Today it is getting more hands-on and more fun on how to use proloqu2go and customize it to meet specific needs. While we were creating, some more messages needed to be added to the rough draft plan because we are seeing the final product and realizing some more thoughts. One point discussed during the activity was that a relationship must be established between the kid and the specialist in order to obtain more detailed information needed to design a suitable fit of prolouqu2Go on an AAC device to perfectly suit this particular kid. For example, in case study 2 some more details such as what snacks she/he likes, what videos she/he likes, what hair styles she might ask her mother to do, or what clothes she/he might want to wear would be helpful. Also, today Marleen and I were discussing how helpful it is to have the kid with the specialist during the planning to get to know his/her exact needs or wants in order to effectively benefit from the device.

Another point that was helpful today when all the groups were presenting is to realize how people were thinking differently when addressing similar case studies. Getting to see the variety of projects was helpful in having a broader perspective regarding where the planning and designing phase would lead to and how practical the plan was.