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Cognitive Curbcuts to Web 2.0: Accessible Calendaring with Picture Planner

Cognitive Curbcuts to Web 2.0: Accessible Calendaring with Picture Planner . Tom Keating, Ph.D. Cognitopia Software, LLC NCTI Washington, DC 2009. Session Outline. Review of Picture Planner 2.0 Desktop and Handheld applications New features coming in version 2.5

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Cognitive Curbcuts to Web 2.0: Accessible Calendaring with Picture Planner

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  1. Cognitive Curbcuts to Web 2.0: Accessible Calendaring with Picture Planner Tom Keating, Ph.D. Cognitopia Software, LLC NCTI Washington, DC 2009

  2. Session Outline • Review of Picture Planner 2.0 Desktop and Handheld applications • New features coming in version 2.5 • Cognitive Curbcuts: Web 2.0 access

  3. Background and Development Goals 1. Development grounded in direct experience. 2. Understanding elements of interface design that enhance cognitive accessibility. 3. Research on implementation and impact of information technology use 4. Design of innovative life skills software applications to enable persons with cognitive disabilities to manage various aspects of daily life. 5. Design for two end user groups: individuals with cognitive disabilities and instructional assistants/caregivers, with goal of avoiding technology abandonment.

  4. Designing for Cognitive Accessibility • All single click operation • Clean interface with limited controls • Tri-modal icons: graphic, text, TTS • Customizable icons: photos, symbols • “Hub and spokes” navigation vs. webbed • Management of graphic transitions • Metacognitive design approach • Social connectability potential • Intelligent features

  5. Multi-User Login

  6. Week View Gradient shaded rows Familiar “media” type controls Limited set of tri-modal tool buttons

  7. Activity Builder Meta- cognitive steps 4 viewable details unlimited additions 8 printable

  8. Activity Builder Filter by life area Enter new items on the fly with onscreen keyboard

  9. Onscreen Keyboard Pronunciation confirmation box Enables text entry for kiosk format and dwell software (no scanning…yet)

  10. Activity Builder

  11. Day View list view by duration (5 minute minimum) one row of key info (expandable) “home” button

  12. “When” details

  13. Persistent Pop-Up Reminders

  14. Month View

  15. Print Dialog

  16. Admin Tools

  17. Group Scheduling

  18. User Settings • spoken name • security code • TTS • icon sharing • kiosk mode • reminder dismiss • group identity pick background colors add/change user photo

  19. Change Icons

  20. Edit Icon Details

  21. Backup and Exporting Utility

  22. Windows Mobile Device Desktop

  23. Daily Schedule View

  24. Activity Viewer

  25. Week View

  26. Implementation Research • Students aged 16-21 with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities such as mental retardation, autism, traumatic brain injury, as well as students with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities (N= 28) • Two secondary school community transition/apartment living skills programs: - One large urban school district - One mid-size district • 5 point rating of level of prompting needed for user actions required to schedule a complex activity

  27. Findings • Surprising levels of independent skill: 54% independence with 8 weeks of 1/2 hour instruction.(verbal reminders only for activity details; Range: 29-82%) • Independence is great but not the Holy Grail: Software design should address staff support factors (e.g. level of skill, assisted use, usability) • Accessible software applications can be important tools for development of self- management and self-determination (choices = control)

  28. Findings • The gap between available technology and its implementation is significant and formidable. Has to be easy to use for changing staff. • There are implementation challenges with even the seemingly simplest of technologies; e.g. awareness, staff training, community settings, technical support. Again, has to be easy to use with minimal setup. • Time and schedule management are central to life skills because they’re key to intensity of supports, vocational success, and level of independence in adult settings.

  29. New Features in PP 2.5 • Auto-completion of new activities based on prior similar events • Usage reporting to document application use, activities scheduled and completed to support IEP goals and documentation • Expanded customization options • Review mode similar to handheld “slideshow” prompting mode • Completion indicators allow user to mark activities as completed • Augmented text-to-speech features • Activity notes allow addition of supplementary information • Pocket PP uses longer spoken labels • Web 2.0/Social networking: Shared calendar information and social networking features • And soon… • Context aware reminding: Smart activity and task prompting based on user activity and location.

  30. Smart Tab Shows Prior Events collected prior events

  31. Autofill and Modify

  32. Expanded User Settings reminder settings Simple backup & restore usage data for IEP progress documentation

  33. Customizable Content Filters

  34. Column Display Options

  35. Add Supplemental Info click to add text note

  36. Info Notes with TTS

  37. Review Mode click here for full Activity view mark as complete Provides slideshow prompting view

  38. Completion Indicators

  39. Day View with Completion

  40. Week View with Completed Events

  41. Pocket Picture Planner Update

  42. Web 2.0: Social Information Networking • Information retrieval vs. information sharing • “Circle of friends” 2.0 • Leverages existing social relationships, regardless of location • Offers inclusion in lives of family and friends • Provides avenue for support • Cool factor

  43. Enabling Web 2.0 with Google Sync

  44. PP Events on Google Calendar

  45. Benefits and Limits • Two-way data flow provides cognitively accessible portal, an “internet curbcut” • Operates only from desktop; has to go mobile • Google is powerful and flexible but text-based • Not quite ready for prime time, but very soon

  46. Next? Self Management and Context Aware Prompting

  47. Next Steps • Web-based applications • More mobile device options • Self-management component • Integration with residential support technologies for self-management and caregiver assistance • Additional social networking tie-ins, e.g. Facebook status updates

  48. Further Information tkeating@cognitopia.com www.cognitopia.com Visit us in Booth 221 Acknowledgements: Development of Picture Planner was supported in partby funding through the US Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Office of Special Education Programs

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