<From Samuel Saunders 10032003 13:57 MST>
Hello all
I teach a general psychology course with a HPCT orientation nearly every
term. I use a number of demonstrations from Rick's web site, some of Bill's
demos, and a few originals so that there is usually a demo each week during
the semester to perform, observe, think about, and develop into a short
report. This generally works well, and is effective in giving students a
"feel" for PCT research. This semester, I have one student who is
quadriplegic. Other students have volunteered to perform the demonstrations
for him to observe, and his son has repeated some of the demos at home for
him to make additional observations, so he is not left out completely. I
would like for him to be able to participate directly in at least a few
exercises, however. Does anyone have any suggestions for exercises that
might be appropriate for this student ?
Samuel
lease what is he web wite?
thanks
Paule A. Steichen. Asch, Ph.D.
IBIS Int'l
Individual Building of Integrated Success
2101 Grandin Road
Cincinnati OH 45208
voicemail: (513) 289-5998
fax: (513) 871-soul/7685
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From: "Samuel Saunders" <ssaunders@OLC.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:57 PM
Subject: demo ideas
<From Samuel Saunders 10032003 13:57 MST>
Hello all
I teach a general psychology course with a HPCT orientation nearly every
term. I use a number of demonstrations from Rick's web site, some of
Bill's
demos, and a few originals so that there is usually a demo each week
during
the semester to perform, observe, think about, and develop into a short
report. This generally works well, and is effective in giving students a
"feel" for PCT research. This semester, I have one student who is
quadriplegic. Other students have volunteered to perform the
demonstrations
for him to observe, and his son has repeated some of the demos at home for
him to make additional observations, so he is not left out completely. I
would like for him to be able to participate directly in at least a few
exercises, however. Does anyone have any suggestions for exercises that
might be appropriate for this student ?
Samuel
[From Bill Powers (2003.03.10.01518 MST)]
Samuel Saunders 10032003 13:57 MST --
> I would like for him to be able to participate directly in at least a few
>exercises, however. Does anyone have any suggestions for exercises that
>might be appropriate for this student ?
Are there any body movements this student can make? The next question is,
can he, you, and the class work out some way in which he can move a mouse?
Think of strings and pulleys and counterweights and guides to keep the
mouse moving straight or in an arc -- anything as long as a reliable and
reasonably repeatable (doesn't have to be perfect) mouse movement occurs in
both directions. If you can do that, we can take it from there. Tom Bourbon
had one quadruplegic person doing essentially normal tracking by fitting
him with a jointed brace that had a potentiometer on it to measure the
angle of the joint. When you get back to me we can discuss the kind of
program that would be needed to do the task and take the data, and I'll
write it for you.
Oh, I hope you have a PC. I can't program for Macs. or other machines.
Best,
Bill P.
{ From Samuel Saunders (2003.03.10.1755 MST)]
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 03:27:59PM -0700, Bill Powers wrote:
[From Bill Powers (2003.03.10.01518 MST)]
Samuel Saunders 10032003 13:57 MST --
> I would like for him to be able to participate directly in at least a few
>exercises, however. Does anyone have any suggestions for exercises that
>might be appropriate for this student ?
Are there any body movements this student can make? The next question is,
can he, you, and the class work out some way in which he can move a mouse?
Think of strings and pulleys and counterweights and guides to keep the
mouse moving straight or in an arc -- anything as long as a reliable and
reasonably repeatable (doesn't have to be perfect) mouse movement occurs in
both directions. If you can do that, we can take it from there. Tom Bourbon
had one quadruplegic person doing essentially normal tracking by fitting
him with a jointed brace that had a potentiometer on it to measure the
angle of the joint. When you get back to me we can discuss the kind of
program that would be needed to do the task and take the data, and I'll
write it for you.
Oh, I hope you have a PC. I can't program for Macs. or other machines.
Best,
Bill P.
Thanks Bill. He does have enough movement to operate the controls of his
wheel chair, so something should be possible. He also as a voice controlled
computer which he uses for papers, etc. which might have some possibilities.
Samuel
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> enormous educational campaign-immediately
> R. Buckminster Fuller
[ From Samuel Saunders (2003.03.10.1559 MST)]
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 05:22:27PM -0500, Paule Steichen wrote:
lease what is he web wite?
thanks
Paule A. Steichen. Asch, Ph.D.
IBIS Int'l
Individual Building of Integrated Success
2101 Grandin Road
Cincinnati OH 45208
voicemail: (513) 289-5998
fax: (513) 871-soul/7685
pasteichenasch@fuse.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel Saunders" <ssaunders@OLC.EDU>
To: <CSGNET@listserv.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:57 PM
Subject: demo ideas
> <From Samuel Saunders 10032003 13:57 MST>
>
> Hello all
>
> I teach a general psychology course with a HPCT orientation nearly every
> term. I use a number of demonstrations from Rick's web site, some of
Bill's
> demos, and a few originals so that there is usually a demo each week
during
> the semester to perform, observe, think about, and develop into a short
> report. This generally works well, and is effective in giving students a
> "feel" for PCT research. This semester, I have one student who is
> quadriplegic. Other students have volunteered to perform the
demonstrations
> for him to observe, and his son has repeated some of the demos at home for
> him to make additional observations, so he is not left out completely. I
> would like for him to be able to participate directly in at least a few
> exercises, however. Does anyone have any suggestions for exercises that
> might be appropriate for this student ?
>
> Samuel
>
If you mean Rick's demos, they are at http://www.mindreadings.com.
Samuel
--
Samuel Spence Saunders, Ph.D. | If man chooses oblivion, he can go right
saunders@gwtc.net | on leaving his fate to political leaders.
ssaunders@olc.edu | If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an
> enormous educational campaign-immediately
> R. Buckminster Fuller
From Phil Runkel to Samuel Saunders:
Ask Tom Bourbon. tbourbon@centex.net
He worked for a few years with severely disable people. He even gave
them tracking tasks.
[From Bill Powers (2003.03.11.1602 MST)]
Samuel Saunders (2003.03.10.1755 MST)--
>Thanks Bill. He does have enough movement to operate the controls of his
>wheel chair, so something should be possible.
OK, try fixing him up with some sort of little platform that can be clamped
to the arm of his wheel chair and see just how much mouse movement he can
produce. On a PC, you can adjust the mouse sensitivity by going to
Start>Control Panel|Mouse and finding the place for adjusting mouse speed.
We need only one axis of movement, X or Y. If this is successful, get back
to me and I'll cook up a simple test program based on what you tell me, for
a preliminary trial.
Best,
Bill P.