• Steve Kerrigan's blog -Assistech Workshop

 Steve Kerrigan's blog -Assistech Workshop

• PLEASE put a link to your research

Class TWO-

• presentations

Todo:

• schedule personal meeting for next class time (Oct 9? (mluck check with gordie))

• Fingernail Sensors, Josh Klein

• Fingernail Sensors, Josh Klein

• Q, Alice, Kate Hartman, Kati London

STUDENT LINKS

• Jaki Levy's Project Link: Spring 2006

Stuff to do

• Create a link to a journal and put the answers to these questions in it.
• Put together a proposal and present it to the class.
• Put together a calendar for what you are going to accomplish and when.
• Finish the first thing on you list.

Create a link to a journal and put the answers to these questions in it.

• Documenting your work
  • http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2003/proceedings/302.htm
  • http://www.playabilities.com/
  • http://www.ucpnyc.org/events/viewarticle.cfm?id=64
• This is a layout for a proposal
  • Goal (make it easier to do something, make a fun and eduactional thing....)
  • Context (this is the situation as it is)
  • Problem (these are the proplems with the current situation that your proposal will fix)
  • Proposal
  • Target Users (population)
  • Design Criteria (ADA compliant, easy to use, low stress, atractive, light-weight...)
  • User Scenario (interaction design)
  • Hardware Design
• This is a layout for a paper
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Population
  • Needs Addresses
  • Background
  • User Research
  • Technical Overview
  • Materials (Hardware Design)
  • Potential future applications

SP06

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Welcome to Assistive Tech Studios

Class One-

General Introduction Who are you? What is your project that you will be working on? What stage is it in now? What stage do you want it to be in, in 14 weeks?

Lets look at RESNA The documentation for this class will be based on the competition application.

Week 12 - Wed. Nov. 30:

• Lecture: History/Legislation (notes)
• Excerpts: "Unforgotten: 25 years after Willowbrook" and "Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back"
• Continued work/discussion of projects and testing
• Discussion: Professional organizations - Grants & Funding (notes)*In-progress presentations by groups

• http://www.ucpnyc.org/events/viewarticle.cfm?id=64

• This is a layout for a paper
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Population
  • Needs Addresses
  • Background
  • User Research
  • Technical Overview
  • Materials (Hardware Design)
  • Potential future applications

• Format documentation
• Look at RESNA, think about submitting for their student scientific paper or design category

• This is a layout for a proposal
  • Goal (make it easier to do something, make a fun and eduactional thing....)
  • Context (this is the situation as it is)
  • Problem (these are the proplems with the current situation that your proposal will fix)
  • Proposal
  • Target Users (population)
  • Design Criteria (ADA compliant, easy to use, low stress, atractive, light-weight...)
  • User Scenario (interaction design)
  • Hardware Design

Week 11 - Wed. Nov. 16:

• Low Vision/Blindness: Tour of Bobst facilities by Tom McNulty?

The Adaptive Technology Rooms are on Lower Level 1 of Bobst Library. Take the elevator to floor "B" -- the rooms are right next to the elevator.

• In-progress presentations by groups
• Documenting your work
  • http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2003/proceedings/302.htm
  • http://www.playabilities.com/

Assignment:

• Continue working on project

Class Location Bobst 70 Washington Square South 212.998.2500

Class Location- ITP

Week 10 - Wed. Nov. 9:

• Midterm Presentations- be prepared to show us your progress so far. A prototype would be great!

Week 9 - Wed. Nov. 2:

• Class off-site: Meeting at the Adaptive Design Association (http://www.adaptivedesign.org)

class start time 7 pm. 98 Riverside Drive (entrance on 82nd street, basement) phone: 212-496-2455

Assignment:

• Continue working on projectOur new photo gallery

Please link to your projects page Here?

Please link to your projects page Here?

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Please put all of your ideas and perceived needs Here I would also love to see a list of things that therapists work on i.e. crossing mid-line, pincher grasp, upper extremity balance....

Groups

Main.ProjectIdeas

Week 8 - Wed. October 26:

• Guest Lecture: Marianne Petit, talks about legislature and the history of Assistive Technology
• Group project: Progress report, show first prototype.

Assignment:

• Continue work on project
• User-test with first prototype and document

THIS WEEK WE MEET ITP!!!!!

• Create first prototype (non-working or working)

Our new photo gallery

Please put all of your ideas and perceived needs Here I would also love to see a list of things that therapists work on i.e. crossing mid-line, pincher grasp, upper extremity balance....

THIS WEEK WE MEET IN OT DEPARTMENT!!!!!

Week 7 - Wed. October 19:

• Group presentations of needs assessment/preliminary concept presentations
• ITP(if time permits) Look at environmental control units and atech computer software

Assignment:

• Continue working on project
• Based on class critique, begin refining project proposal
• Create first prototype (non-working or working)

Groups

Main.ProjectIdeas

• Start figuring out groups and review your observations.

Please put all of your ideas and perceived needs Here I would also love to see a list of things that therapists work on i.e. crossing mid-line, pincher grasp, upper extremity balance....

Week 5 - Wed. Oct. 5:

• Review site-visit impressions
• Presentation of concepts and interests
• Group formulation

Assignment: (Due next week)

• Work with group and identify and investigate specific need, present current solutions and possible new designs or re-designs.

