{"id":2683,"date":"2018-12-12T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T15:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2020-09-24T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:44:57","slug":"why-i-use-assistive-technology-as-a-presenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/why-i-use-assistive-technology-as-a-presenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Use Assistive Technology As a Presenter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year, I posted about <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4s3cq-AZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why my memory sucks &#8211; how a softball injury has affected me<\/a>. I truly appreciate all of the kind words I received from that post, and I continue to forage on with my sucky memory. I present on things I&#8217;m passionate about to some folks who may not entirely understand why I do things the way I do.<\/p>\n<p>Brief synopsis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I took a softball to the face several years ago (playing softball, not a rogue bystander injury)<\/li>\n<li>It took 2 years of a liquid diet, maxing out all of my dental\/physiotherapy\/massage coverage, and a jaw surgery to address the physical issues<\/li>\n<li>I now suffer from post-concussion syndrome, and haven&#8217;t quite figured out the nuances of my new memory<\/li>\n<li>This injury has forced me (for now) to defer my Ed.D because I am no longer confident writing 100+ page papers that require me to remember things I wrote several paragraphs earlier<\/li>\n<li>I am still learning strategies for dealing with my memory issues and welcome any suggestions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, I presented at several events, notably DevLearn&#8230;where I facilitated a 1-day pre-conference certificate workshop on Introduction to Instructional Design and a BYOD session on using Variables in Articulate Storyline 360.<\/p>\n<p>In both of those sessions, I addressed a big of housekeeping: why I use assistive technology to help me present. Basically, it&#8217;s so that I can get all of the information I need to get to my audience. I understand that at times I may seem flakey or scatter-brained, but I assure you it&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m making excuses for myself. As someone who also suffers from anxiety, when I trip up during a presentation, it also stresses me out. I want everyone to feel like they&#8217;ve been able to take something valuable from my sessions, and I want to seem like a competent industry professional.<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230;.when session evaluation time rolls around, opening the files is always a moment of induced anxiety. You&#8217;ll never please 100% of the attendees or participants, and I&#8217;m fine with that, but I always kind of hold my breath while I read through to see what folks are saying about the assistive technology. This year I was incredibly surprised by all of the supportive feedback I received. I received a lot of great suggestions that I will take forward with me in my session-delivering-journey, and again, I will always be receptive to this type of constructive criticism.<\/p>\n<p>As I work to finalize a presentation for my session with the E-Learning Guild for their Spotlight, I thought I would record a quick screencast that shows you how I create my session notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out the screencast below!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bXbjL5bL0Rk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year, I posted about why my memory sucks &#8211; how a softball injury has affected me. I truly appreciate all of the kind words I received from that post, and I continue to forage on with my sucky memory. 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