ECC Challenge

Welcome to the Outreach ECC Challenge

Complete Monthly ECC activities for an entry into a monthly raffle for $50

Families: click the button below to download and fill out the permission slip for your student.

Permission Slip

How does it all work?

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Rules: Learn how to enter to win $50

To be eligible, each Student/Teacher and Family/Student team must follow these simple guidelines:

1. Show Us Your Success!

Every challenge submission needs to be supported by proof. Fill out this month’s Google form to enter. This can be photos, documents, videos, or even links to social media reels, stories, highlights, or Google Photos albums. 

2. Submit by the 1st, Win by the 5th!

All proof must be uploaded to the portal by the 1st of the following month. The raffle drawing will happen by the 5th, and winners will be notified via the email used for the submission.

3. One Month at a Time!

You can’t submit for the next month until the previous month’s entries close. (Give a cheer to our hardworking MSB gerbils who keep everything running smoothly!)

4. More Entries, More Chances to Win!

The number of complete submissions equals your number of entries in the raffle. 

For example:

   – Joe Smith & family complete eight challenges, which means that  Joe earns eight raffle entries.   Easy, right?

 Teachers, Paras, and Providers can also win!

For every student you enter, you’ll be entered into a separate monthly drawing for a $50 value prize and each entry means more chances at the year-end $250 prize!

For example:

  • If Penny Jones & her family complete and submit ten challenges and Penny has a teacher complete three entries, Penny gets 13, and her teacher would get 3! 
  • If  Damion Doright has 0 entries from his family but his Paraeducator submits 3,  His teacher does 2, and his  RSP does 1, that means Damion gets six entries, and each member of that service team gets the number they submit for the teacher raffle.
  • Don’t be like Tommy OopsIForgot—no entries mean no raffle tickets!

5. Grand Prize Alert! Every month, you submit at least one entry, and you’ll be entered for our June Grand Prize drawing worth $400! (Each student can earn up to 9 family entries and nine teacher entries for the year.)

**And most importantly, HAVE FUN!** Contact the MSB Outreach Team (OutreachECC@mdschblind.org) if you need support, resources, or just a little help along the way.

What is this month’s challenge?

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ECC Challenge for Teachers/Providers

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March

Accessible Technology Skills

“Accessible Technology or Assistive Technology encompasses the knowledge and skills that are essential to use the equipment, programs, or products needed to access all aspects of daily living” (ECC Essentials, Assistive Technology, Chapter 6). AT can be low-tech, like a communication board, or high-tech, such as a screen reader like VoiceOver or JAWS on a computer.

I can utilize accessible technology to increase my productivity and independence.

How will we get there?

Know. Understand. Do. A framework to guide learning activities.

Know (K): Tends to be binary. Either you know it or you don’t. Examples: Facts & Dates, Definitions, People & Places

Understand (U): Is a continuum; from novice to advanced. Examples: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, Generalizations

Do (D): Show they understand and the application of skills/content.

Resources

To submit to the monthly ECC Challenge:

  1. Complete activities and experiences featured in this month’s ECC Challenge.
  2. Complete the Google Form on the TVI Portal OR email this worksheet and a photo to OutreachECC@mdschblind.org.
  3. The student and teacher will be entered into this month’s raffle!

Tell us what you KUD!

March

Student name:                                                                                  Teacher name:

Vocabulary

  • Assistive technology
  • Low tech
  • High tech
  • Productivity
  • Independence

K: Can the student define these words? ☐

U: Can the student explain the relationships between these words and their productivity at school or home? ☐

D: Can the student use these words in conversation/writing or teach/share with someone? ☐

Objects/Materials

  • Apps/programs (screen reader)/etc.
  • Phone
  • Laptop
  • Magnifier (if applicable)

K: Can the student tell you what these objects are or how they are used? ☐

U: Can the student tell you how to turn on/off, store, and charge one or more of these devices? ☐

D: Can the student update, troubleshoot, clean, or purchase one or more of these devices? ☐

Concepts/Activities: Use to teach words, objects and concepts

K: Have the student check the battery level or change the batteries in a selected device.  ☐

U: Have the student research the cost and places that sell these devices and determine the best place to purchase one or more of these devices based on cost. ☐

D: Have the student research what assistance is available for obtaining and maintaining these devices. ☐

Experiences: Connect words, objects, and activities to everyday experiences

  • Complete a task using two different devices or programs and evaluate the effectiveness of each.
  • Create a technology schedule of when and where each device/program should be used.
  • Have the student self-evaluate and determine an area in which they feel the need to increase their productivity or independence. Create an improvement plan to achieve this goal using technology.
  • Solicit feedback from a teacher, family member, or peer on their ability to be independent or productive with a device.
ECC Challenge at Home for Families and Students

ECC @ Home:  March Challenge- Access Technology

Student Activities:

  • Create a maintenance schedule for charging/updating your electronics.
  • Take a creative photograph in a style that could be used in a magazine
  • Tell us what your favorite app is and why
  • Do the same task with 2 different devices and evaluate which was better.
  • Make a list of all of your adaptive equipment and tell what each is used for.
  • Create a troubleshooting document list to use for your devices.
  • Record a short video for us to see your Access Tech skills
  • Update your passwords to increase security.

Family Concept Practice:

  • Listen to an audiobook and have your child adjust the speed and volume.
  • Have your child take a family photo and evaluate it.
  • Discuss the cost of computers/phones/tablets and devices with your child.
  • Let your child create an online grocery list or order take out online.
  • Have your child set up/connect to a bluetooth device or speaker.
  • Have your child create a family music playlist in an app.
  • Do an internet search together and evaluate the credibility of  the source.
  • Ask your child how they might complete an assignment without their technology.

Parent Only Activities:

Resource Links (do not count as entries if completed):

DETAILS:

Submission Deadline For March:  April 3
Prize Drawing:  $50  Walmart Gift Card

Submission & Proof Upload Link Questions or Support Needed?   OutreachECC@mdschblind.org



March ECC Home Challenge
March ECC Challenge Checklist
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