Our new photo gallery

• Friday Sep. 30 11am, NYU Medical Center (Rusk institute for rehabilitation): Pediatric rehabilitation, Adult out-patient rehabilitation (400 E. 34th Btw 1st and river)

Next site visit everyone is required to arrive on time or notify us in advance if you cannot make it

Next site visit everyone is required to arrive on time or notify in advance us if you cannot make it

Week 4 - Wed. Sept. 28:

• Guest Lecture: Lindsey Britchkow (SPOTS) - Pediatrics and Development
• Discussion - Research, literature, and what else is on the market
  • Enabling Devices
  • Assistive Technology Journal
  • FlagHouse
• Talk about observations and what sparked interest

Assignment: (due next week)

• Start to seriously think about project concepts.
• Please post all site-visit observations to the wiki.

Site Visit

• Friday Sep. 30 11am, NYU Medical Center (Rusk institute for rehabilitation): Pediatric rehabilitation, Adult out-patient rehabilitation (directions coming soon)

Next site visit everyone is required to arrive on time or notify us if you cannot make it

FOUNDLING HOSPITAL 11am

SITE VISIT - FRIDAY SEP 23RD FOUNDLING HOSPITAL 11am

Week 3 - Wed. Sept. 21:

• Molds (ITP Students)(meet in OT dept - 35 West 4th street, 11th floor)
• Microcontrollers (OT Students) (meet at ITP)
• Lecture: Disabilities and Function Needs: computer technology
• Discussion: Site Visits/Identification of problems and needs.

Assignment:

• Come in with three ideas. Use a simple design concept format to present your idea. Be prepared to discuss in class.

Hey out there

Meeting at 35 West 4th St (Education Building) 11th floor

Week 2 - Wed. Sept. 14:

\\Meeting at 35 West 4th St (Education Building) 11th floor

Project one part 2(Due next week)

Week 2 - Wed. Sept. 14:

• Present activity analysis documentation and condition research
• Lecture: Disabilities and function needs - wheelchair skills (meet in OT dept - 35 West 4th street, 11th floor) (ITP Students)
• Shop Safety - basic electronics (OT Students)

• Write 1 page reaction paper - identify problems you see (due 1 week - be prepared to discuss)

Project one part 2(Due next week

• Meet with group and choose one of the objects that you did activity analysis on
• Choose one of the conditions that you research and come up with a character description.
• Redesign the object to be usable by your character and story board the interaction.
• Make cardboard prototype.

1. Time Monday Sept 19, 11am: SPOTS (http://www.spotsot.com/)

• Chose one item from your everyday use of technology chart and do activity analysis. Physical, sensory, cognitive. Put up pictures in your journal.

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Reading Handout

Resources that may be helpful:

• The Center for Universal Design
• Half the planet. org
• Enabling Devices
• Microsoft's Acessibility Technology for Everyone
• Apple Accessibility

Hello world

Reading : Handout

Week 1 - Wed. Sept. 7:

(Week 1 class notes)

Assignment:

• Create a journal link in the Journals page and email it to us so that we can create an upload folder

• Fill out the Everyday use of technology chart.

Reading Handout

Resources that may be helpful:

• The Center for Universal Design
• Half the planet. org
• Enabling Devices
• Microsoft's Acessibility Technology for Everyone
• Apple Accessibility

Project 1 part 1 (due in one week)

• Choose one of the following conditions and write one page on its manifestations. Also document where you found your information (i.e. on-line, library, teacher, doctor)

Site visits:

1. Time TBA: SPOTS (http://www.spotsot.com/)
2. Time TBA: McCarton? School (http://www.mccartonschool.org/)
3. Time TBA: New York Foundling Hospital (http://www.nyfoundling.org/)

• Write 1 page site visit reaction paper - identify problems you may see (due two weeks - be prepared to discuss)

1. What you bring to the class
2. Experience with people with disabilities
3. Why are you taking the class

• mluck (at) nyu (dot) edu
• anita (dot) perr (at) nyu (dot) edu

1. Cerebral Palsy
2. Developmental delay
3. Autism
4. Spinal cord injury
5. Stroke
6. Arthritis

• Introductions
  1. What you bring to the class
  2. Experience with people with disabilities
  3. Why are you taking the class

Cerebral Palsy

Developmental delay

Autism

Spinal cord injury

Stroke

Arthritis

• What is activity analysis

• Disability awareness exercise
• Site visit prep

Project 1

• Talk about Everyday Use Observation and Research project

• Chose one item from your everyday use of technology chart and do activity analysis. Physical, sensory, cognitive. Put up pictures in your journal.

• Create a journal link in the Journals page and email it to us so that I can create an upload folder

this class is so cool

• Introduction to course and student introductions

• In-class exercises - disability awareness and sensitivity training.

• Fill out the Everyday use of technology chart. Take one item from the chart and design it from scratch, taking into consideration how it would accomodate all needs. (due one week)
• Choose one of the following conditions and write one page on its manifestations.

• Document using a coffee pot, break it into steps and which senses you are using. Put up pictures on line.

Developing Assistive Technology

Class One September 7th 2005

• Review Class structure and syllabus
• Learn to use this wiki thing

Assignment

• Practice editing pages in the WikiSandbox
• Create a journal link in the Journals page and email it to us so that I can create an upload folder

More information about PmWiki can be found at http://www.pmwiki.org/.