tips to Tie O & M and GPS Together…

1. Ten Timely Tips to Tie O & M and GPS Together… Craig Phillips Mike May August 2014 AER International Conference San Antonio, Texas

2. Berthold Lowenfeld Blindness imposes the following limitations: • In the range and variety of experiences • In the ability to get about • In the control of the environment and the self in relation to it. (1948) Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

3. 1. Know the Law • Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students • Federal Register: June 8, 2000. • Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children With Disabilities Federal Register: August 14, 2006. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

4. 2.Prepare for GPS • Positional concepts • Compass orientation • Landmarks • Visual Maps • Tactile maps • Wheatley • Tactile Town • Swell paper • Collage • Braillon Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

5. 3. Consider Your Student • Interest/curiosity • Perceived utility • Maturity > Age • Cognitive ability • Dexterity • Route concept • Stamina • Techiness is useful, • but not essential. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

6. “The difficulty or simplicity of learning how to use a system must work for the student first and the teacher second.” Mike May Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

7. GPS Devices Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

8. Rely on Data, Not Opinion Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

9. 4. Think of the Four Stages of Learning • Unconsciously Incompetent • Consciously Incompetent • Consciously Competent • Unconsciously Competent Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

10. 5. Begin at the Beginning… • Start with the component parts • Assemble/Disassemble • Orient to the device • Follow with the key describer mode Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

11. Start with the familiar and expand outward • Walk, listen, and reference • What is the information… • Where is it provided… • How is it given Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

12. 6. Define Mapping Street Open Area Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

13. 7. Use Landmarks andWaypoints Effectively • Know where you are • Street? • Open Area? • Reset GPS position when setting landmarks. • Multiple landmarks can be set at the same time/same spot. • Always set a landmark at the beginning of a route. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

14. Pair with physical reference points • Label noun first, then adjective • “Smith High School, East Door…” • Rehearse before recording • Practice renaming, deleting, and unsetting as a destination. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

15. Understand silliness • Fill in the gaps to develop the gestalt of the area. • Set before and after hazards, headaches, and irritations. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

16. 8. Understand Points of Interest (POI) Parameters • Point of Interest • Preset on Maps • TeleAtlas • NAVTEQ • Use POI rich environments to begin instruction Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

17. Where is the “spot?” Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

18. Reinforce the Concept of the Virtual Open Doorway • Incidental information results in incidental learning and control • Part to whole scheme • Nurture environmental literacy Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

19. 9. Discuss Routing Modes • Pedestrian Mode • Distance parameters • Motorized Mode • Time parameters Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

20. And Routing Reliability • Self-created and • Back-tracked routes • Landmarks • POIs • Address Entry Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

21. 10.Teaching Considerations • Always warm up the device. • Reset… • Understand Routing Hiccups • No GPS coverage • Turn back • Off route • Silence • Movement versus static position Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

22. Everything is relative. • GPS usage demands proficient fundamental O & M skills for the final +/- 50 feet. • Context clues/concepts must be practiced. • Organizational parameters • Time and distance • Solicitation of aid • Don’t tell…question. Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

23. Preview routes for “blackholes.” • Take a cheat sheet on lessons and use it. • Use multiple SD cards. • Practice using the settings menu. • Earplugs and headphones are not recommended when traveling. • Assume nothing and be open to learning. • GPS limits/parameters Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

24. Showing is far better than telling… Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

25. Let your student show you and others. • In-service classmates, teachers, and parents. • Encourage borrowing. • Get lost on lessons. • Teach and practice motorized guidance Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

26. Monitor glare interference Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

27. Dual lesson with Trekker Breeze and Garmin Oregon 450 Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

28. Curricular Integration • Conceptual Development • Literacy • Physical Education • Geography • Mathematics • Social Competency Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

29. Cooperative Learning Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

30. Audrey My weekly lunch, community awareness, social interaction, environmental access, GPS lesson… Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

31. The Continuum • “Outer space.” LE Age 5 • “Mommy, we need to turn here” GT Age 7 • “Directing a cab driver to my destination gave me control.” DW Adult Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

32. FYI… “I feel like I'm "cheating" somehow, when I don't have to keep track of what street is what, where it's located, what direction I'm heading, etc... it frees my mind up to concentrate on other aspects of orientation...and then, listening to the GPS as I'm riding in a car, realizing the breadth of this world that is outside my car window I have heretofore never gotten to interact with…amazing, simply amazing.” KM Adult Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

33. Theoryof Relativity “You are only as independent as your relativesAllow you to be.” Paul Ehresman Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

34. Craig L. Phillips MS Ed. COMS • Kansas State School for the Blind • 1100 State Avenue • Kansas City, KS 66102 • 913.645.5472 • 913.281.3308 X335 • cphillips@kssdb.org • cleep1700@att.net Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

35. Mike May • The Sendero Group Craig L. Phillips and Mike May

36. Sources • Phillips, C. L. (2011). Getting From Here to There and Knowing Where: Teaching GPS to Children who are Visually Impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 105, 675-680. • www.garmin.com • www.humanware.com • www.sendero.com • Leader Dogs for the Blind Trekker GPS Training Craig L. Phillips and Mike May